2022 São Paulo Grand Prix

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2022 São Paulo Grand Prix
Race 21 of 22 in the 2022 Formula One World Championship
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Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Race details[1]
Date 13 November 2022
Official name Formula 1 Heineken
Grande Prêmio de São Paulo
2022
Location
Autódromo José Carlos Pace

São Paulo, Brazil
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.309 km (2.677 miles)
Distance 71 laps, 305.879 km (190.064 miles)
Weather Cloudy
Attendance 236,000[2]
Pole position
Driver
Haas-Ferrari
Time 1:11.674
Grid positions set by results of sprint
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes
Time 1:13.785 on lap 61
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Mercedes
Third
Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2022) was a

Mercedes driver George Russell took his maiden Grand Prix win with his team mate Lewis Hamilton in second and with Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr. completing the podium in third. This race marked the first time since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix that British drivers finished first and second in a Grand Prix. The race was also the last before Red Bull Racing started a record-breaking run of 15 consecutive race wins which lasted for 10 months until Carlos Sainz Jr. won the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix
.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of the 11–13 November. It was twenty-first and the penultimate round of the

Formula One sprint format.[5]

Safety concerns

In the aftermath of the

FIA would decide to cancel the round, or if the race would go ahead as scheduled. Reports indicated that the FIA and Formula One rights holder Liberty Media were monitoring the situation to decide on the fate of the race.[10] On 2 November, Formula One confirmed the event would go ahead.[11]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, both the Drivers' and Constructors' titles have already been decided at the Japanese and United States Grands Prix, respectively. Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 136 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, second, and 141 from Charles Leclerc, third. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 209 points and Mercedes by 249 points.[12]

Entrants

See also: 2022 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.

Alexander Albon, during the second practice session.[14]

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[15]

Qualifying

Qualifying report

Qualifying began in wet conditions, with all twenty drivers starting on the intermediate tyres. With eight minutes remaining in the first segment Pierre Gasly became the first driver to switch to dry tyres. These proved to be faster, and all cars would finish the session on the soft tyre, with those who made the switch earlier attaining better lap times.

The second segment of qualifying would remain predominantly dry, showers began at the end of the session and continued into the third segment (Q3). Despite the deteriorating conditions, nine of the ten drivers would start Q3 on dry tyres, with

red flag and the postponement of the session. When it resumed ten minutes later, the rain had got much heavier and dry tyres had become unusable. As a result, no driver could set a lap time, meaning Kevin Magnussen took the first pole of his Formula One career, and the first pole for Haas
.

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Sprint
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:13.954 1:11.410 1:11.674 1
2 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT 1:13.625 1:10.881 1:11.775 2
3 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1:14.427 1:11.318 1:12.059 3
4 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.106 1:11.377 1:12.263 4
5 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:14.680 1:10.890 1:12.357 5
6 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:14.663 1:11.587 1:12.425 6
7 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1:13.542 1:11.394 1:12.504 7
8 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:13.403 1:11.539 1:12.611 8
9 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-RBPT 1:13.613 1:11.456 1:15.601 9
10 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:14.486 1:10.950 No time 10
11 23
Alexander Albon
 Williams-Mercedes 1:14.324 1:11.631 N/A 11
12 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-RBPT 1:14.371 1:11.675 N/A 12
13 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:13.597 1:11.678 N/A 13
14 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.931 1:12.140 N/A 14
15 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:14.398 1:12.210 N/A 15
16 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:15.095 N/A N/A 16
17 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:15.197 N/A N/A 17
18 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:15.486 N/A N/A 18
19 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RBPT 1:16.264 N/A N/A 19
20 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1:16.361 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:18.223
Source:[16][17]

Sprint

Sprint report

Magnussen got the best start of the front runners and held the lead for the first two laps. Max Verstappen and Russell engaged in a battle at the start of the race, with Verstappen maintaining second. He overtook Magnussen at the start of lap 3 to take the lead. Magnussen would slip down the order as he struggled to fend off faster cars and finished eighth, the last points-paying position.

The

Alpine drivers of Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso also engaged in a duel throughout the first lap. At turn 4, Ocon forced Alonso wide in a defensive move, leading to contact and Ocon damaging his right sidepod. As the two continued to run close together, Alonso attempted a move around the outside of turn 14. He moved too late and ran into the back of Ocon damaging his front wing. Alonso would pit two laps later, relegating him to the back of the field, and would receive a five-second penalty for the second contact. Ocon's damage would severely hamper his race and he finished in 17th position, with his car catching fire in the post-race parc ferme.[18]

Lance Stroll was also penalised for a late defensive move on Sebastian Vettel, forcing him off-track. Stroll was awarded a ten-second penalty.[19]

Verstappen, despite being one of only two drivers on the medium tyre, started to experience massive tyre degradation and suspected damage to his undertray due to running over debris caused by the Alonso-Ocon collision, resulting in a drop in pace towards the midway point of the race. Russell caught up to him on lap 12, and passed him on lap 15. Three laps later Carlos Sainz Jr. also passed him. After making the move he made contact with Verstappen, damaging Verstappen's front wing. The Red Bull Racing driver would be passed by Lewis Hamilton one lap later and would hold on to fourth until the end of the race.

Sprint classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points Final
grid
1 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 24 30:11.307 3 8 1
2 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 24 +3.995 5 7 71
3 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 24 +4.492 8 6 2
4 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT 24 +10.494 2 5 3
5 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-RBPT 24 +11.855 9 4 4
6 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 24 +13.133 10 3 5
7 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 24 +25.624 4 2 6
8 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 24 +28.768 1 1 8
9 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 24 +30.218 13 9
10 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-RBPT 24 +34.170 12 10
11 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 24 +39.395 14 11
12 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 24 +41.159 20 12
13 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 24 +41.763 17 13
14 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 24 +42.338 18 14
15 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RBPT 24 +50.306 19 PL2
16 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 24 +50.7003 15 15
17 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 24 +51.756 6 16
18 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 24 +53.9854 7 17
19 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 24 +1:16.850 16 18
Ret 23
Alexander Albon
 Williams-Mercedes 12 Undertray 11 19
Fastest lap: United Kingdom George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:14.233 (lap 4)
Source:[17][20][21][failed verification]
Notes

Race

Race report

The frontrunners all got a fairly even start, with Lando Norris the only driver in the top seven to gain a position on the opening lap. At turn 7, Daniel Ricciardo hit the back of Magnussen, spinning the latter who then rolled backwards and made a second contact with Ricciardo's McLaren, ending both of their races and triggering a safety car. Ricciardo was awarded a three-place grid penalty for the next race, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[24]

After the race resumed, two more incidents occurred in quick succession. The first involved Verstappen and Hamilton, and the second Norris and Leclerc. Hamilton dropped to eighth, both Verstappen and Leclerc pitted for new front wings, and Norris continued in third. Both Norris and Verstappen were given a five-second time penalty for their respective incidents.[citation needed]

Sergio Pérez leads Lewis Hamilton

Russell built a three-second gap to Sergio Pérez after the first round of pit stops, with a further seven seconds to Sainz in third and Hamilton in fourth. Sainz was switched to a three-stop strategy after an early first stop due to a visor tear-off getting caught in his rear right brake duct. This allowed him to undercut Pérez for second, with the Red Bull driver having already been passed by Hamilton three laps prior.

Norris retired on lap 53 after a gearbox failure, creating a virtual safety car and then a full safety car, giving Sainz and Alonso, the only two drivers on a three-stop strategy, a chance to lose less time in their pit stops for fresh tyres. When the race resumed, Sainz made his way back to third but failed to catch either Mercedes, while Alonso went from ninth to fifth.

George Russell won his first Formula One Grand Prix, leading Lewis Hamilton across the line in Mercedes' first 1–2 finish since the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and their 59th overall. It was also the first time two British drivers had finished a Grand Prix first and second since Hamilton and Jenson Button at the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix.[25] Carlos Sainz finished third for his ninth podium of the season. The race was the first in 2022 to be won by a team other than Red Bull Racing or Ferrari. The win means Mercedes continue an eleven-season streak of race victories, the longest active streak in Formula One and third longest all-time.

At the conclusion of the race, Alfa Romeo was investigated for a pit lane incident involving Mick Schumacher. The stewards determined that a team member was unreasonably close to the path of the approaching Haas car which was starting its pit stop and fined the team €1,000.

The race was also the last before Red Bull Racing started a record-breaking run of 15 consecutive race wins.

Red Bull Racing team orders

With Pérez falling down the order after the second safety car restart, his Red Bull Racing teammate, Verstappen, was given permission to pass him in order to overtake Fernando Alonso's Alpine.[failed verification] After failing to overtake Alonso, Verstappen was told by his engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, to give the position back to Pérez, to assist Pérez in taking second in the Drivers' Championship. Verstappen refused to comply with team orders and told Lambiase not to ask him to do such a thing again, stating that he had his "reasons" to defy such orders, and that he had discussed those reasons with the team before.[26]

After the end of the race, Pérez expressed his frustration to team principal Christian Horner, saying Verstappen has shown "who he really is" and also told the media that Verstappen won two championships because of his contributions. Horner and team advisor Helmut Marko expressed their disapproval with Verstappen's decision to defy team orders and warned him that he needs to help Pérez regain second place in the championship at the final race, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[27] Many media speculated that the reason for Verstappen refusing the team order was due to Pérez's crash at the Portier corner during the last minutes of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, which caused a red flag, costing other drivers, including Verstappen, a chance to improve their grid positions. It has been alleged that Pérez crashed deliberately and that Verstappen ignored team orders in retaliation, having previously warned the team to not give Pérez an advantageous team order.[28] When asked by media about the incident in Monaco, Verstappen refused to give any comment.[29]

Race classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 71 1:38:34.044 1 261
2 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71 +1.529 2 18
3 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 71 +4.051 7 15
4 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 71 +8.441 5 12
5 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 71 +9.561 17 10
6 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT 71 +10.056 3 8
7 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-RBPT 71 +14.080 4 6
8 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 71 +18.690 16 4
9 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 71 +22.552 14 2
10 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 71 +23.552 15 1
11 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 71 +26.183 9
12 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 71 +29.325 13
13 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 71 +29.899 12
14 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-RBPT 71 +31.8672 10
15 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 71 +36.016 19
16 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 71 +37.038 18
17 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RBPT 70 +1 lap PL
Ret 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 50 Gearbox 6
Ret 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 0 Collision 8
Ret 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 0 Collision 11
Fastest lap: United Kingdom George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:13.785 (lap 61)
Source:[21][30][31][failed verification]

Notes

  • ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[31]
  • ^2 – Pierre Gasly finished 12th, but he received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.[30]

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates 2022 World Champion.

Notes

  1. ^ Kevin Magnussen was credited with pole position after qualifying.[3] George Russell started the race in the first position after winning the sprint.[4]

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