🇧🇷 2026 São Paulo GP Report

Franco ran in the points during a chaotic afternoon at Interlagos

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12 Nov 2026

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🤩 Franco battles through the rain and sun at Interlagos to finish P13 in Brazil

A top 10 Friday, Alpine’s fastest lap on Sunday and several laps in the points: Franco gave it his all in a race that started very wet, dried out and turned wet again at the end, on the same afternoon that NOR won at Interlagos and Mercedes clinched the Constructors’ title. The rain was no friend to Alpine this weekend and Franco crossed the line P13, but his pace in the dry sent a clear signal ahead of Las Vegas.

Circuit: Autódromo José Carlos Pace Date: 8 November 2026

Podium results

🥇 P1 NOR - 1:35:23.504 🥈 P2 VER - 1:35:38.106 🥉 P3 HAD - 1:35:47.989 🇦🇷 P13 Franco 🇫🇷 P14 GAS

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Franco’s highlights

Started the weekend inside the top 10 in FP1

Outperformed GAS in both Qualifying and the race, and set the team’s fastest lap on Sunday (1:13.710)

On dry tyres he was among the fastest in the first sector

Technical data

FP1: P9 (1:12.654)

FP2: P11 (1:11.996)

FP3: P14 (1:12.925)

Qualifying: P12 (1:33.327)

Start and final result: P13

His fastest lap: 1:13.710, on lap 56, on Softs

Tyres: Intermediates at the start → new Softs on lap 17 → new Softs on lap 53 → Intermediates on lap 61

🏁 How the race unfolded

Franco started P13 on Intermediates on a damp track that was drying lap by lap, hunting for wet patches to look after his tyres until it was time to switch to slicks on lap 17. On Softs, the Alpine found its best form: Franco completed a 36-lap stint, got stuck into the midfield battles and ran as high as P10, in the points, until HUL and LIN got past him towards the end of the stint. After his second stop, he set the team’s fastest lap of the race. When the rain returned with ten laps to go, everyone switched to Intermediates and that’s where the car suffered from the lack of grip it had been carrying since Saturday. Franco crossed the line P13, ahead of his team mate, with the team already focused on understanding what was missing in the wet.

What Franco said:

“Driving at Interlagos, this legendary track, always feels so special.” “It was a busy race, we had some good fights on track, which were fun.” “Hopefully in Las Vegas the conditions will suit us better and we can be better placed to compete for points.”

👉 Next race:

F1 heads to the United States for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, from 20-22 November, at the Las Vegas Strip Circuit.

A night race is coming up, let’s give it everything 🩵

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