2022 Spanish Grand Prix
2022 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 6 of 22 in the 2022 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | 22 May 2022 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio de España 2022 | ||||
Location |
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.675 km (2.905 miles) | ||||
Distance | 66 laps, 308.550 km (191.646 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny | ||||
Attendance | 277,836[1] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:18.750 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | |||
Time | 1:24.108 on lap 55 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
Second | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2022 Spanish Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premio de España 2022) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 May 2022 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. It was the 62nd edition of the Spanish Grand Prix and the sixth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.[2]
Background
Championship standings before the race
Charles Leclerc was the Drivers' Championship leader after the fifth round, the Miami Grand Prix, with 104 points, 19 ahead of Max Verstappen in second, with Sergio Pérez in third, 19 points behind Verstappen. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari leads Red Bull Racing by 6 points and Mercedes by 62.[9]
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[13]
Practice
There were three practice sessions, each lasting one hour. The first two practice sessions took place on Friday 20 May at 14:00 and 17:00 local time (UTC+02:00) and the third practice session took place at 13:00 on 21 May.[2] Charles Leclerc led each practice session, the first ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr. and Max Verstappen,[14] the second ahead of George Russell, and Lewis Hamilton,[15] and the third ahead of Verstappen and Russell.[16]
Qualifying
Qualifying took place on 21 May at 16:00 local time and lasted one hour.[2]
Qualifying report
In the first part of qualifying,
Qualifying classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:19.861 | 1:19.969 | 1:18.750 | 1 |
2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:20.091 | 1:19.219 | 1:19.073 | 2 |
3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:19.892 | 1:19.453 | 1:19.166 | 3 |
4 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:20.218 | 1:19.470 | 1:19.393 | 4 |
5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:20.447 | 1:19.830 | 1:19.420 | 5 |
6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:20.252 | 1:19.794 | 1:19.512 | 6 |
7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:20.355 | 1:20.053 | 1:19.608 | 7 |
8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:20.227 | 1:19.810 | 1:19.682 | 8 |
9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.549 | 1:20.287 | 1:20.297 | 9 |
10 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1:20.683 | 1:20.436 | 1:20.638 | 10 |
11 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:20.838 | 1:20.471 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:20.880 | 1:20.638 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:20.707 | 1:20.639 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:20.719 | 1:20.861 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:20.476 | 1:21.094 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:20.954 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1:21.043 | N/A | N/A | 201 |
18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:21.418 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
19 | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:21.645 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
20 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:21.915 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
107% time: 1:25.451 | |||||||
Source:[25][26] |
- Notes
- ^1 – Fernando Alonso was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.[27]
Race
The race started at 15:00 local time,[2] with Lewis Hamilton starting with the medium compound, and the rest of the field starting on the soft compound.[28]
Race report
On lap 27, Leclerc, who pitted later than the other top four driver and had built a significant lead,
Verstappen won the race ahead of Pérez,
Race classification
Notes
- ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[55]
- Alexander Albon received a five-second time penalty for leaving the track multiple times. His final position was not affected by the penalty.[54]
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
References
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