The 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2022) was the 21st race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace on the weekend of November 11 to November 13 2022.
Background[]
All drivers and teams are set to take part in the race weekend.
The event is due to be held across the weekend of the 11–13 November. It will be the twenty-first round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship. It will be the third Grand Prix weekend of the 2022 season to utilize the Formula One sprint format.[1]
Safety concerns[]
In the aftermath of the Brazilian general election, the safety concern has been raised over the unrest in the country. Some Brazilians took to the streets of Brazil to protest the election results which prompted disruption of activities in the country.[2][3][4] There were reports that team logistic trucks belonging to Ferrari en route to the Autódromo José Carlos Pace from Viracopos International Airport was blocked by protesters.[5] The political instability in Brazil has raised question whether the FIA will decide to cancel the round or the race will go ahead as scheduled. Reports indicates that FIA and Formula One rights holder Liberty Media are reportedly monitoring the situation to decide the fate of the race.[6]
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 leads the Drivers' Championship with 136 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, second, and 141 from Charles Leclerc, third. Red Bull lead the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 209 points and Mercedes by 249 points.[7]
Sprint[]
It will be the third and final weekend of the season to hold the Sprint race weekend format. At an F1 Commission in mid-February, the teams and FOM agreed to some changes.
Sprint Qualifying was deemed a success in 2021, hence they will continue this year. As of writing this, there are three confirmed Sprint races to be held at Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Austrian Grand Prix, and São Paulo Grand Prix.[8]
Sprint Format[]
The weekend format remains the same as last year, as follows:[9]
- Friday
- A one-hour free practice session with two sets of tires for teams to choose freely, and the Qualifying session with five soft tire sets available only.
- Saturday
- A one-hour practice session with one set of tires for teams to choose freely, and a 100 km (60 mi) sprint race (one-third of Grand Prix distance) with two sets of tires to choose freely, with pit stops not compulsory (see table above for new points scoring rules).
- Sunday
- Full-distance race with two remaining sets of tires.
Sprint Changes[]
At a F1 Commision in mid-February, the teams and FIA together decided to introduce some changes to the Sprint Qualifying from last year.[8] The changes are as follows:
- Pole position title
- Will be decided with the usual 3-round elimination Qualifying session on Friday before the Sprint. However, the grid for the main Grand Prix on Sunday will still be set by the results of the Sprint.
- Name
- Sprint Qualifying from 2021 was renamed to Sprint.
- Points
- See points table for new points-scoring system.
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice 1[]
P1 Results[]
The full results of the first practice session for the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix are shown below:
| No. | Driver | Team | FP1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | |||
| 1 |  Max Verstappen
|
 Red Bull
|
1:11.861 | 3 |
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:13.359 | 20 |
| 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:12.955 | 15 |
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:12.157 | 7 |
| 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:13.019 | 17 |
| 10 |  Pierre Gasly
|
 AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
1:12.467 | 10 |
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
1:11.853 | 1 |
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:12.554 | 11 |
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1:11.857 | 2 |
| 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:12.759 | 14 |
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
1:12.997 | 16 |
| 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
1:13.347 | 19 |
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:12.633 | 12 |
| 24 |  Guanyu Zhou
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:13.115 | 18 |
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:12.705 | 13 |
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:12.040 | 5 |
| 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:12.314 | 8 |
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
1:12.039 | 4 |
| 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
1:12.055 | 6 |
| 77 |  Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:12.466 | 9 |
| Source: [11] | ||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
7 | 1:13.954 | 7 | 1:11.410 | 1 | 1:11.674 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull
|
6 | 1:13.625 | 1 | 1:10.881 | 2 | 1:11.877 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
11 | 1:14.427 | 4 | 1:11.318 | 3 | 1:12.059 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1 | 1:13.106 | 5 | 1:11.377 | 4 | 1:12.263 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz
|
Ferrari
|
14 | 1:14.680 | 2 | 1:10.890 | 5 | 1:12.357 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
13 | 1:14.663 | 10 | 1:11.587 | 6 | 1:12.425 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
3 | 1:13.542 | 6 | 1:11.394 | 7 | 1:12.504 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
2 | 1:13.403 | 9 | 1:11.539 | 8 | 1:12.611 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
5 | 1:13.613 | 8 | 1:11.456 | 9 | 1:15.601 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
12 | 1:14.486 | 3 | 1:10.950 | 10 | No Time | 10 | |||
| 11 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
8 | 1:14.324 | 11 | 1:11.631 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
9 | 1:14.371 | 12 | 1:11.675 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
4 | 1:13.597 | 13 | 1:11.678 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
15 | 1:14.931 | 14 | 1:12.140 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 3 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
10 | 1:14.398 | 15 | 1:12.210 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
16 | 1:15.095 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 24 | Guanyu Zhou
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
17 | 1:15.197 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
18 | 1:15.486 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
19 | 1:16.264 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
20 | 1:16.361 | 20 | |||||||
| 107% Time: 1:18.223 | |||||||||||||
| Source:[12] | |||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
Sprint Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | 20. Magnussen
| |
| 1. Verstappen
|
______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | 63. Russell
| |
| 4. Norris
|
______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | 55. Sainz
| |
| 31. Ocon
|
______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | 14. Alonso
| |
| 44. Hamilton
|
______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | 11. Pérez
| |
| 16. Leclerc
|
______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | 23. Albon
| |
| 10. Gasly
|
______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | 5. Vettel
| |
| 3. Ricciardo
|
______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | 18. Stroll
| |
| 6. Latifi
|
______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | 24. Zhou
| |
| 77. Bottas
|
______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | 22. Tsunoda
| |
| 47. Schumacher
|
______________ |
Practice 2[]
P2 Results[]
The full results of the second practice session for the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix are shown below:
| No. | Driver | Team | FP2 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull
|
1:15.098 | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:15.994 | 14 | |||||||||
| 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:15.851 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:16.400 | 18 | |||||||||
| 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:16.181 | 16 | |||||||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
1:15.636 | 7 | |||||||||
| 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
1:14.788 | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:15.049 | 4 | |||||||||
| 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1:15.868 | 13 | |||||||||
| 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:16.263 | 17 | |||||||||
| 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:15.815 | 9 | |||||||||
| 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
1:15.865 | 12 | |||||||||
| 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
DNP | ||||||||||
| 24 | Guanyu Zhou
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:16.468 | 19 | |||||||||
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:14.604 | 1 | |||||||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:15.137 | 6 | |||||||||
| 45 | Logan Sargeant
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:16.480 | 20 | |||||||||
| 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:15.684 | 8 | |||||||||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
1:15.856 | 11 | |||||||||
| 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
1:14.916 | 3 | |||||||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:16.047 | 15 | |||||||||
| Source: [13] | |||||||||||||
Sprint[]
Sprint Results[]
The full results for the 2022 São Paulo Sprint are outlined below:
- Lance Stroll received a post-Sprint 10-second time penalty for forcing his teammate Vettel off the track. Stroll finished the Sprint in 12th, but was relagated to 17th due to this penalty.
- George Russell achieved the fastest lap, but did not gain an additional point because it was not earned during a race.
- Fernando Alonso received a post-Sprint 5-second time penalty for his incident with his teammate Esteban Ocon. Fernando finished in 15th, but was relagated to 18th due to this penalty.
Race Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | 63. Russell
| |
| 44. Hamilton
|
______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | 1. Verstappen
| |
| 11. Pérez
|
______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | 16. Leclerc
| |
| 4. Norris
|
______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | 55. Sainz
| |
| 20. Magnussen
|
______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | 5. Vettel
| |
| 10. Gasly
|
______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | 3. Ricciardo
| |
| 47. Schumacher
|
______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | 24. Zhou
| |
| 77. Bottas
|
______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | 18. Stroll
| |
| 31. Ocon
|
______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | 14. Alonso
| |
| 6. Latifi
|
______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | 23. Albon
| |
| 22. Tsunoda
|
______________ |
Grid Penalties[]
- Carlos Sainz, Jr. received a 5-place grid penalty as he uses his 6th Internal Combustion Engine (I.C.E.) during Practice 1[15]
- Yuki Tsunoda started from the pit lane because he got a new floor, rear wing, and front wing after parc ferme.
Race[]
Report[]
Race Results[]
The full race results for the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix are outlined below:
Milestones[]
- Autódromo José Carlos Pace celebrate its 50th year hosting the Brazilian Grand Prix
- 1st career win of George Russell; 113th Grand Prix winner and 20th British winner
- British drivers took a one-two finish for the first time since the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix, where Hamilton won from McLaren team mate Jenson Button.
- Maiden pole for Kevin Magnussen and Haas
- 140th race start for Kevin Magnussen
- 100th race entry of Kevin Magnussen in Haas
- 60th race start and entry for Nicholas Latifi
- 200th race entry for Valtteri Bottas
- 110th race start and entry for Esteban Ocon
- 1st front row lock-out for Mercedes this season
- 1st time a Mercedes car led the entire race since 2021 Qatar Grand Prix
- 1st one-two finish of Mercedes this season
- 1st one-two finish of Mercedes since 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
- 2nd race in a row where Lewis Hamilton led the race on laps 25 through 29
Standings[]
Only point-scoring drivers are shown. |
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References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ Barretto, Lawrence (17 April 2022). "How does the F1 Sprint work? The format explained ahead of Imola". https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.how-does-the-f1-sprint-work-the-format-explained-ahead-of-imola.4ep6uU8VYFMgftvTYxkZdI.html. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ↑ Carvalho, Daniel; Rosati, Andrew (1 November 2022). "Brazil Protesters Block Roads, Airport as Bolsonaro Stays Silent". Bloomberg News. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-01/brazil-protests-grow-with-bolsonaro-silent-after-election-loss.
- ↑ "Bolsonaro supporters block Brazil roads for a 2nd day as president refuses to accept election loss". CBS News. 1 November 2022. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brazil-election-results-2022-protest-lula-bolsonaro-road-blocks/.
- ↑ "Brazil election: Bolsonaro supporters block roads after poll defeat". BBC News. 1 November 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63467982.
- ↑ (n.d.) . PROTESTO CAUSA BLOQUEIO NA ENTRADA DE VIRACOPOS [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ (n.d.) . La situación que se vive en estos momentos en #Brasil preocupa a #Liberty, la #FIA y a los organizadores del GP de #F1 en #Interlagos. Van a esperar unos días antes de tomar medidas y decisiones para asegurar la celebración de la prueba en #SaoPaulo [Tweet]. Twitter.
- ↑ "Mexico City 2022 – Championship". 30 October 2022. https://www.statsf1.com/en/2022/mexico-city/championnat.aspx. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 FIA confirms three F1 sprints for 2022 with points for top eight, motorsport.com, accessed on 14 Feb 2022
- ↑ F1.com: Sprint Qualifying to debut at three Grands Prix in 2021 following unanimous agreement from teams
- ↑ 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 11 November 2022
- ↑ 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 11 November 2022
- ↑ 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 12 November 2022
- ↑ 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix - Sprint Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 12 November 2022
- ↑ Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. "Offence - Car 55 - PU Elements" (in English) (PDF). pp. 1. https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/decision-document/2022%20Brazilian%20Grand%20Prix%20-%20Offence%20-%20Car%2055%20-%20PU%20element.pdf. Retrieved 11th November, 2022.
- ↑ 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 13 November 2022
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