Round 21 · 13 November 2022
2022 São Paulo Grand Prix: results
George Russell (Mercedes) won the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix, round 21 of the championship, held on 13 November 2022 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Brazil), starting from position 1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by George Russell (1:13.785).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1 | 1:38:34.044 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2 | +1.529 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 7 | +4.051 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 5 | +8.441 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 17 | +9.561 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | +10.056 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | +14.080 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 16 | +18.690 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 14 | +22.552 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 15 | +23.552 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 9 | +26.183 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 13 | +29.325 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 12 | +29.899 s | — | Finished |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 10 | +31.867 s | — | Finished |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 19 | +36.016 s | — | Finished |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 18 | +37.038 s | — | Finished |
| 17 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | — | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 18 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 6 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 19 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 8 | — | — | Collision |
| 20 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 11 | — | — | Collision |
Tyres and strategy at the São Paulo Grand Prix 2022
George Russell won with 2 pit stop(s): soft (laps 1-24), medium (laps 25-49), soft (laps 50-71). The top ten used 4 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): medium 72 ± 3, soft 42 ± 3.
- 1. George Russell: soft (laps 1-24), medium (laps 25-49), soft (laps 50-71)
- 2. Lewis Hamilton: soft (laps 1-29), medium (laps 30-48), soft (laps 49-71)
- 3. Carlos Sainz: medium (laps 1-17), soft (laps 18-36), medium (laps 37-53), soft (laps 54-71)
- 4. Charles Leclerc: medium (laps 1-21), soft (laps 22-71)
- 5. Fernando Alonso: medium (laps 1-52), soft (laps 53-71)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.