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2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix

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Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round21 of 22
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The 2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix was the:

  • 1,078th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Sao Paulo Grand Prix
  • 39th World Championship race at Interlagos
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) George RussellMercedes711hr 38m 34.044s26 FL
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes71+1.529s18
3+4(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari71+4.051s15
4+1(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari71+8.441s12
5+12(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault71+9.561s10
6-3(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT71+10.056s8
7-3(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT71+14.080s6
8+8(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault71+18.690s4
9+5(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari71+22.552s2
10+5(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes71+23.552s1
11-2(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes71+26.183s 
12+1(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari71+29.325s 
13-1(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari71+29.899s 
14-4(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT71+31.867s (5.000s) 
15+4(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes71+36.016s 
16+2(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes71+37.038s 
17PL(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT70+1 lap 
R (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes50DNF 
R (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari0DNF 
R (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Pierre Gasly received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. He originally finished P12.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (GBR) George RussellMercedes
2 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
3 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT
4 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT
5 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
6 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
7-5(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
8 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
9 (DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes
10 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT
11 (AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes
12 (DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari
13 (CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
14 (FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
15 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
16 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
17 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault
18 (CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes
19 (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes
Started from the pit lane
  (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT

Notes

  • Carlos Sainz received a five-place penalty for use of additional power until elements.

Sprint

The Sprint result determined the starting grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(GBR) George RussellMercedes2430m 11.307s8
2+3(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari24+3.995s7
3+5(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes24+4.492s6
4-2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT24+10.494s5
5+4(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT24+11.855s4
6+4(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari24+13.133s3
7-3(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes24+25.624s2
8-7(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari24+28.768s1
9+4(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes24+30.218s 
10+2(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT24+34.170s 
11+3(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes24+39.395s 
12+8(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari24+41.159s 
13+4(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari24+41.763s 
14+4(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari24+42.338s 
15+4(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT24+50.306s 
16-1(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes24+50.700s (10.000s) 
17-11(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault24+51.756s 
18-11(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault24+53.985s (5.000s) 
19-3(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes24+1m 16.850s 
R (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes12DNF 

Notes

  • Lance Stroll received a ten-second time penalty for a dangerous manoeurve when defending against Sebastian Vettel. He originally finished P12.
  • Fernando Alonso received a post-race five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Esteban Ocon. He originally finished P15.

Qualifying result

The qualifying results below decided the starting grid for the Sprint (shown above), not Sunday’s Grand Prix.

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:11.674 
2(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-RBPT1:11.8770.203
3(GBR) George RussellMercedes1:12.0590.385
4(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.2630.589
5(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:12.3570.683
6(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:12.4250.751
7(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:12.5040.830
8(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:12.6110.937
9(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-RBPT1:15.6013.927
10(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari– 
Q2
11(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:11.631 
12(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT1:11.675 
13(DEU) Sebastian VettelAston Martin-Mercedes1:11.678 
14(AUS) Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.140 
15(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:12.210 
Q1
16(CAN) Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:15.095 
17(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:15.197 
18(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:15.486 
19(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT1:16.264 
20(DEU) Mick SchumacherHaas-Ferrari1:16.361 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen429
2(MCO) Charles Leclerc290
3(MEX) Sergio Perez290
4(GBR) George Russell265
5(GBR) Lewis Hamilton240
6(ESP) Carlos Sainz234
7(GBR) Lando Norris113
8(FRA) Esteban Ocon86
9(ESP) Fernando Alonso81
10(FIN) Valtteri Bottas49
11(DEU) Sebastian Vettel36
12(AUS) Daniel Ricciardo35
13(DNK) Kevin Magnussen25
14(FRA) Pierre Gasly23
15(CAN) Lance Stroll14
16(DEU) Mick Schumacher12
17(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda12
18(CHN) Guanyu Zhou6
19(THA) Alexander Albon4
20(CAN) Nicholas Latifi2
21(NLD) Nyck de Vries2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-RBPT719
2Ferrari524
3Mercedes505
4Alpine-Renault167
5McLaren-Mercedes148
6Alfa Romeo-Ferrari55
7Aston Martin-Mercedes50
8Haas-Ferrari37
9AlphaTauri-RBPT35
10Williams-Mercedes8

Statistics & milestones

Wins
1st for George Russell (113th different winner, 20th British driver)
125th for Mercedes
Race 1-2
59th for Mercedes
Podiums
191st for Lewis Hamilton
15th for Carlos Sainz
9th for George Russell
280th & 281st for Mercedes
232nd for Red Bull
Poles
1st for Kevin Magnussen (106th different polesitter, 1st Danish driver)
1st for Haas (41st different polesitter)
1-2 start
82nd for Mercedes
Fastest laps
5th for George Russell
100th for Mercedes (4th constructor to set 100 fastest laps)
Front row starts
174th for Lewis Hamilton
6th for George Russell
Points finishes
150th for Sergio Perez
100th for Carlos Sainz
Win & fastest lap
1st for George Russell (71st different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 15th British driver)