With just one practice session, the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend kicked off with the first major session of the weekend: Sprint qualifying.

These are the full F1 results for Sprint qualifying at the 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos in São Paulo.

F1 results: Brazilian Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying 1 (SQ1)

 

With medium tyres mandatory for SQ1, it was a relatively slow start to the session as the two McLarens set the initial pace; Piastri ahead of Norris with a 1:10.285 for the Australian to go 0.025 clear of Norris.

Alonso went third-fastest, ahead of Hadjar and Stroll, while Hamilton and Leclerc didn’t have particularly strong first runs with seventh and ninth, respectively.

Halfway through the session, Verstappen put in his first lap to go fastest of all by almost two-tenths of a second, benefitting from a useful slipstream going up the hill out of Juncao.

Russell then took over at the front by just over half a tenth of a second, before a second lap from Norris put him top by over three-tenths of a second.

Piastri promptly responded to make it a McLaren 1-2 once again, with Russell keeping Verstappen out of the top three.

A second run from the Ferraris did little to inspire confidence that the first runs were an outlier, as Hamilton climbed to sixth, Leclerc eighth, but some seven-tenths of a second off the leading pace.

Heading into the final three minutes, the bottom five consisted of the two Williams drivers, Ocon, Colapinto, and Tsunoda – the Japanese driver having lost practice time in FP1 after damaging his car due to a crash.

Tsunoda remained in the bottom five, as did Sainz, Albon, and Colapinto, but Ocon escaped – to be replaced by Liam Lawson as the Kiwi driver got knocked out in 17th.

Replays showed Sainz had locked up on his final run in SQ1, as he took to team radio to complain about “the worst execution he’d ever seen”, while Lawson appeared completely bewildered by why he had ended up in the elimination zone.

Bolded drivers were knocked out in SQ1:

Lando Norris McLaren 1:09.627
Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.348
Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 0.384
Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.390
George Russell Mercedes +0.421
Oliver Bearman Haas +0.439
Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.468
Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.470
Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +0.590
Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.597
Alex Albon Williams +0.648
Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.697
Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.699
Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +0.706
Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.754
Franco Colapinto Alpine +0.814
Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +1.039
Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +1.065
Esteban Ocon Haas +1.245
Carlos Sainz Williams +1.493

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