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F1 São Paulo Grand Prix 2026: race time in India and full schedule

The F1 São Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos starts at 10:30pm India time on Sunday 8 November. Here is every session in India time.

Two red Ferraris and two silver McLarens racing side by side through a left-hand corner with red and white kerbs
Ferraris and McLarens fight through the Senna S at the start of the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Photo: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The São Paulo Grand Prix starts at 10:30pm India time on Sunday 8 November, at the Interlagos circuit in Brazil.

It is a standard weekend with no sprint race: three practice sessions, qualifying on Saturday and a 71-lap Grand Prix on Sunday. São Paulo is eight and a half hours behind India.

Full schedule in India time

  • Practice 1: Friday 6 November, 9:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Practice 2: Saturday 7 November, 12:30am to 1:30am (late on Friday night in India)
  • Practice 3: Saturday 7 November, 8:00pm to 9:00pm
  • Qualifying: Saturday 7 November, 11:30pm to 12:30am
  • Race: Sunday 8 November, 10:30pm

Second practice starts after midnight in India, so fans who want to watch it live need to stay up on Friday night. Qualifying also runs past midnight.

What's at stake

Kimi Antonelli is already world champion after sealing the title in Mexico last weekend. His Mercedes team now leads Ferrari by 126 points in the constructors' championship, 630 to 504, and Motorsport.com has worked out that it can clinch the teams' title this weekend.

The fight for second in the drivers' championship is close. Max Verstappen has 261 points, two more than Lewis Hamilton. George Russell is on 250 and Charles Leclerc on 245.

The circuit

The Grand Prix runs over 71 laps of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Interlagos, with a two-hour limit if the race is held up. Sunday's start is at 2:00pm local time in São Paulo.

Race it on Late Brake

Interlagos is one of the six real circuits in Late Brake, the free browser game. Set a lap before Friday's practice, then race your own ghost and chase the gold medal time before the cars go out in São Paulo.

Sources: Formula 1 schedule (local time), Formula 1 race page, Formula 1 drivers' standings, Formula 1 constructors' standings, Motorsport.com

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