Daniel Ricciardo will join Red Bull as their third driver for the 2023 season, the Australian reuniting with the team he raced for between 2014 and 2018
German won four championships and grew in the course of his career from young antagonist to perceptive, thoughtful, universally loved pillar of the sport
The Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has paid tribute to Lewis Hamilton’s role in maintaining team morale despite the team’s poor performance this year
Max Verstappen is first on the grid for the final race of the season, Sergio Pérez is second, Ferrari occupy the second row with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell fifth and sixth
The Mercedes pair took one-two, earning the team’s first win of 2022, while Max Verstappen got a five-second time penalty for a collision with Hamilton
George Russell won the sprint race in São Paulo, Carlos Sainz finished second but a grid penalty dropped him back and put Lewis Hamilton second on the grid for Sunday’s race