George Russel Stuns By Grabbing Brazil Sprint Race Win

Formula 1 returned to Brazil this weekend, and Interlagos hosted the third and final F1 Sprint race of the season. While the mixed-weather qualifying yesterday saw Kevin Magnussen grab a super impressive maiden pole for himself as well as Haas, the qualifying only decided the positions for the F1 Sprint, while the grid for the main race will be determined by the result of the sprint race.

Kevin Magnussen got off to a great start off pole position, but post leading the sprint race for 1 lap, he got passed by Max Verstappen, and others soon after. He finished P8, grabbing the last point of the sprint. While the first few laps weren’t as interesting, we still saw both Alpines making contact with each other and ruining their races, and the Aston Martin drivers going through something similar towards the end of the race.

While Verstappen took the lead of the sprint race early on, George Russel showed outstanding grit to catch up to him and pass him around the halfway point of the race after a great multi-lap battle between the duo. P5 starter Carlos Sainz also showed good pace, and his Ferrari caught up with Verstappen in no time. However, Sainz & Verstappen made contact during his move, and Verstappen’s front wing end plate broke off, dropping his pace off even further. The Mercedes of Hamilton soon passed him too, and Verstappen finished P4 ahead of Perez. With Carlos Sainz set to receive a 5-place grid penalty for tomorrow’s race, the front row will be locked out by Mercedes, which will be the first such instance for the team since 2020, while Red Bull has locked out the second row.

2022 Formula 1 Round 21, Brazilian GP: Sprint Race Results:

Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Points
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	24	30:11.307	8
2	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	24	3.995s	7
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	24	4.492s	6
4	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	24	10.494s	5
5	11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	24	11.855s	4
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	24	13.133s	3
7	4	Lando Norris	McLaren	24	25.624s	2
8	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	24	28.768s	1
9	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	24	30.218s	0
10	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	24	34.170s	0
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	24	39.395s	0
12	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas	24	41.159s	0
13	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	24	41.763s	0
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	24	42.338s	0
15	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	24	50.306s	0
16	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	24	50.700s	0
17	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	24	51.756s	0
18	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	24	53.985s	0
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	24	76.850s	0
NC	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	12	DNF	0

2022 Formula 1 World Driver’s Championship Standings After Brazil GP Sprint Race:

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	421
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	284
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	278
4	George Russell	Mercedes	239
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	222
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	219
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	113
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine Renault	82
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine Renault	71
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	47
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	36
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	35
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	25
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	23
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	13
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	12
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	12
18	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	6
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	4
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	2
21	Nyck De Vries	Williams	2
22	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	0

2022 Formula 1 World Constructor’s Championship Standings After Brazil GP Sprint Race:

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Red Bull Racing RBPT	705
2	Ferrari	497
3	Mercedes	461
4	Alpine Renault	153
5	McLaren Mercedes	148
6	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	53
7	Aston Martin Mercedes	49
8	Haas Ferrari	37
9	AlphaTauri RBPT	35
10	Williams Merceds	8