F1 race results: George Russell wins Brazilian GP in Mercedes 1-2

Russell led for the majority of the race, while his teammate Lewis Hamilton was hit by his old Red Bull nemesis Max Verstappen following a restart, which forced Verstappen to pit for a new nose.

Hamilton dropped to eighth but recovered back to second, finishing ahead of both Ferraris. Verstappen recovered to finish sixth.

2022 Brazilian Grand Prix results

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Gap	Interval	Points
1	George Russell	Mercedes	71			26
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	1.529	1.529	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	71	4.051	2.522	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	8.441	4.390	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	71	9.561	1.120	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	71	10.056	0.495	8
7	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	71	14.080	4.024	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	71	18.690	4.610	4
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	71	22.552	3.862	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	71	23.552	1.000	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	71	26.183	2.631
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	71	29.325	3.142
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas	71	29.899	0.574
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	71	31.867	1.968
15	Alex Albon	Williams	71	36.016	4.149
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	71	37.038	1.022
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	70	1 Lap	1 Lap
	Lando Norris	McLaren	50	21 Laps	20 Laps
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	0
	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	0
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How the Brazilian Grand Prix unfolded

Russell held his pole advantage on the run to Turn 1, leading Hamilton and the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Sergio Perez. McLaren’s Lando Norris attacked Perez down the inside at Turn 1 but soon had both Ferraris on his tail. Moments later, Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren tapped Friday’s pole-winner Kevin Magnussen into a spin at Turn 8 and collected Ricciardo, who clattered into the tyrewall.

The race went green on Lap 7, with Russell heading Hamilton, Verstappen, Perez and Norris. Verstappen lunged around the outside of Hamilton at the Senna-S and they collided approaching the apex of Turn 2, causing Verstappen to pit for a new front wing as Hamilton dropped to eighth.

Norris then punted Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc off the track at Ferradura, sending him spinning into the wall and into the pits for a new nose. Verstappen and Leclerc dropped to 17^th and 18^th respectively, with Verstappen and Norris both receiving 5-second penalties.

Russell extended his lead to 1.5s by Lap 10, as Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz passed Norris for third at Turn 1. Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel was now up to fifth, ahead of the recovering Hamilton – who passed Mick Schumacher (Haas) and Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) in quick succession.

Hamilton passed Vettel at Turn 1 on Lap 14 for fifth, and DRS-ed past Norris for fourth a lap later. Vettel moved past Norris on Lap 17 to claim fifth, while Sainz was forced to pit early due to a visor tear-off getting stuck in his right-rear brake duct, which put Hamilton back into the podium positions.

Russell was almost four seconds clear when Perez stopped on Lap 24, and he rejoined mired in traffic. Russell pitted a lap later, and despite a slower stop, rejoined 3.6s clear and with Vettel between them until he pitted on Lap 27.

Hamilton led at this point, and ran long until pitting on Lap 30, rejoining in fourth behind Russell, whose lead at half distance was up to almost 6s over Perez.

Hamilton quickly caught Perez, as Sainz pitted early to try and undercut the Red Bull. Hamilton passed Perez on track into Turn 1 on Lap 45, but was now 10s behind Russell.

Perez pitted on Lap 48, rejoining 11s behind Sainz, who was elevated to third. Hamilton stopped a lap later, rejoining on softs, behind Sainz but ahead of Perez.

Russell pitted from the lead with 21 laps remaining, taking softs like Hamilton, and rejoined just a second ahead of Sainz.

Norris lost power and ground to a halt on Lap 52, causing a virtual safety car. Sainz opted to pit again, dropping him to fourth but now running on softs, but as marshals couldn’t move Norris’s car, the VSC was upgraded to a full safety car.

At the restart with 12 laps remaining, Russell led Hamilton, Perez and Sainz. Leclerc grabbed fifth from Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) as Sainz attacked Perez for third – almost touching at the exit of the Senna-S.

Russell pulled out of Hamilton’s DRS range and stroked it home for his first F1 win, as Sainz DRS-ed past Perez into Turn 4 for third, and Leclerc did likewise into Turn 1 a lap later.

Fernando Alonso surged up to fifth in the closing stages for Alpine, while Verstappen passed two cars in one go to grab seventh and then picked off Perez for sixth, where he finished despite being asked to give Perez the position back.

2022 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	George Russell	Mercedes	61	1'13.785			210.237
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	63	1'13.942	0.157	0.157	209.791
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	65	1'13.953	0.168	0.011	209.760
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	62	1'14.164	0.379	0.211	209.163
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	64	1'14.195	0.410	0.031	209.076
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	63	1'14.253	0.468	0.058	208.912
7	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	62	1'14.283	0.498	0.030	208.828
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	50	1'14.831	1.046	0.548	207.299
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	65	1'15.093	1.308	0.262	206.575
10	Mick Schumacher	Haas	63	1'15.251	1.466	0.158	206.142
11	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	59	1'15.327	1.542	0.076	205.934
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	64	1'15.327	1.542	0.000	205.934
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	63	1'15.508	1.723	0.181	205.440
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	62	1'15.511	1.726	0.003	205.432
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	64	1'15.549	1.764	0.038	205.328
16	Alex Albon	Williams	49	1'15.613	1.828	0.064	205.155
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	64	1'15.802	2.017	0.189	204.643
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	48	1'15.855	2.070	0.053	204.500
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2022 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix pitstops

Cla	Driver	Chassis	1		2		3		4
1	George Russell	Mercedes	S	24	M	25	S	31
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	S	29	M	19	S	29
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	M	17	S	19	M	17	S	24
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	M	7	M	14	S	23	S	28
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	M	14	M	21	M	17	S	19
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	S	7	M	16	S	32	S	23
7	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	S	23	M	24	M	24
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	S	24	M	23	S	27
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	S	24	M	21	S	26
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	M	30	M	20	S	23
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	S	26	M	20	M	27
12	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	S	16	M	21	S	34
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas	M	24	S	22	S	29
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	S	19	M	16	S	22	M	19
15	Alex Albon	Williams	H	4	M	21	M	22	M	24
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	M	20	H	12	M	20	S	19
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	M	20	S	20	S	14	M	16
	Lando Norris	McLaren	S	24	M	21	S	11
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	M	0
	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	S	0
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