Race · Round 21 of 22 · 13 November 2022

2022 Sao Paulo Grand Prix

George Russell won for Mercedes from the front of the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 3 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for George Russell.

Dry, with cloud · High of 26 °C, 1.2 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: George RussellMercedes
Pole: Kevin Magnussen
Started first: George Russellthe pole-sitter started 8
Fastest lap: George Russell
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	George Russell	Mercedes	F1 W13	1	71	Finished	26	fastest lap
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W13	2	71	Finished	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	F1-75	7	71	Finished	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	F1-75	5	71	Finished	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A522	17	71	Finished	10
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB18	3	71	Finished	8
7	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB18	4	71	Finished	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A522	16	71	Finished	4
9	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	C42	14	71	Finished	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR22	15	71	Finished	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR22	9	71	Finished	0
12	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	C42	13	71	Finished	0
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-22	12	71	Finished	0
14	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT03	10	71	Finished	0
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	FW44	19	71	Finished	0
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW44	18	71	Finished	0
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT03	PL	70	Finished	0
DNF	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL36	6	50	Gearbox	0
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-22	8	0	Collision	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL36	11	0	Collision	0

F1DB layout interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
George Russell	1	1	71
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	2	71
Carlos Sainz	7	3	71
Charles Leclerc	5	4	71
Fernando Alonso	17	5	71
Max Verstappen	3	6	71
Sergio Perez	4	7	71
Esteban Ocon	16	8	71
Valtteri Bottas	14	9	71
Lance Stroll	15	10	71
Sebastian Vettel	9	11	71
Zhou Guanyu	13	12	71
Mick Schumacher	12	13	71
Pierre Gasly	10	14	71
Alexander Albon	19	15	71
Nicholas Latifi	18	16	71
Yuki Tsunoda	PL	17	70
Lando Norris	6	DNF	50
Kevin Magnussen	8	DNF	0
Daniel Ricciardo	11	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:13.954	1:11.410	1:11.674	—	0 m	—
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:13.625	1:10.881	1:11.877	+0.203	12 m	+0.203
3	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:14.427	1:11.318	1:12.059	+0.385	23 m	+0.182
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:13.106	1:11.377	1:12.263	+0.589	35 m	+0.204
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:14.680	1:10.890	1:12.357	+0.683	41 m	+0.094
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:14.663	1:11.587	1:12.425	+0.751	45 m	+0.068
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:13.542	1:11.394	1:12.504	+0.830	50 m	+0.079
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:13.403	1:11.539	1:12.611	+0.937	56 m	+0.107
9	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:13.613	1:11.456	1:15.601	+3.927	236 m	+2.990
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:14.486	1:10.950	—	—	4 m	—
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:14.324	1:11.631	—	—	46 m	—
12	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:14.371	1:11.675	—	—	48 m	—
13	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:13.597	1:11.678	—	—	48 m	—
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:14.931	1:12.140	—	—	77 m	—
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:14.398	1:12.210	—	—	81 m	—
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:15.095	—	—	—	117 m	—
17	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:15.197	—	—	—	123 m	—
18	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:15.486	—	—	—	140 m	—
19	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:16.264	—	—	—	186 m	—
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:16.361	—	—	—	192 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Sprint

Sprint
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Out	Gap	Points
1	George Russell	Mercedes	3	24	Finished	—	8
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	24	Finished	+3.995	7
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	8	24	Finished	+4.492	6
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	2	24	Finished	+10.494	5
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	9	24	Finished	+11.855	4
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10	24	Finished	+13.133	3
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	24	Finished	+25.624	2
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1	24	Finished	+28.768	1
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	13	24	Finished	+30.218	0
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	12	24	Finished	+34.170	0
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	14	24	Finished	+39.395	0
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	20	24	Finished	+41.159	0
13	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	17	24	Finished	+41.763	0
14	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	18	24	Finished	+42.338	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	19	24	Finished	+50.306	0
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	15	24	Finished	+50.700	0
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	6	24	Finished	+51.756	0
18	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	7	24	Finished	+53.985	0
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	16	24	Finished	+1:16.850	0
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	11	12	Undertray	—	0

A sprint is a separate, shorter race held on the grand prix weekend, with its own grid and its own points — and those points count towards the championship. The grid column is the sprint grid, not the grand prix one.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
George Russell	1	71	2	24, 49	23.5, 23.5
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	71	2	29, 48	24.1, 23.4
Carlos Sainz	3	71	3	17, 36, 53	25.2, 23.5, 23.8
Charles Leclerc	4	71	3	7, 21, 44	30.1, 23.2, 23.1
Fernando Alonso	5	71	3	14, 35, 52	23.5, 28.9, 23.8
Max Verstappen	6	71	3	7, 23, 48	30.9, 31.7, 24.1
Sergio Perez	7	71	2	23, 47	22.9, 23.2
Esteban Ocon	8	71	2	24, 47	23.9, 24.4
Valtteri Bottas	9	71	2	24, 45	23.9, 24.6
Lance Stroll	10	71	2	29, 48	23.5, 23.8
Sebastian Vettel	11	71	2	26, 45	24.2, 24.0
Zhou Guanyu	12	71	2	16, 37	24.3, 25.1
Mick Schumacher	13	71	2	24, 46	24.5, 25.2
Pierre Gasly	14	71	3	19, 35, 52	23.5, 23.3, 23.0
Alexander Albon	15	71	3	4, 25, 47	24.4, 23.4, 23.3
Nicholas Latifi	16	71	3	20, 32, 52	28.8, 24.3, 23.6
Yuki Tsunoda	17	70	3	20, 40, 54	23.3, 23.6, 23.6
Lando Norris	DNF	50	2	24, 45	29.3, 24.7
Kevin Magnussen	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
George Russell · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	1 · 2	24 · 29	George Russell	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Carlos Sainz	2 · 7	2 · 3	29 · 17	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Max Verstappen	2 · 3	2 · 6	29 · 7	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Carlos Sainz	5 · 7	4 · 3	7 · 17	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Charles Leclerc	4 · 5	7 · 4	23 · 7	Charles Leclerc	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Fernando Alonso	5 · 17	4 · 5	7 · 14	Charles Leclerc	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Fernando Alonso	3 · 17	6 · 5	7 · 14	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Fernando Alonso	16 · 17	8 · 5	24 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Nicholas Latifi	17 · 18	5 · 16	14 · 20	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez	3 · 4	6 · 7	7 · 23	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Esteban Ocon	4 · 16	7 · 8	23 · 24	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Esteban Ocon	14 · 16	9 · 8	24 · 24	Same lap	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · Esteban Ocon	15 · 16	10 · 8	29 · 24	Esteban Ocon	Swapped places
Zhou Guanyu · Valtteri Bottas	13 · 14	12 · 9	16 · 24	Zhou Guanyu	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Lance Stroll	14 · 15	9 · 10	24 · 29	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Lance Stroll	9 · 15	11 · 10	26 · 29	Sebastian Vettel	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Zhou Guanyu	9 · 13	11 · 12	26 · 16	Zhou Guanyu	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Pierre Gasly	9 · 10	11 · 14	26 · 19	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Mick Schumacher · Zhou Guanyu	12 · 13	13 · 12	24 · 16	Zhou Guanyu	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Mick Schumacher	10 · 12	14 · 13	19 · 24	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Pierre Gasly · Alexander Albon	10 · 19	14 · 15	19 · 4	Alexander Albon	Kept their order
Nicholas Latifi · Alexander Albon	18 · 19	16 · 15	20 · 4	Alexander Albon	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:11.853	—	0 m	—	29
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:11.857	+0.004	0 m	+0.004	31
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:11.861	+0.008	0 m	+0.004	28
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:12.039	+0.186	11 m	+0.178	30
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:12.040	+0.187	11 m	+0.001	25
6	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:12.055	+0.202	12 m	+0.015	24
7	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:12.157	+0.304	18 m	+0.102	30
8	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:12.314	+0.461	28 m	+0.157	27
9	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:12.466	+0.613	37 m	+0.152	31
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:12.467	+0.614	37 m	+0.001	32
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:12.554	+0.701	42 m	+0.087	25
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:12.633	+0.780	47 m	+0.079	29
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:12.705	+0.852	51 m	+0.072	30
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:12.759	+0.906	54 m	+0.054	26
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:12.955	+1.102	66 m	+0.196	28
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:12.997	+1.144	69 m	+0.042	25
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:13.019	+1.166	70 m	+0.022	32
18	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:13.115	+1.262	76 m	+0.096	30
19	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:13.347	+1.494	90 m	+0.232	32
20	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:13.359	+1.506	90 m	+0.012	28

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:14.604	—	0 m	—	28
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:14.788	+0.184	11 m	+0.184	36
3	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:14.916	+0.312	18 m	+0.128	31
4	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:15.049	+0.445	26 m	+0.133	29
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:15.098	+0.494	29 m	+0.049	30
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:15.137	+0.533	31 m	+0.039	33
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:15.636	+1.032	60 m	+0.499	32
8	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:15.684	+1.080	62 m	+0.048	40
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:15.815	+1.211	70 m	+0.131	38
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:15.851	+1.247	72 m	+0.036	25
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:15.856	+1.252	72 m	+0.005	38
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:15.865	+1.261	73 m	+0.009	32
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:15.868	+1.264	73 m	+0.003	37
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:15.994	+1.390	80 m	+0.126	28
15	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:16.047	+1.443	83 m	+0.053	34
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:16.181	+1.577	91 m	+0.134	34
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:16.263	+1.659	96 m	+0.082	43
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:16.400	+1.796	104 m	+0.137	44
19	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:16.468	+1.864	108 m	+0.068	37
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	45	1:16.480	+1.876	108 m	+0.012	28

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 21 of 2022
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Nov 2022
Layout raced: Current layout · 4.309 km · 15 turns
Format: Sprint weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.