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
19:12
Lap 51/71

Leclerc gets past Vettel into Turn 1 for seventh.

19:10
Order on Lap 50

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

19:10
Lap 50/71

Russell pits on the next lap. He's on course for his first grand prix victory.

It's his day so far.

19:08
Lap 49

Hamilton pits for new softs in response to Perez.

19:06
Order on Lap 47

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

19:05
Lap 46/71

A host of pit stops in the midfield - Bottas, Vettel and Norris all switch to soft tyres.

19:03
Lap 45/71

After a duel on the previous lap, Hamilton overtakes Perez into Turn 1 for second. Could we be on for a Mercedes 1-2 here?

19:01
Lap 43/71

Leclerc overtakes Norris around the outside of Turn 1.

Hamilton is now in DRS range of Perez for second.

18:59
Lap 42/71

Leclerc is now running right behind Norris - the driver that punted him off at the SC restart.

18:55
The order on Lap 38

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

18:54
Sainz makes his second stop

New mediums for Sainz and he rejoins in fourth ahead of Bottas. 

18:51
Look at the clouds

Things are getting darker at Interlagos. Is rain on the way?

18:51
Lap 35/71

Leclerc overtakes Schumacher into Turn 1 for 12th.

Verstappen is currently running in 15th behind Stroll.

18:48
It's Hammertime!

Hamilton is the fastest man on track - 1s quicker than Russell on the last lap.

18:47
That incident after the restart

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB18 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13 make contact in the race. Formula 1
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB18 and Lewis Hamilton (GBR)…

18:46
Order on Lap 31

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

18:45
Hamilton pits for mediums

He rejoins in fourth - 15.2s off leader Russell.

18:43
Lap 29/71

Vettel overtakes Gasly into Turn 1 for eighth. He's 1.7s behind Bottas ahead in the battle for seventh - but also the battle for sixth in the constructors' championship.

18:42
Lap 28/71

Bottas overtakes Gasly into Turn 1 with the use of DRS for seventh.

Vettel is now right behind the AlphaTauri driver.

18:39
The order on Lap 26

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

18:38
A lot of pit stops

Russell, Norris, Bottas and Ocon all switch to the mediums.

18:37

Costly for Perez as he's rejoined right behind Bottas - who he finally gets ahead of.

18:36
Lap 23/71

Perez pits for medium tyres. He rejoins in sixth ahead of Sainz.

18:34
Lap 21/71

A great series of overtakes from Sainz as he cuts through Schumacher, Stroll and Albon.

18:32
Russell team radio

"The tyres are very good. Lets go long. Lets go long."