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Sao Paulo Grand Prix

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{{F1 race
 * Name                 = Sao Grand Prix
 * Flag                 = Flag_of_Brazil.svg
 * Circuit              = Autódromo José Carlos Pace (1990–present)
 * Circuit_image        = 2014 Interlagos circuit map.svg
 * Laps                 = 71
 * Circuit_length_km    = 4.309
 * Circuit_length_mi    = 2.677
 * Race_length_km       = 305.879
 * Race_length_mi       = 190.064
 * First_held           = 2021

The Sao Paulo Gramd Prix is a Formula One motor race due to be held at the Autodrome Jose Carlos Pace ( Interlagos) in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 2021. Interlagos previously hosted the Brazilian Grand Prix on various occasions between 1973 and 2019.

Origins
See also: Brazilian Grand Prix In spring 2019, Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, announced that the Brazilian Grand Prix would move back to Rio de Janeiro. Because the Jacarepaguá circuit had been demolished to make way for the construction of facilities for the 2016 Summer Olympics, a new circuit is to be built in the Deodoro neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro. However, this was denied by Formula One's commercial manager Sean Bratches. However, in November 2020 a deal was signed which would see Formula One continue to race at Interlagos until 2025. . The name of Sao Paulo Grand Prix was adopted to reflect the increased involved of the local government in Sao Paulo with new promoters

Time of season held
The inaugural Sao Paulo Grand Prix is provisionally scheduled to be held  on November 14 2021 as round 21 in a 23 race season three weeks before the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and two weeks before the inaugural Saudi Arabia Grand Prix on the streets of Jeddah. This continues the pattern started at the 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix of races in Sao Paulo towards the end of the season. Prior to this F1 races in Brazil had been held nearer the beginning the season.