George Russell finally achieves his first victory in Interlagos

Yazar TÜRKYAY on 14 Kasım 2022 Yorum Yok / 57 Görüntüleme

The British George Russell graduated as the new winner of the Formula 1 after winning the 2022 edition of the Brazilian Grand Prix, penultimate date of the championship. It was double for Mercedes since his compatriot came behind Lewis Hamilton. The last step of the podium was the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).

Russell, who started on pole position after winning Saturday’s qualifying race, held the lead throughout and went on to claim his first victory in the specialty in his 81st Grand Prix.

George Russell

Photo: Steve Etherington.

The race was marked by a crash on the first lap between the Australian Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and the Danish Kevin Magnussen (Haas), which forced the safety car to roll until the seventh lap.

When the race resumed, the Dutch champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who started third, tried to overtake Hamilton, although he ended up colliding with the Briton’s car and had to go to the pits to change the front wing, losing a good part of his chances of victory.

In the fight for third position, Sergio Czech Perez (Red Bull) held bronze for much of the race, although he ran out of steam in the final stretch and eventually finished seventh behind teammate Verstappen.

The two-time champion helped the Monegasque charles leclerc (Ferrari) by refusing to return sixth place to Pérez, who had previously let him pass, despite the team asking him to do so if he could not pass the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Alpine). “I have given you my reasons”, Verstappen pointed out after the reconciliation and the harsh statements of the Mexican, who publicly snatched himself saying “I’m surprised, I don’t know what happened. Everything I’ve done for him, I don’t understand his reasons, I’m very surprised; if he has two championships it’s thanks to me.”

“This is just the beginning”, Russell yelled over the team radio after being told he was the Formula 1 winner, the 113th in the sport’s history. “I knew we could do this. I might need some tissues, I’m crying.” he added.

Hamilton, winner of a record 103 races and three in Brazil, congratulated his teammate on a “incredible boost”. And then he admitted that, “he did an amazing qualifying yesterday so he really deserves it… this is an amazing result.”

The closing of the championship will be with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix November 20th.

Brazilian GP Results

POS.	No.	PILOT	AUTO	SALES.	TIME/DIF.	PTS.
1	63	George Russell	MERCEDES	71	1:38:34.044	26
two	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	71	+1,529s	18
3	55	Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	71	+4,051s	fifteen
4	16	charles leclerc	FERRARI	71	+8,441s	12
5	14	Fernando Alonso	ALPINE	71	+9,561s	10
6	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL	71	+10,056s	8
7	eleven	sergio perez	RED BULL	71	+14,080s	6
8	31	Stephen Ocon	ALPINE	71	+18,690s	4
9	77	Valtteri Bottas	ALFA-ROMEO	71	+22,552s	two
10	18	Lance Stroll	ASTON-MARTIN	71	+23,552s	1
eleven	5	Sebastian Vettel	ASTON-MARTIN	71	+26,183s	0
12	24	Zhou Guangyu	ALFA-ROMEO	71	+29,325s	0
13	47	Mike Schumacher	HAAS	71	+29,899s	0
14	10	Pierre Gasley	ALPHATAURI	71	+31,867s	0
fifteen	23	alexander albin	WILLIAMS	71	+36,016s	0
16	6	Nicholas Latifi	WILLIAMS	71	+37,038s	0
17	22	yuki tsunoda	ALPHATAURI	70	+1 lap	0
NC	4	lando norris	McLaren	fifty	DNF	0
NC	twenty	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS	0	DNF	0
NC	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	0	DNF	0

AVERAGE: 186.195km/h. LAP RECORD: Russell, in 61st, in 1:13.785 at 210.238 km/h.

Drivers Championship

POS.	PILOT	NAC	AUTO	PTS.
1	Max Verstappen	ned	RED BULL	429
two	charles leclerc	mon	FERRARI	290
3	sergio perez	MEX	RED BULL	290
4	George Russell	GBR	MERCEDES	265
5	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	MERCEDES	240
6	Carlos Sainz	ESP	FERRARI	2. 3. 4
7	lando norris	GBR	McLaren	113
8	Stephen Ocon	FRA	ALPINE	86
9	Fernando Alonso	ESP	ALPINE	81
10	Valtteri Bottas	FINISH	ALFA-ROMEO	49
eleven	Sebastian Vettel	GER	ASTON-MARTIN	36
12	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	McLaren	35
13	Kevin Magnussen	GIVE	HAAS	25
14	Pierre Gasley	FRA	ALPHATAURI	23
fifteen	Lance Stroll	DOG	ASTON-MARTIN	14
16	Mike Schumacher	GER	HAAS	12
17	yuki tsunoda	JPN	ALPHATAURI	12
18	Zhou Guangyu	CHN	ALFA-ROMEO	6
19	alexander albin	THA	WILLIAMS	4
twenty	Nicholas Latifi	DOG	WILLIAMS	two
twenty-one	Nyck DeVries	ned	WILLIAMS	two