2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	June 12, 2022
Race Number	1065
Official Name	Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022
Location	Baku City Circuit Baku, Azerbaijan
Course	Temporary street circuit 6.003 km (3.730 mi)
Distance	51 laps, 306.153 km (190.235 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Charles Leclerc Ferrari
Time	1:41.359
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sergio Pérez Red Bull
Time	1:46.046 on lap 16
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Sergio Pérez
Third	George Russell
Lap Leaders

Available Tyres
Hard	C3
Medium	C4
Soft	C5
Inter	Inters
Wet	Wet

The 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022) was the eighth race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan on the weekend of June 10 and June 12 2022.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB18	RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL36	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL36	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR22	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams Racing	Williams	FW44	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT03	RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB18	RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
14	Fernando Alonso	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A522	Renault	E-Tech RE22 1.6L V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F1-75	Ferrari	066/7 1.6L V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR22	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-22	Ferrari	066/7 1.6L V6t	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT03	RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
23	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	Williams	FW44	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C42	Ferrari	066/7 1.6L V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A522	Renault	E-Tech RE22 1.6L V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W13	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-22	Ferrari	066/7 1.6L V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F1-75	Ferrari	066/7 1.6L V6t	P
63	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W13	Mercedes	F1 M13 1.6L V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN	Alfa Romeo	C42	Ferrari	066/7 1.6L V6t	P
Source:

Practice

Practice Results

The full practice results for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:45.810	3	1:43.580	3	1:43.449	3
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.810	18	1:45.059	14	1:44.476	6
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:47.691	11	1:44.771	10	1:44.418	5
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:47.970	14	1:44.781	11	1:44.689	10
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:50.921	19	1:47.218	20	1:46.070	20
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:46.830	9	1:44.315	6	1:44.491	7
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:45.476	1	1:43.472	2	1:43.170	1
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:46.571	5	1:44.142	4	1:44.842	11
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:45.603	2	1:43.224	1	1:43.240	2
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:47.847	12	1:44.874	13	1:44.879	13
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:47.946	13	1:45.588	17	1:44.919	15
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:46.696	7	1:44.567	8	1:44.964	16
23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:48.419	17	1:46.397	18	1:45.479	17
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:48.222	16	1:45.264	16	1:44.913	14
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:46.917	10	1:44.609	9	1:44.685	9
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:46.667	6	1:44.874	12	1:44.845	12
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:58.332	20	1:46.425	19	1:45.532	18
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:46.012	4	1:44.274	5	1:43.596	4
63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:46.705	8	1:44.548	7	1:44.573	8
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:48.078	15	1:45.115	15	1:45.574	19
Source:

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		3	1:42.865		2	1:42.046		1	1:41.359	1
2	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull		2	1:42.733		1	1:41.955		2	1:41.641	2
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull		1	1:42.722		4	1:42.227		3	1:41.706	3
4	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		4	1:42.957		3	1:42.088		4	1:41.814	4
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes		8	1:43.754		8	1:43.281		5	1:42.712	5
6	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT		5	1:43.268		5	1:43.129		6	1:42.845	6
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		11	1:43.939		6	1:43.182		7	1:42.924	7
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT		7	1:43.595		10	1:43.376		8	1:43.056	8
9	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes		6	1:43.279		7	1:43.268		9	1:43.091	9
10	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		12	1:44.083		9	1:43.360		10	1:43.173	10
11	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	13	1:44.237	11	1:43.398			11
12	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	14	1:44.437	12	1:43.574			12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	10	1:43.903	13	1:43.585			13
14	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	9	1:43.777	14	1:43.790			14
15	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	15	1:44.478	15	1:44.444			15
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	16	1:44.643					16
17	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	17	1:44.719					17
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	18	1:45.367					18
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	19	1:45.371					19
20	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	20	1:45.775					20
107% Time: 1.49.912
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.

Grid

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	16. Leclerc
	11. Pérez	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	1. Verstappen
	55. Sainz	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	63. Russell
	10. Gasly	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	44. Hamilton
	22. Tsunoda	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	5. Vettel
	14. Alonso	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	4. Norris
	3. Ricciardo	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	31. Ocon
	34. Zhou	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	77. Bottas
	20. Magnussen	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	23. Albon
	6. Latifi	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	18. Stroll
	47. Schumacher	______________

Race

Results

The full results for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	51	1:34:05.941	3	25
2	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	51	+20.823s	2	19FL
3	5	George Russell	Mercedes	51	+45.995s	5	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	+71.679s	7	12
5	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	51	+77.299s	6	10
6	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	51	+84.099s	9	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	51	+88.596s	10	6
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	51	+92.207s	12	4
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	51	+92.556s	11	2
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	51	+1:48.184s	13	1
11	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	50	+1 Lap	15
12	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	50	+1 Lap	17
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	50	+1 Lap	8
14	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	50	+1 Lap	20
15	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	50	+1 Lap*	18
16†	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	46	Vehicle Oscillations	19
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	31	Engine	16
Ret	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	23	RET	14
Ret	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	21	Engine	1
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	8	Gearbox	4
Source:

• Latifi received a 5 second post-race penalty for ignoring blue flags.
• ^†Stroll completed 90% of the race distance, and was classified as 16th place.

Milestones

• 25^th win for Max Verstappen
• 80^th win for Red Bull Racing
• 15^th pole position for Charles Leclerc

Standings

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Max Verstappen 150 — 2 Sergio Pérez 129 ▲1 3 Charles Leclerc 116 ▼1 4 George Russell 99 — 5 Carlos Sainz 83 — 6 Lewis Hamilton 62 — 7 Lando Norris 50 — 8 Valtteri Bottas 40 — 9 Esteban Ocon 31 — 10 Pierre Gasly 16 ▲4 11 Fernando Alonso 16 ▲2 12 Kevin Magnussen 15 ▼2 13 Daniel Ricciardo 15 ▼2 14 Sebastian Vettel 13 ▲1 15 Yuki Tsunoda 11 ▼3 16 Alexander Albon 3 — 17 Lance Stroll 2 — 18 Guanyu Zhou 1 — Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Red Bull 279 — 2 Ferrari 199 — 3 Mercedes 161 — 4 McLaren-Mercedes 65 — 5 Alpine-Renault 47 ▲1 6 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 41 ▼1 7 AlphaTauri-RBPT 27 — 8 Haas-Ferrari 15 — 9 Aston Martin-Mercedes 15 — 10 Williams-Mercedes 3 —

See also

See the related event on the F2 Wiki 2022 Baku Sprint Race

See the related event on the F2 Wiki 2022 Baku Feature Race

References

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References:

V T E	Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Circuits	Baku City Circuit (2017–2019, 2021-present)
Races	2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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