{"id":2564,"date":"2022-11-16T00:19:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/sao-paulo-grand-prix-george-russell-beats-lewis-hamilton-to-first-full-formula-1-win\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T00:19:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:19:53","slug":"sao-paulo-grand-prix-george-russell-beats-lewis-hamilton-to-first-full-formula-1-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/sao-paulo-grand-prix-george-russell-beats-lewis-hamilton-to-first-full-formula-1-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Sao Paulo Grand Prix: George Russell beats Lewis Hamilton to first full Formula 1 win"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Hamilton was involved in an early race collision with champion Verstappen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

George Russell took a maiden grand prix victory – and a first for Mercedes in 2022 – as Max Verstappen was penalised for a collision with Lewis Hamilton in Sao Paulo.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Russell was in control of the race throughout after Verstappen and Hamilton came together as they disputed second place in the early stages at a safety car restart.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hamilton dropped to ninth place after the collision with his 2021 title rival but came back to secure a Mercedes one-two and seal the team’s recovery after a difficult season that the eight-time champions started with an uncompetitive car.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russell’s accomplished drive included him surviving a late safety car that bunched up the field and put Hamilton right behind him heading into the final 10 laps.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Mercedes drivers were told that they were allowed to race but Russell held the lead at the restart and kept Hamilton at bay until the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

Behind them, the final 10 laps were a frantic fight as a number of drivers who had had difficult races revived their afternoons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among them were Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – who had been barged off the track by McLaren’s Lando Norris at Turn Five shortly after the Verstappen-Hamilton incident and dropped to the back – and Verstappen himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leclerc was sixth at the restart but moved up to finish fourth behind his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz, as both passed the fading Red Bull of Sergio Perez.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alpine’s Fernando Alonso also overtook the Mexican to take a strong fifth place after starting 18th.<\/span><\/p>\n

The late caution period also helped Verstappen move up from the bottom of the top 10 to sixth place, just failing to pass Alonso on a race to the line.<\/span><\/p>\n

Verstappen had been allowed to pass Perez a few laps earlier to chase Alonso, but was told heading into the final lap that he should let his team-mate back ahead if he did not pass Alonso by the final corner. But he did not comply.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asked what happened, Verstappen said: “I told you already last time, you guys don’t ask that again to me, OK? Are we clear about that? I gave my reasons and I stand by it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Perez said over his radio: “It shows who he really is.” <\/span><\/p>\n

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