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Brazil 2022! Everything you need to know...

Updated: Nov 14, 2022

This post will be updated regularly over the weekend.


With the penultimate race ahead of us this weekend - and the last sprint race of the season - many are sad to see the Brazilian GP here already, but excited for the race ahead.


For those of you who are uncertain what a sprint race is, I'm going to (hopefully) give you a brief explanation:

  • Where the weekend would normally have 3 free practice sessions, a qualifying session, and then the race, a sprint race mixes this up.

  • Instead, Friday will see Free Practice 1, and then Qualifying.

  • Qualifying determines the start position in the sprint on Saturday. Essentially, Qualifying is for to determine the Sprint, and then the Sprint is to determine the starting grid in the GP (penalty dependent).

  • Saturday also changes, as the addition of the Sprint session sees the sacrifice of the 3rd Free Practice. Instead, there's Free Practice 2, and then the Sprint.

  • The top 8 drivers will receive points in the Sprint, however, there are no points for the fastest lap.

  • Sunday, however, remains the same good-old race day we know and love!

 

JUMP TO:


Race Schedule

About The Track

Free Practice Updates

Qualifying Updates

Sprint Updates

Pre-race Penalties

The Race

Any Other News

Championship Standings

 

Race Schedule (GMT)


Friday 11th November 2022

Free Practice 1: 15:30-16:30

Qualifying: 18:00-19:00


Saturday 12th November 2022

Free Practice 2: 15:30-16:30

Sprint: 19:30-20:00


Sunday 13th November 2022

The Race: On Air - 16:30, Race Start 18:00

 

About The Track


  • The drivers will complete 71 laps of the 4.309km Autódromo José Carlos Pace

  • The lap record was set by Valtteri Bottas at 1:10.540 in 2018

  • The first GP was held here in 1973

  • There are 2 DRS zones. The first is just after Turn 1, and the second being just after Turn 13


Image taken from Formula 1 website.

 

Free Practice Updates


Free Practice 1 -


Times by Teams:


Alfa Romeo

  • Valtteri Bottas: P9. 1:12.466. Completed 30 laps.

  • Zhou Guanyu: P18. 1:13.115. Completed 29 laps.


AlphaTauri

  • Pierre Gasly: P10. 1:12.467. Completed 31 laps.

  • Yuki Tsunoda: P19. 1:13.347. Completed 31 laps.

Alpine

  • Esteban Ocon: P13. 1:12.705. Completed 29 laps.

  • Fernando Alonso: P11. 1:12.554. Completed 24 laps.


Aston Martin

  • Sebastian Vettel: P7. 1:12.157. Completed 29 laps.

  • Lance Stroll: P14. 1:12.859. Completed 25 laps.


Ferrari

  • Carlos Sainz: P4. 1:12.039. Completed 29 laps.

  • Charles Leclerc: P2. 1:11.857. Completed 30 laps.


Haas

  • Mick Schumacher: P8. 1:12.314. Completed 26 laps.

  • Kevin Magnussen: P16. 1:12.997. Completed 24 laps.

McLaren

  • Lando Norris: P15. 1:12.955. Completed 27 laps.

  • Daniel Ricciardo: P20. 1:13.359. Completed 27 laps.


Mercedes

  • Lewis Hamilton: P4. 1:12.040. Completed 24 laps.

  • George Russell: P5. 1:12.055. Completed 23 laps.

Red Bull

  • Max Verstappen: P3. 1:11.861. Completed 27 laps.

  • Sergio Perez: P1. 1:11.853. Completed 28 laps.

Williams

  • Alex Albon: P12. 1:12.633. Completed 28 laps.

  • Nicholas Latifi: P17. 1:13.019. Completed 31 laps.

OVERALL RANKING FOR FP1

Position

Driver

Team

Time

1

Sergio Perez

Red Bull

1:11.853

2

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

+0.004

3

Max Verstappen

Red Bull

+0.008

4

Carlos Sainz

Ferrari

+0.186

5

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

+0.187

6

George Russell

Mercedes

+0.202

7

Sebastian Vettel

Aston Martin

+0.304

8

Mick Schumacher

Haas

+0.461

9

Valtteri Bottas

Alfa Romeo

+0.613

10

Pierre Gasly

AlphaTauri

+0.614

11

Fernando Alonso

Alpine

+0.701

12

Alex Albon

Williams

+0.780

13

Esteban Ocon

Alpine

+0.852

14

Lance Stroll

Aston Martin

+0.906

15

Lando Norris

McLaren

+1.102

16

Kevin Magnussen

Haas

+1.144

17

Nicholas Latifi

Williams

+1.166

18

Zhou Guanyu

Alfa Romeo

+1.262

19

Yuki Tsunoda

AlphaTauri

+1.494

20

Daniel Ricciardo

McLaren

+1.506



Free Practice 2 -


Times by Teams:


Alfa Romeo

  • Valtteri Bottas: P15. 1:16.047. Completed 33 laps.

  • Zhou Guanyu: P19. 1:16.468. Completed 36 laps.


AlphaTauri

  • Pierre Gasly: P7. 1:15.636. Completed 31 laps.

  • Yuki Tsunoda: P12. 1:15.865. Completed 31 laps.

Alpine

  • Esteban Ocon: P1. 1:14.604. Completed 27 laps.

  • Fernando Alonso: P4. 1:15.049. Completed 29 laps.


Aston Martin

  • Sebastian Vettel: P18. 1:16.400. Completed 43 laps.

  • Lance Stroll: P17. 1:16.263. Completed 42 laps.


Ferrari

  • Carlos Sainz: P11. 1:15.856. Completed 37 laps.

  • Charles Leclerc: P13. 1:15.868. Completed 36 laps.


Haas

  • Mick Schumacher: P8. 1:15.684. Completed 40 laps.

  • Kevin Magnussen: P9. 1:15.815. Completed 37 laps.

McLaren

  • Lando Norris: P10. 1:15.851. Completed 24 laps.

  • Daniel Ricciardo: P14. 1:15.994. Completed 28 laps.


Mercedes

  • Lewis Hamilton: P6. 1:15.137. Completed 32 laps.

  • George Russell: P3. 1:14.916. Completed 31 laps

Red Bull

  • Max Verstappen: P5. 1:14.916. Completed 30 laps.

  • Sergio Perez: P2. 1:14.788. Completed 36 laps.

Williams

  • Logan Sargeant driving in Alex Albon's car: P20. 1:16.480. Completed 28 laps.

To increase his super-licence points (in order to drive in F1 next year), he must complete 24 laps (100km) during this session.

  • Nicholas Latifi: P16. 1:16.181. Completed 33 laps.


OVERALL RANKING FOR FP2

Position

Driver

Team

Time

1

Esteban Ocon

Alpine

1:14.604

2

Sergio Perez

Red Bull

1:14.788

3

George Russell

Mercedes

1:14.916

4

Fernando Alonso

Alpine

1:15.049

5

Max Verstappen

​Red Bull

1:15.098

6

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:15.137

7

Pierre Gasly

AlphaTauri

1:15.636

8

Mick Schumacher

Haas

1:15.684

9

Kevin Magnussen

Haas

1:15.815

10

Lando Norris

McLaren

1:15.851

11

Carlos Sainz

Ferrari

1:15.856

12

Yuki Tsunoda

AlphaTauri

1:15.865

13

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

1:15.868

14

Daniel Ricciardo

McLaren

1:15.994

15

Valtteri Bottas

Alfa Romeo

1:16.047

16

Nicholas Latifi

Williams

1:16.181

17

Lance Stroll

Aston Martin

1:16.263

18

Sebastian Vettel

Aston Martin

1:16.400

19

Zhou Guanyu

Alfa Romeo

1:16.468

20

Logan Sargeant

Williams

1:16.480


 

Qualifying Updates


Eliminated in Q1 -


Nicholas Latifi

Zhou Guanyu

Valtteri Bottas

Yuki Tsunoda

Mick Schumacher


Eliminated in Q2 -


Alexander Albon

Pierre Gasly

Sebastian Vettel

Daniel Ricciardo

Lance Stroll


Through to Q3 -


Kevin Magnussen

Max Verstappen

George Russell

Lando Norris

Carlos Sainz

Esteban Ocon

Fernando Alonso

Lewis Hamilton

Sergio Perez

Charles Leclerc




OVERALL RESULTS OF QUALIFYING


*this does not take into account any penalties, final starting grid can be found under 'The Race' section*


The time listed shows the driver's fastest qualifying lap for their respective final qualifying sessions. Blue is for Q3, red is for Q2, and no background colour is Q1. For the driver's times for Q1, Q2, Q3, see below in 'Qualifying Results by Team'

Position

Driver

Team

Time

1

Kevin Magnusen

Haas

1:11.674

2

Max Verstappen

Red Bull

1:11.877

3

George Russell

Mercedes

1:12.059

4

Lando Norris

McLaren

1:12.263

5

Carlos Sainz

Ferrari

1:12.357

6

Esteban Ocon

Alpine

1:12.425

7

Fernando Alonso

Alpine

1:12.504

8

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

1:12.611

9

Sergio Perez

Red Bull

1:15.601

10

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

1:10.950

11

Alex Albon

Williams

1:11.631

12

Pierre Gasly

AlphaTauri

1:11.675

13

Sebastian Vettel

Aston Martin

1:11.678

14

Daniel Ricciardo

McLaren

1:12.140

15

Lance Stroll

Aston Martin

1:12.210

16

Nicholas Latifi

Williams

1:15.095

17

Zhous Guanyu

Alfa Romeo

1:15.197

18

Valtteri Bottas

Alfa Romeo