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Formula 1 is back today for the Brazilian GP race, the penultimate round of the 2022 F1 World Championship. Italian start time at 19:00.  

The first positions on the grid: in the front row Russell and Hamilton, in second the Red Bull of Verstappen and Perez, in third Leclerc and the McLaren of Norris and in fourth Sainz and Magnussen.

The starting grid

  • 1st row: 1. George Russell (Mercedes), 2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

  • 2nd row: 3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 4. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

  • 3rd row: 5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), 6. Lando Norris (McLaren)

  • Row 4: 7. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) *, 8. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

  • 5th row: 9. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), 10. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)

  • 6th row: 11. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), 12. Mick Schumacher (Haas)

  • 7th row: 13. Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo), 14. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)

  • 8th row: 15. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri), 16. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

  • 9th row: 17. Esteban Ocon (Alpine), 18. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) **

  • 10th row: 19. Nicholas Latifi (Williams), 20. Alex Albon (Williams)


* penalized by 5 positions for having mounted the sixth ICE of the season


** penalized for contact with Ocon in the Sprint Race