George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1

F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2022 - George Russell wins!

Pole-sitter George Russell, who won Saturday’s sprint race, also wins Sunday's race! Lewis Hamilton finished second after earlier contact with Max Verstappen!

This is Mercedes' first win of 2022!

13 Nov 2022
18:31
Lap 19 order

Russell, Perez, Hamilton, Vettel, Norris, Gasly, Bottas, Ocon, Schumacher, Stroll, Sainz, Albon, Tsunoda, Latifi, Verstappen, Alonso, Leclerc and Zhou.

18:30
Lap 17/71

Ferrari pit Sainz for new softs. Some sort of brake issue for the Spaniard.

18:28
Hamilton reaction to Verstappen clash

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13 on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21, Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13 on the grid. Formula 1 World…

18:28
Lap 16/71

What a drive from Vettel so far. He's into fifth past Norris.

18:27
Lap 15/71

Russell has upped his pace in the Mercedes, extending the gap to Perez to 1.9s.

18:25
Verstappen team radio

"Where did they expect me to go? He just closed the door. But it doesn't matter."

18:24
Lap 14/71

Hamilton overtakes Norris into Turn 1 with the use of DRS. 

He's now back up to fourth.

18:23
Another penalty

A five-second time penalty for Norris as well. 

18:22
More news from the FIA

Five-second time penalty for Verstappen for causing a collision.

18:19
News from the FIA

Both incidents - Hamilton and Verstappen; Leclerc and Norris, is under investigation. 

18:19
Lap 10/71

Hamilton moves up to sixth past Gasly with the use of DRS into Turn 1.

18:18
Hamilton radio

"That was no racing incident mate."

18:16
The order on Lap 8

Russell, Perez, Norris, Sainz, Vettel, Gasly, Schumacher, Hamilton, Stroll, Bottas, Ocon, Alonso, Zhou, Latifi, Tsunoda, Albon, Verstappen and Leclerc.

18:16
Even more contact!

Norris and Leclerc collide into Turn 6.

Too much drama here at Interlagos.

18:15
Contact!

Contact between Verstappen and Hamilton into Turn 1.

18:14
Lap 7/71

We're back underway at Interlagos!

18:12
News from race control

Safety Car will be in at the end of this lap. 

18:10
Leclerc is told

"Nothing we can do at the moment. There's no news on that. It's not a problem." 

No signs of an engine problem for Leclerc after he reported a potential issue.

18:09
Still under SC conditions

Magnussen and Ricciardo's cars are being cleared at the moment.

18:06
Order under SC

Russell, Hamilton, Verstappen, Perez, Norris, Leclerc, Sainz, Vettel, Gasly, Schumacher, Bottas, Stroll, Zhou, Ocon, Alonso, Latifi, Albon and Tsunoda.

18:05
Lap 2/71

Both drivers are OK. We're under Safety Car conditions with Russell leading from Hamilton and Verstappen.

Magnussen and Ricciardo are out of the race.

18:04
Safety Car!

Contact between Ricciardo and Magnussen.

The McLaren driver is to blame for that. Both drivers are now out of the race.

18:04
Start

Russell leads into Turn 1 ahead of Hamilton, Verstappen, Perez, Norris.

18:02
We're underway!

Lights out and away we go in Brazil!

18:02
It's almost time!

Russell lines up on his grid spot.

We await for the rest of the pack now.

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