2022 F1 Brazilian Sao Paulo GP | Race Weekend

For all Formula 1 fans out there, it’s again a race weekend after a gap of a week. This weekend, the race takes place at the famous race track Interlagos in Sao Paulo, Brazil. For the past two years, i.e 2020 and 2021, the Brazilian GP has been a nail-biting race. 2020 as Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri driver, loaded his first podium in formula one. And in 2021, Lewis Hamilton won the Grand Prix despite the 25-place grid place penalty (technically). Hence, we expect something interesting this time too.

Nevertheless, for the people who are new to Formula one let’s not talk too much in detail but start from the basics. Let’s talk about the race weekend structure and how this Brazilian GP will proceed.

2022 F1 Brazilian Sao Paulo GP | The Details

In 2022, the Brazilian GP will also follow the structure that it followed last year. Well, before diving into detail, let’s have a look at what a typical weekend looks like. As of now, the conventional weekend spans 3 days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Typical Race Weekend

During these 3 days, like any other formula 1 race on the calendar. For new people, Formula one weekend typically consists of 3 days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

• On Friday, Free Practice 1 (FP1) and Free Practice 2 (FP2) are carried out. In these two free practices, the teams gather data to develop parts of the vehicle further.
• On Saturday, counties and Free Practice 3 (FP3) are held. Like FP1 and FP2, racing teams continue the testing and development of the vehicle. With that, after the FP3, qualifying also takes place the same day. This is where the top 20 drives compete with each other for the grid position for the Main Race.
• You guessed it right, Sunday is reserved only for the main race. Depending on the qualifying outcome, the racecar drivers line up on the grid in that position (Unless they have a penalty or cannot participate in the race.

The new race weekend

Well, the above-mentioned is a typical race weekend. However, this new structure for the race weekend is similar to that of the structure carried out last year. It is not totally different. For one, the race weekend still spans three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. But let’s dive deeper to understand the Brazilian Race Weekend structure.

• The events on Friday include Free Practice 1, followed by qualifying. The order in this qualifying is followed in the Sprint race on Saturday.
• Coming to Saturday, Free Practice 2 and the spirit race will be held at the race track in Sao Paulo. Now, driver positions in the sprint race will be used to determine the grid position for the main race on Sunday, i.e 13th November.

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But what is the benefit of this weekend? Well, this way, we get to have two days of racing. One short and the other longer.

The majority of the race weekends follow the older race weekend structure. But the grand Prix that follows the new structure includes the Brazilian GP, Austrian GP, and Italian GP to name a few.

Well, all the Formula 1 fans, here is the timing for the complete race weekend.

So, that was a glimpse of the events in the upcoming 2022 Brazilian GP at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo.

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