The final Sprint race of the 2023 Formula One season took place on Saturday afternoon at Interlagos Circuit, Sao Paulo, Brazil. As a whole, Formula One brought six Sprint races to the track this season.

On a Sprint weekend, Friday consists of a practice session and then the qualifying session for Sunday's Grand Prix. Saturday's format includes qualifying for a Saturday Sprint race (the Shootout) and then the Sprint race itself in which teams can gain points.

The Sao Paulo weather held on Saturday unlike Friday when a massive gale ended the qualifying session early and damaged an Interlagos grandstand.

For Saturday's shootout the teams were relegated to run a medium-medium-soft tyre strategy for the S1-S2-S3 sessions.

The S1 session ended 33 seconds early when Alpine driver Esteban Ocon hit the barriers through the circuit's double SS's after contact with Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso who was slowed due to a tyre puncture. No further action was taken after the incident by the race stewards. Alonso could not return to the track and did not post a S2 time.

After an uneventful S2 session, McLaren's Lando Norris took the checkers for the shootout followed six one- hundredths of a second later by 2023 World Champion, Max Verstappen. The Sprint pole was McLaren's second in the last three shootouts.

The second row of the Sprint race was made up by Red Bull's Sergio Perez (P3) and Mercedes driver George Russell.

After one lap, Norris found himself in third, passed by Russell and Verstappen, who took and held the lead for his fourth Sprint win of the season.

Norris re-took second from Russell on Lap 5.

Russell was passed by Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez on Lap 10. Perez held the position for a P3 finish.

Yuki Tsunoda may have had the best performance of his short career Saturday afternoon, finishing P7, his first top 10.

Pos	Driver		Team		Laps	Gap

1	Verstappen	Red Bull	24	30:07.209
2	Norris		McLaren		24	+ 0:04.287
3	Perez		Red Bull	24	+ 0:13.617
4	Russell		Mercedes	24	+ 0:25.879
5	Leclerc		Ferrari		24	+ 0:28.560
6	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	24	+ 0:29.210
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	24	+ 0:34.726
8	Sainz		Ferrari		24	+ 0:35.106
9	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	24	+ 0:35.303
10	Piastri		McLaren		24	+ 0:38.219
11	Alonso		Aston Martin	24	+ 0:39.061
12	Stroll		Aston Martin	24	+ 0:39.478
13	Gasly		Alpine		24	+ 0:40.621
14	Ocon		Alpine		24	+ 0:42.848
15	Albon		Williams	24	+ 0:43.394
16	Magnussen	Haas		24	+ 0:56.507
17	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	24	+ 0:58.723
18	Hulkenberg	Haas		24	+ 1:00.330
19	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	24	+ 1:00.749
20	Sargeant	Williams	24	+ 1:00.945

Pos	Driver		Team		Time		Gap

1	Norris		McLaren		1:10.622	136.490 mph
2	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:10.683	0.061
3	Perez		Red Bull	1:10.756	0.134
4	Russell		Mercedes	1:10.857	0.235
5	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:10.940	0.318
6	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	1:11.019	0.397
7	Leclerc		Ferrari		1:11.077	0.455
8	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:11.122	0.500
9	Sainz		Ferrari		1:11.126	0.504
10	Piastri		McLaren		1:11.189	0.567
11	Magnussen	Haas		1:11.727	
12	Hulkenberg	Haas		1:11.752	
13	Gasly		Alpine		1:11.822	
14	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	1:11.872	
15	Alonso		Aston Martin	No Time	
16	Ocon		Alpine		1:12.388	
17	Stroll		Aston Martin	1:12.482	
18	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	1:12.497	
19	Albon		Williams	1:12.525	
20	Sargeant	Williams	1:12.615	

(image provided by Alfa Romeo F1 Team KICK)