Franco Colapinto had a good start at Interlagos. The Argentine driver from Alpine reached the top ten in the first part of the race and recorded the fastest lap on lap 47. However, he had to face two champions behind him. Max VerstappenWhich started from drilling due to the change of the power unit and with Lewis Hamiltonwho, after being left behind due to an accident, ended up at the back of the grid. When he went to pass Colapinto, Hamilton collided with Franco and the incident miraculously did not escalate, but the Ferrari driver lost his front wing and was forced to stop for the second time.
It was a career that began with accidents. In the first round, the local was confused Gabriel Bortolettoat the wheel of Sauber. After 20 minutes of the race in Brazil, a triple accident occurred, which led to the exit of the other Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc, from the competition. This was after a maneuver in which Oscar Piastri tried to defend his position by intercepting and colliding with Kimi Antonelli, who in turn displaced Leclerc. For this incident Piastri was given a 10-second penalty.