2022 Monaco Grand Prix

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2022 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 7 of 22 in the 2022 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit de Monte Carlo, Monaco
Layout of the Circuit de Monte Carlo, Monaco
Race details[1]
Date 29 May 2022
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2022
Location Circuit de Monaco
La Condamine and Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.337 km (2.074 miles)
Distance 64 laps, 213.568 km (132.705 miles)
Scheduled distance 78 laps, 260.286 km (161.772 miles)
Weather Rain and partly cloudy in wet-and-drying track conditions
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 1:11.376
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:14.693 on lap 55
Podium
First
Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Second
Ferrari
Third
Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Lap leaders

The 2022 Monaco Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2022) was a

Principality of Monaco. It was round 7 of 22 in the 2022 Formula One World Championship.[1]

Charles Leclerc took pole in front of Carlos Sainz Jr. and Sergio Pérez. The race started with a rolling start after a 65-minute delay. Leclerc lost the race lead to strategy error and dropped down to fourth place behind Max Verstappen and Sainz, as Pérez won the race.[2]

Background

Championship standings before the race

Max Verstappen was the Drivers' Championship leader after the sixth round, the Spanish Grand Prix, with 110 points, 6 ahead of Charles Leclerc in second, with Sergio Pérez in third, 25 points behind Verstappen. In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull Racing led Ferrari by 26 points and Mercedes by 75.[3]

Entrants

See also: 2022 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[4]

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[5]

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held per the sport's regulations. In defiance of Monaco tradition, for the first time the first two sessions were not held on Thursday but on Friday, in balance with the other Grand Prix weekends during the season.

pit lane with a gearbox issue,[10] while Daniel Ricciardo had a crash in the second session.[11] The final session took place on 28 May, 13:00 local time, ahead of the qualifying practice session.[7] Pèrez was the fastest ahead of Leclerc and Sainz.[12]

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 16:00 local time (UTC+02:00) on 28 May.[7]

Qualifying report

In the first segment of qualifying, there was a

checkered flag.[14] In the second segment, Tsunoda, Bottas, Kevin Magnussen, Daniel Ricciardo, and Schumacher were eliminated.[15]

In the third and final segment

yellow flags too late.[16][17] The red flag was thrown,[18] and the session ended was not resumed, with the 30-seconds left on the clock not sufficient for anyone to start another lap. Charles Leclerc, who led all three qualifying sessions,[19] took the pole position ahead of Sainz and Pérez.[20] Championship leader Max Verstappen finished fourth, with Lando Norris, George Russell, Fernando Alonso, who crashed on his own at Mirabeau in his last flying lap,[14] Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, and Esteban Ocon completing the top ten.[21]

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:12.569 1:11.864 1:11.376 1
2 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:12.616 1:12.074 1:11.601 2
3 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-RBPT 1:13.004 1:11.954 1:11.629 3
4 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT 1:12.993 1:12.117 1:11.666 4
5 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.927 1:12.266 1:11.849 5
6 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1:12.787 1:12.617 1:12.112 6
7 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1:13.394 1:12.688 1:12.247 7
8 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:13.444 1:12.595 1:12.560 8
9 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:13.313 1:12.613 1:12.732 9
10 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:12.848 1:12.528 1:13.047 10
11 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RBPT 1:13.110 1:12.797 N/A 11
12 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:13.541 1:12.909 N/A 12
13 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:13.069 1:12.921 N/A 13
14 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.338 1:12.964 N/A 14
15 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1:13.469 1:13.081 N/A 15
16 23
Alexander Albon
 Williams-Mercedes 1:13.611 N/A N/A 16
17 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-RBPT 1:13.660 N/A N/A 17
18 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:13.678 N/A N/A 18
19 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:14.403 N/A N/A 19
20 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:15.606 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:17.648
Source:[22][23]

Race

The race was due to start at 15:00 local time on 29 May and was scheduled to last for 78 laps.

formation laps reduced the scheduled distance of the race by one lap, to 77.[24][25]

Race report

The race began as the

intermediate tyres on lap 4, which was followed by other drivers at the back of the grid;[24][25] he overtook Zhou Guanyu and Daniel Ricciardo on laps 12 and 15, respectively.[24][25] By lap 14, Leclerc had built a lead of 4.7 seconds over Sainz, who was ahead of Pérez by 2.6 seconds, and Verstappen a few seconds further behind.[24][25]

On lap 17, Pérez pitted for intermediate tyres, followed by Verstappen and Leclerc on lap 19. This left Sainz in the lead, the only driver in the top four still on wet tyres.

overcut succeeding.[24][25]

On lap 26,

graining on the tyres but was able keep the lead and win the race,[39] ahead of Sainz, Verstappen, Leclerc, and Russell completing the top five.[40] Norris, Alonso, Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, and Sebastian Vettel completed the top ten, with Ocon falling to 12th.[24][25] Due to the numerous delays, the three-hour time limit for the race (including stoppages) was reached, and only 64 laps were completed.[24][25]

After the race, Leclerc described the race as "a freaking disaster",

FIA underwent further criticism, including by Formula One owners and Hamilton,[48] for delaying the start.[49]

Race classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps1 Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-RBPT 64 1:56:30.265 3 25
2 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 64 +1.154 2 18
3 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT 64 +1.491 4 15
4 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 64 +2.922 1 12
5 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 64 +11.968 6 10
6 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 64 +12.231 5 92
7 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 64 +46.358 7 6
8 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 64 +50.388 8 4
9 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 64 +52.525 12 2
10 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 64 +53.536 9 1
11 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-RBPT 64 +54.289 17
12 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 64 +55.6443 10
13 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 64 +57.635 14
14 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 64 +1:00.802 18
15 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 63 +1 lap 19
16 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 63 +1 lap 20
17 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RBPT 63 +1 lap 11
Ret 23
Alexander Albon
 Williams-Mercedes 48 Mechanical4 16
Ret 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 24 Accident 15
Ret 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 19 Water pressure 13
Fastest lap: United Kingdom Lando Norris (McLaren-Mercedes) – 1:14.693 (lap 55)
Source:[23][50][51][failed verification]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

References

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