2022 Formula One Sao Paulo Grand Prix

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With just two races remaining in the 2022 Formula 1 season, the teams head to Brazil to take on one of the most historic and exciting circuits on the calendar.

Autódromo José Carlos Pace is the site of F1 racing action this weekend. Last year, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were in the midst of a fierce championship battle, and Brazil proved to be one of the most exciting races of that championship.

This year's race has no such uncertainty or drama, as Verstappen and his Red Bull team have been very much in control of the drivers' and constructors' championship for most of the season.

The Interlagos circuit, however, typically produces exciting racing action from the F1 grid, and this year should be no exception. Its long, DRS-enhanced start/finish straight gives drivers ample opportunity to set up overtakes into turn 1, and a second DRS zone follows just a few corners later.

The circuit has remained largely unchanged for the past 30 years, and its windy, hilly nature has been home to epic F1 memories such as Hamilton's last-to-first weekend in 2021, Verstappen's brilliant wet weather driving in 2016, and Ayrton Senna's unforgettable first home win in 1991 despite having only 6th gear by the end of the race.

This is a sprint race weekend, meaning that the race starting order will be decided with a shortened race on Saturday. The weather is looking unkind all weekend, with rain in the forecast for all three days of the grand prix.

Could the weather make for interesting results this weekend? Who do you think will take the win on Sunday? Let us know in the comments below.
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Did I see Lord Hamilton voted DOD?
No way in my opinion, DOD should have gone to Russel or Leclerc.
Hamilton again blotted the copy book by squeezing Verstappen, and Verstappen should have spotted the place back to Checo for the extra points... but ho hum
 
George owned the weekend, what a win! Earned through and through!!

Carlos was going for a podium place so Ferrari had a hard call to make but Red Bull did not. Max showed his true character as a team player... abysmal.
Did anyone really think Max was going to give the place back? Once he was in front I basically wrote it off in my mind…
 
Gonna be the ballbuster here but I don't think there will be bad blood about this Perez and Verstappen incident in the next race.

Both are adults enough to understand that infighting gets these 2 nowhere near championships and they will talk it through extensively in the coming days.
 
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I’m still baffled how Max got a penalty. I could see calling that a racing incident, but no way to put the blame on Verstappen there.
I am neither RB or Mercedes fan / Ferrari :( / I feel like it was more on Max's side because according to this year's stupid racing rules (leave da space all da time no longer applies) he wasn't in front so didn't have authority to do whatever the hell he wanted apparently, yet at the same time with the speed and line he was going he wouldn't have made the corner unless Hamilton turned into pixy dust. His maneuver was the type I call get lost or get rekt. What Hamilton did wasn't 100% clear, he did squeeze him, but even if he gave like 50 cm more to give him comfy room without hitting the sausage they would have collided anyways with the physical parameters Verstappen had.

But I am no racing driver, barely even simrace at the moment, and barely give a... truck at this point being as disappointed as I am with my beloved team of choice so take this opinion as you wish.
 
It's called close racing. Sometimes that results in accidents. Going right to that comment about Lewis has all the hallmarks of typical toxic fanboy comments.

Beetje nuance is geen gemis ;)
fanboy or not it wasn't worth a punishment By the way, I agree that Max Perez should have helped
 
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I like the stewards decision. We have all raced there in the sim and know what that corner is like, Hamilton had the line and Max tried an overtake in a bad position.

Hamilton had a much better line and was ahead, the rules should not have to make him essentially yield so that a bad overtake doesn't involve an accident. The end result, the stewards expected Max to back off from his position.

Hamilton would have had to give him more than a cars width of room as Max's line would have taken him to the middle of the track or for Max to avoid he would have had to go over the sausage part of the kerb. All points to a bad move by Max imho
 
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