The 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2022) was the 22nd and final race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Yas Marina Circuit on the weekend of November 18 to November 20 2022.
Background[]
All drivers and teams are set to take part in the race weekend.
Championship standings before the race[]
Going into the weekend, both the Drivers' and Constructors' titles have already been decided at the Japanese and United States Grands Prix, respectively. Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship with 139 points from Charles Leclerc, second, and from teammate Sergio Pérez, third. Red Bull lead the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 195 points and Mercedes by 214 points.[1]
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Sergio Pérez head into this weekend tied on points with 290 points each. Their respective results at the Sunday race will determine who can claim 2nd place in the World Drivers Championship.
Track changes[]
The first DRS detection point was moved further back, being positioned 250 metres (820 ft 3 in) before turn 5.[2]
Entry List[]
The full entry list for the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is outlined below:
Practice[]
FP1[]
Felipe Drugovich (Aston Martin), Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas), Patricio O'Ward (McLaren), Logan Sargeant (Williams), Jack Doohan (Alpine), Robert Kubica (Alfa Romeo), Robert Shwartzman (Ferrari) and Liam Lawson (Red Bull) drove in the first practice session in place of Lance Stroll, Mick Schumacher, Lando Norris, Nicholas Latifi, Fernando Alonso, Guanyu Zhou, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Max Verstappen, respectively. In doing so, Drugovich and O'Ward made their Formula One practice debut.[4]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
The full practice results for the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are outlined below:
| No. | Driver | Team | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
| 1 |  Max Verstappen
|
 Red Bull
|
DNP | 1:25.146 | 1 | 1:25.134 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:27.619 | 8 | 1:26.124 | 9 | 1:25.950 | 8 |
| 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
DNP | 1:26.377 | 11 | 1:25.518 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:27.268 | 6 | 1:26.395 | 12 | 1:26.012 | 9 |
| 6 |  Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
DNP | 1:27.262 | 20 | 1:26.646 | 20 | |
| 10 |  Pierre Gasly
|
 AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
1:27.845 | 11 | 1:27.036 | 19 | 1:26.239 | 15 |
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
1:26.967 | 4 | 1:25.852 | 5 | 1:24.982 | 1 |
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
DNP | 1:26.043 | 8 | 1:26.076 | 12 | |
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1:26.888 | 3 | 1:25.599 | 3 | 1:25.571 | 6 |
| 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
DNP | 1:26.547 | 14 | 1:26.298 | 16 | |
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
 Haas-Ferrari
|
1:28.142 | 16 | 1:26.915 | 18 | 1:26.356 | 17 |
| 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
1:27.991 | 13 | 1:26.680 | 15 | 1:26.170 | 13 |
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:27.840 | 10 | 1:26.750 | 16 | 1:26.051 | 10 |
| 24 |  Guanyu Zhou
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
DNP | 1:26.479 | 13 | 1:26.482 | 19 | |
| 28 | Patricio O’Ward
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
1:28.350 | 18 | DNP | |||
| 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:27.891 | 12 | 1:25.038 | 7 | 1:26.073 | 11 |
| 34 |  Felipe Drugovich
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
1:28.672 | 20 | DNP | |||
| 36 |  Liam Lawson
|
Red Bull
|
1:27.201 | 5 | DNP | |||
| 39 |  Robert Shwartzman
|
Ferrari
|
1:27.429 | 7 | DNP | |||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:26.633 | 1 | 1:25.761 | 4 | 1:25.222 | 3 |
| 45 | Logan Sargeant
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:28.098 | 15 | DNP | |||
| 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
DNP | 1:26.839 | 17 | 1:26.473 | 18 | |
| 51 | Pietro Fittipaldi
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:28.204 | 17 | DNP | |||
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
Ferrari
|
DNP | 1:25.932 | 6 | 1:25.605 | 7 | |
| 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
1:26.853 | 2 | 1:25.487 | 2 | 1:25.395 | 4 |
| 77 |  Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:27.655 | 9 | 1:26.300 | 10 | 1:26.189 | 14 |
| 82 | Jack Doohan
|
Alpine-Renault
|
1:28.484 | 19 | DNP | |||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:28.064 | 14 | DNP | |||
| Source: [5][6][7] | ||||||||
Qualifying[]
Report[]
Kevin Magnussen, having taken his maiden pole position the previous race at the São Paulo Grand Prix , was eliminated in Q1 as he was out-qualified by outgoing Haas teammate Mick Schumacher for only the sixth time.
Sebastian Vettel believed he was impeded by Red Bull drivers on three separate occasions; by Sergio Pérez in Q1 and twice by Max Verstappen during Q2. Although Vettel argued that the infringements cost him "a tenth" of a second per lap, it did not prevent him from qualifying ninth, equaling his best season result.
Verstappen aided Pérez's Q3 by giving him a slipstream throughout the lap, as Red Bull Racing sought to provide Pérez with every opportunity to finish ahead of Charles Leclerc for second in the championship. Despite this, it was Verstappen who took pole position, his seventh of the season, with Pérez qualifying second to give Red Bull Racing their first front-row lockout since the 2018 Mexican Grand Prix. The qualifying results also meant that seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton failed to claim a pole position during a season for the first time in his Formula One career since it began in 2007.
Qualifying Results[]
The full qualifying results for the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | Pos. | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull
|
1 | 1:24.754 | 4 | 1:24.622 | 1 | 1:23.824 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
2 | 1:24.820 | 1 | 1:24.419 | 2 | 1:24.052 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
4 | 1:25.211 | 2 | 1:24.517 | 3 | 1:24.092 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz
|
Ferrari
|
3 | 1:25.090 | 3 | 1:24.521 | 4 | 1:24.242 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
8 | 1:25.594 | 5 | 1:24.774 | 5 | 1:24.508 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
7 | 1:25.545 | 7 | 1:24.940 | 6 | 1:24.511 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
5 | 1:25.387 | 6 | 1:24.903 | 7 | 1:24.769 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
12 | 1:25.735 | 9 | 1:25.007 | 8 | 1:24.830 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
6 | 1:25.523 | 8 | 1:24.974 | 9 | 1:24.961 | 9 | |||
| 10 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
14 | 1:25.766 | 10 | 1:25.068 | 10 | 1:25.045 | 13 | |||
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
15 | 1:25.782 | 11 | 1:25.096 | 10 | |||||
| 12 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
10 | 1:25.630 | 12 | 1:25.219 | 11 | |||||
| 13 | 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
11 | 1:25.711 | 13 | 1:25.225 | 12 | |||||
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
13 | 1:25.741 | 14 | 1:25.359 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 24 | Guanyu Zhou
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
9 | 1:25.594 | 15 | 1:25.408 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
16 | 1:25.834 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
17 | 1:25.859 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
18 | 1:25.892 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
19 | 1:26.028 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
20 | 1:26.054 | 20 | |||||||
| 107% Time: 1:30.687 | |||||||||||||
| Source:[8] | |||||||||||||
- Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | ______________ | 1 |
| 2 | 1. Verstappen
| |
| 11. Pérez
|
______________ | |
| Row 2 | ______________ | 3 |
| 4 | 16. Leclerc
| |
| 55. Sainz
|
______________ | |
| Row 3 | ______________ | 5 |
| 6 | 44. Hamilton
| |
| 63. Russell
|
______________ | |
| Row 4 | ______________ | 7 |
| 8 | 4. Norris
| |
| 31. Ocon
|
______________ | |
| Row 5 | ______________ | 9 |
| 10 | 5. Vettel
| |
| 14. Alonso
|
______________ | |
| Row 6 | ______________ | 11 |
| 12 | 22. Tsunoda
| |
| 47. Schumacher
|
______________ | |
| Row 7 | ______________ | 13 |
| 14 | 3. Ricciardo
| |
| 18. Stroll
|
______________ | |
| Row 8 | ______________ | 15 |
| 16 | 24. Zhou
| |
| 20. Magnussen
|
______________ | |
| Row 9 | ______________ | 17 |
| 18 | 10. Gasly
| |
| 77. Bottas
|
______________ | |
| Row 10 | ______________ | 19 |
| 20 | 23. Albon
| |
| 6. Latifi
|
______________ |
Grid Penalties[]
- Daniel Ricciardo will receive a 3-place grid penalty as he caused a collision between himself and Kevin Magnussen during the previous round, the São Paulo Grand Prix. [9]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
The full results for the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are outlined below:
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull
|
58 | 1:27:45.914 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
58 | +8.771 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Red Bull
|
58 | +10.093 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz
|
Ferrari
|
58 | +24.892 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 63 | George Russell
|
Mercedes
|
58 | +35.888 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
58 | +56.234 | 7 | 9FL |
| 7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
|
Alpine-Renault
|
58 | +57.240 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
58 | +1:16.931 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
|
McLaren-Mercedes
|
58 | +1:23.268 | 13 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Aston Martin-Mercedes
|
58 | +1:23.898 | 9 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
58 | +1:29.371 | 11 | |
| 12 | 24 | Guanyu Zhou
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
57 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 13 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
57 | +1 Lap | 19 | |
| 14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
AlphaTauri-RBPT
|
57 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
| 15 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
57 | +1 Lap | 18 | |
| 16 | 47 | Mick Schumacher
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
57 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
57 | +1 Lap | 16 | |
| 18 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
55 | Gearbox | 5 | |
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
55 | Collision damage | 20 | |
| Ret | 14 | Fernando Alonso
|
Alpine-Renault
|
27 | Water leak | 10 | |
| Source:[10] | |||||||
Milestones[]
- 300th and final race entry for Sebastian Vettel.
- Final race for Nicholas Latifi and Mick Schumacher.
- 20th pole position for Max Verstappen.
- 35th race victory for Max Verstappen.
- 200th race entry for Valtteri Bottas.
Standings[]
Only point-scoring drivers are shown. |
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See Also[]
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See the related event on the F2 Wiki |
| 2022 Yas Marina Sprint Race |
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See the related event on the F2 Wiki |
| 2022 Yas Marina Feature Race |
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References[]
Images and Videos:
References:
- ↑ "São Paulo 2022 – Championship". 13 November 2022. https://www.statsf1.com/en/2022/sao-paulo/championnat.aspx. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ "The FIA shared track limits details for F1 Abu Dhabi GP along with changes to the circuit, DRS zones, stewards names and more.". 17 November 2022. https://formularapida.net/fia-shares-track-limits-for-abu-dhabi-circuit-changes-drs-more/. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ↑ 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Entry List (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.
- ↑ "Eight drivers set to sub in for FP1 in Abu Dhabi". 18 November 2022. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.eight-drivers-set-to-sub-in-for-fp1-in-abu-dhabi.1N2Z5yEJ7zxo6SAe2tAxcq.html. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Practice 1 Results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 18 November 2022. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2022/races/1138/abu-dhabi/practice-1.html. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Practice 2 Results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 18 November 2022. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2022/races/1138/abu-dhabi/practice-2.html. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Practice 3 Results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 19 November 2022. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2022/races/1138/abu-dhabi/practice-3.html. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Qualifying Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 19 November 2022
- ↑ "Offence - Car 3 - Causing a collision". https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/decision-document/2022%20Brazilian%20Grand%20Prix%20-%20Offence%20-%20Car%203%20-%20Causing%20a%20collision.pdf. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 20 November 2022
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