Formula 1 Sprint Qualifying Results São Paulo Brazil Saturday November 12
| P | Driver | Team | Gap |
| 1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 30:11.307 |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz* | Scuderia Ferrari | +3.9s |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +4.4s |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | +10.4s |
| 5 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | +11.8s |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Ferrari | +13.1s |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +25.6s |
| 8 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +28.7s |
| 9 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | +30.2s |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | +34.1s |
| 11 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +39.3s |
| 12 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | +41.1s |
| 13 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | +41.7s |
| 14 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +42.3s |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda^ | AlphaTauri | +50.3s |
| 16 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +50.7s |
| 17 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +51.7s |
| 18 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +53.9s |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | +76.8s |
| 20 | Alexander Albon | Williams | DNF |
*Five-place grid penalty, additional power unit elements have been used
^Started the Sunday race from the pitlane, car modified whilst under Parc Fermé conditions