2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 4 of 22[a] in the 2022 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 24 April 2022 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna 2022 | ||||
Location | , Italy | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.909 km (3.050 miles) | ||||
Distance | 63 laps, 309.049 km (192.034 miles) | ||||
Weather | Cloudy in a wet and drying track[2] | ||||
Attendance | 129,656[3] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
Time | 1:27.999 | ||||
Grid positions set by results of sprint | |||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | |||
Time | 1:18.446 on lap 55 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
Second | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna 2022) was a
The race was won by
Background
Championship standings before the race
Charles Leclerc was the Drivers' Championship leader after the previous round in Australia with 71 points, 34 ahead of George Russell in second, with Carlos Sainz Jr. in third, four points behind Russell. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led Mercedes by 39 points and Red Bull Racing by a further 10.[12]
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[13]
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[14]
Track changes
The DRS detection point was moved further back, being positioned 385 metres (1,263 ft) before turn 17.[15]
Practice
There were two practice sessions, both lasting one hour. The first practice session started at 13:30 local time (
Qualifying
Qualifying report
The first qualifying session was
In Q3, there were three more red flags, bringing the total in qualifying to five, a new record.
Qualifying classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Sprint grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:19.295 | 1:18.793 | 1:27.999 | 1 |
2 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:18.796 | 1:19.584 | 1:28.778 | 2 |
3 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.168 | 1:19.294 | 1:29.131 | 3 |
4 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:20.147 | 1:19.902 | 1:29.164 | 4 |
5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1:20.198 | 1:19.595 | 1:29.202 | 5 |
6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:19.980 | 1:20.031 | 1:29.742 | 6 |
7 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:19.773 | 1:19.296 | 1:29.808 | 7 |
8 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:20.419 | 1:20.192 | 1:30.439 | 8 |
9 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:20.364 | 1:19.957 | 1:31.062 | 9 |
10 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:19.305 | 1:18.990 | No time | 10 |
11 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:20.383 | 1:20.757 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1:20.422 | 1:20.916 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20.470 | 1:21.138 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:19.730 | 1:21.434 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:20.342 | 1:28.119 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:20.474 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:20.732 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:21.971 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:22.338 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
107% time: 1:24.311 | |||||||
— | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Williams-Mercedes | No time | N/A | N/A | 201 |
Source:[33][34] |
- Notes
- Alexander Albon failed to set a time during qualifying, but he was permitted to race in the sprint at the stewards' discretion.[34]
Sprint
The sprint started at 16:30 local time on 23 April and lasted for 21 laps.[16] Unlike the 2021 season, in which only the first three placed drivers in the sprint received points, the 2022 rules expanded points to the first eight drivers. It continued to determine the grid for the race on Sunday.[19][35]
Sprint report
Sprint classification
- Notes
- ^1 – Zhou Guanyu was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions due to a collision with Pierre Gasly.[44][45]
Race
The race started at 15:00 local time on 24 April and lasted 63 laps.[16] It was won by Max Verstappen ahead of teammate Sergio Pérez in second and Lando Norris in third.[46][47] On home soil, Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. suffered, as the former made a mistake late in the race that cost him a podium, while the latter had a DNF on lap 1.[8]
Race report
With rain falling in the circuit in the preceding hours and the track being wet,[2] all cars on the grid started on intermediate tyres.[48] Those starting on the right side of the grid, such as championship leader Charles Leclerc in second and his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. in fourth,[11] had a bad start due to a bitumen asphalt strip, which was added to cover the old starting line but had become more slippery when it rained.[49][50][51] Going into turn 1, Leclerc lost positions to Sergio Pérez and Lando Norris,[48] while Sainz was overtaken by Norris at the start and was hit by Daniel Ricciardo.[52][53] The collision, which was not investigated,[48] left Sainz struck in the gravel,[54] while Ricciardo was able to get back on track and make a pit stop at the end of the lap.[48] After the Sainz–Ricciardo collision, Mick Schumacher had a half-spin and dropped from 10th to 17th,[48] as his rear-axle slid tagged the sidepod of Fernando Alonso,[55] who had to retire on lap 8 after his bodywork failed.[11][47] Russell, Sebastian Vettel, and Lance Stroll had a good start,[48] with Russell sixth, Vettel ninth, and Stroll eleventh.[56] The safety car brought out by the Sainz–Ricciardo collision was withdrawn on lap 4.[11]
With Leclerc stuck behind Norris, the two Red Bull cars of
Leclerc remained close behind Pérez, who went over the grass at the
Verstappen won ahead of Pérez, Norris, Russell, whose front-wing aerodynamic balance was not adjusted at his pit stop,
By virtue of Bottas' fifth place finish in this event, Alfa Romeo were able to secure sixth place in the Constructor's Championship, having finished level on points at the end of the season with Aston Martin but finishing ahead on countback.
Race classification
Notes
- ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[64]
- ^2 – Esteban Ocon finished 11th, but he received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release.[11][63]
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
Notes
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