It was a maiden F1 win for George Russell in the BrazilianGP, as rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen collided again 💥 Race report ⬇️
Polesitter Russell powered clear at two safety restarts to avoid a battle with his team-mate, who he was free to race, as Hamilton recovered from his fall to eighth after tagging with 2021 rival Verstappen in what was an action-packed penultimate round of the campaign at Interlagos.
Sergio Perez ultimately had the McLaren covered as Russell ran well clear of his team-mate, who in turn had plenty of breathing space over Verstappen before a first-lap safety car. The Red Bulls reacted well to give Verstappen an opportunity to take second on the outside of Turn 1 but as the track snaked right, he made contact with bitter 2021 title rival Hamilton.
Hamilton was on the move again, picking off Vettel through the middle sector and then using DRS to demote Norris into Turn 1 for fifth, which became fourth when Sainz was forced to pit on lap 18 for soft tyres after a visor tear-off caused his right-rear brake duct to catch fire. As the temperatures dropped, the Mercedes pair seemed to come alive on the medium tyre. Once Sainz pitted again for mediums to undercut Perez, Russell was lapping 0.6s faster than the Red Bull and Hamilton 0.8s quicker to close to within 2s come lap 40.
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