Transition tires were seen in all pilots who settled on the grid for the race in Sao Paulo.
Although there is no rain on the track while the formation tour begins, Haas stated that heavy rain can be seen in 20 minutes on the team’s radio.
Stroll, who caused red flags by accident in the qualifying laps, spinned in the 4th corner while still on the formation lap and touched the front wing barriers.
The Aston Martin pilot got stuck in the gravel after the contact. While the rest of the vehicles settled in the grid for the start, the start of the race was postponed.
Lando Norris was noted by the commissioners for a violation of a start protocol. According to the rules, Norris was supposed to stay on the grid instead of leading another round of formation after the start was postponed.
Later, George Russell, Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson, other pilots who left the grid and took the formation round, were included in this study.
After a delay of about 20 minutes, the pilots took a formation lap again and settled on the grid and the rain began to show itself.
With the waving of the green flag, five red lights went out and the race began.
George Russell took a good start and entered the first turn as the leader. Thus, Norris fell to the 2nd place.
At the end of the first round, Red Bull driver Sergio Perez managed to continue the race, although it caused short-term yellow flags by spinning.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen surpassed Lewis Hamilton to 10th place.
The contact between Oliver Bearman and Franco Colapinto, which took place at the 10th turn of the track, was examined by the commissioners. Bearman received a 10-second penalty after the examination.
On the 12th lap, Hamilton went off the track and caused short-term yellow flags and fell two places.
In the 22nd lap, Verstappen and Leclerc managed to stay ahead, although they fought for 5th place.
While the rain increased in intensity, Liam Lawson overflowed off the track on the 26th lap, causing short-lived yellow flags. The RB pilot fell to 9th place after his mistake.
A round later, yellow flags appeared again. This time, it was Hulkenberg who threw the spin that caused the yellow flags and the virtual safety car was included in the race. Thus, most pilots made their way to the pit.
Although Hulkenberg seemed to have stopped on the track, he managed to return to the track by moving again.
Meanwhile, the first contact between Oscar Piastri and Liam Lawson was examined. As a result of the investigation, Piastri received a 10-second penalty for contacting Lawson, causing him to spin.
Esteban Ocon, Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly settled in the top three as unpitted pilots.
Due to the deterioration of the track conditions, the safety car was included in the race again in the 30th lap.
Franco Colapinto had an accident by hitting the barriers under the safety vehicle. The session was stopped with red flags.
After 25 minutes, the decision to start the move was made and the pilots started to go to the track to restart the race. Meanwhile, Bearman spilled off the track, causing short-term yellow flags.
When the race started again on lap 34, Lando Norris spilled off the track and passed to George Russell. Thus, the McLaren driver fell to 5th place. While Ocon maintained his leadership, Verstappen continued to follow him in 2nd place.
Bearman spins in lap 36 and turn 7 and hit the barriers. However, the Haas pilot managed to return to the track safely.
After 3 laps, Carlos Sainz experienced the same thing in the 8th turn, but the Ferrari driver had to withdraw from the race. After the incident, a security vehicle came out.
In the 42nd lap, the safety car entered the track and the race started again. While Verstappen took the lead from Ocon, Norris overflowed off the track and fell to 7th place. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso also spilled off the track, causing short-term yellow flags.
Piastri, who was driving 6th ahead of Norris, received an order to change position from the team. Thus, the British pilot went up one place.
Charles Leclerc was noted for carrying off the track and returning to the track unsafely.
In the 55th lap, Lawson attacked Perez and took 9th place. Hamilton wasted no time for the attack after Perez lost momentum and completed the transition. Thus, Perez has been relegated to the 11th place.
In the remaining laps, Verstappen expanded his lead by taking the fastest lap and finished the race 19.2 seconds ahead of Esteban Ocon, who was in 2nd place.
Another Alpine pilot, Pierre Gasly, completed the podium, followed by George Russell.
