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Poster reading 17th to first, Verstappen in 2024, every Interlagos race since 2010 measured, pole has won nine of fifteen and the exceptions include two of the drives of the era, with 9 of 15 races won from pole, 10th Hamilton's grid slot when he won in 2021, and 2 red flags since 2018.

Every Sao Paulo and Brazilian Grand Prix winner since 2010, measured: pole usually wins at Interlagos, except when it really does not

Fifteen Formula 1 races have been held at Interlagos since 2010. Pole won nine of them. The other six include Max Verstappen's win from seventeenth in the rain in 2024 and Lewis Hamilton's from tenth in 2021. Every winner, grid slot and safety car, measured.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 19, 2026

Split poster headed What Rain Actually Costs comparing a papaya McLaren on dry Interlagos asphalt in 2025 with the same car throwing spray in the wet in 2024, a red badge in the centre reading 13.894s slower, and pole laps of 1:09.511 against 1:23.405, 217.8 against 182.2 km per hour, and 58.8% against 34.3% full throttle.

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Interlagos Explained, and What Rain Actually Costs

Lando Norris took pole at Interlagos in the wet and again in the dry. We measured both laps. The difference is 13.894 seconds and half the throttle.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 5, 2026