2022 Belgian Grand Prix

2022 Belgian Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	August 28, 2022
Race Number	1071
Official Name	Formula 1 Rolex Belgian Grand Prix 2022
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Stavelot, Liège, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi)
Distance	44 laps, 308.176 km (191.492 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Carlos Sainz, Jr. Ferrari
Time	1:44.297
Fastest Lap
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull-RBPT
Time	1:49.354 on lap 32
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Sergio Pérez
Third	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Lap Leaders

The 2022 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Rolex Belgian Grand Prix 2022) was the 14^th race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on the weekend of August 26 to August 28 2022.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Light Rain
Practice 2	Cloudy
Practice 3	Cloudy
Qualifying	Cloudy
Race	Sunny

Available Tyres
Hard	C2
Med	C3
Soft	C4

All drivers and teams took part in the race weekend, which came a year after the controversial events at the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix that led to the race being halted and half-points being awarded without a true racing lap.

Technical Directive TD039

The race weekend was the first weekend where the FIA will implement Technical Directive TD039, after complaints from drivers about the physical effect of the aerodynamic bouncing on them. This measure was introduced to control porpoising in the interest of safety.

Currently, there are at least two interpretations of how to meet the regulation defining the maximum flexibility of the plank. From Spa onwards, only one of these will be accepted.

Controversy

Red Bull and Ferrari suspected Mercedes was behind the push for TD039 since Mercedes is the team who suffers the most from porpoising issues and has the most to gain from the implementation of this techical directive. Red Bull and Ferrari saw their designs as innovative, but Mercedes alleged they are breaching the rules. Teams were unable to put a precise figure of performance loss from this change, but estimates claim a couple of tenths per lap.

Circuit

Following a number of high-speed crashes at the notoriously-fast and dipping Eau Rouge-Radillon corner complex, including the 2019 Formula 2 crash that claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert, the complex's vicinity has since been revamped with more run-off areas.

Drivers

In the build-up to the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, Sebastian Vettel had announced his retirement. Subsequently, Fernando Alonso was announced to be moving over to Aston Martin, with his vacant seat in Alpine announced to be taken over by reserve driver Oscar Piastri.

Piastri however denied signing a contract and stated that he wouldn't be driving next year, leading to a dispute which Alpine insisted that Piastri's seat is valid, amid talks of him driving in McLaren replacing fellow countryman Daniel Ricciardo as well.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2022 Belgian 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
Test Driver for Practice 1 Only
40	Liam Lawson	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT03	RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
Source:

Practice

Practice Results

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

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:46.755	3	1:45.507	1	1:45.184	2
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:48.081	7	1:47.255	9	1:46.646	11
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:49.470	13	1:46.589	3	1:45.965	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:49.813	15	1:47.867	15	1:46.166	8
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:48.485	11	1:48.612	19	1:46.811	13
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	DNP		1:47.782	14	1:46.604	10
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:48.474	10	1:47.346	10	1:45.047	1
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:49.664	14	1:46.975	7	1:46.061	5
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:46.607	2	1:46.369	2	1'46.120	7
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:47.437	5	1:46.635	4	1:46.975	16
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:50.982	17	1:48.208	17	1:46.982	17
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:48.310	8	1:47.658	13	1:47.035	18
23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:47.835	6	1:47.520	11	1:46.836	14
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:48.672	12	1:47.617	12	1:47.089	19
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:50.315	16	1:47.944	16	1:46.601	9
40	Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:52.065	19	DNP
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:48.420	9	1:46.893	6	1:46.769	12
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:51.259	18	1:49.941	20	1:52.494	20
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:46.538	1	1:46.649	5	1:45.824	3
63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:47.396	4	1:47.042	8	1:46.071	6
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	No time	20	1:48.419	18	1:46.881	15
Source:

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2022 Belgian 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	1:44.581		2	1:44.723		1	1:43.665	14
2	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		2	1:45.050		4	1:45.418		2	1:44.297	1
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull		3	1:45.377		3	1:44.794		3	1:44.462	2
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		4	1:45.572		1	1:44.551		4	1:44.553	15
5	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		9	1:46.039		7	1:45.475		5	1:45.180	16
6	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		10	1:46.075		8	1:45.552		6	1:45.368	3
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		7	1:45.736		5	1:45.420		7	1:45.503	4
8	63	George Russell	Mercedes		5	1:45.650		6	1:45.461		8	1:45.776	5
9	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes		6	1:45.672		10	1:45.675		9	1:45.837	6
10	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		8	1:45.745		9	1:45.603		10	1:46.178	17
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	13	1:46.212	11	1:45.767			7
12	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	12	1:46.183	12	1:45.827			PL
13	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	11	1:46.178	13	1:46.085			18
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	14	1:46.256	14	1:46.611			9
15	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	15	1:46.342	15	1:47.718			19
16	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	16	1:46.344					10
17	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	17	1:46.401					11
18	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	18	1:46.557					12
19	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	19	1:46.692					PL
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	20	1:47.866					13
107% Time: 1:50.922
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• Bottas penalised 30 grid places for use of additional power unit and gearbox elements; 15 grid places for each element.
• Verstappen, Ocon, Norris, Leclerc, Zhou and Schumacher required to start from the back of the grid for use of additional power unit and gearbox elements.
• Yuki Tsunoda is required to start from the Pit Lane due to his car was being modified whilst under Parc Fermé conditions and additional power unit elements have been used.
• Due to the same reasons as Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly also started in the Pit Lane. Gasly grid spot was empty at the start of the race.

Grid

Show Grid

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

Source:

Race

Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	44	1:25:52.894	14	26FL
2	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	44	+17.841	2	18
3	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	44	+26.886	1	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	44	+29.140	5	12
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	44	+1:13.256	3	10
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	44	+1:14.936	15	8
7	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	44	+1:15.640	16	6
8	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	44	+1:18.107	10	4
9	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	44	+1:32.181	PL	2
10	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	44	+1:41.900	6	1
11	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	44	+1:43.078	9
12	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+1:44.739	17
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	44	+1:45.217	PL
14	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	44	+1:46.252	18
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+1:47.163	7
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	43	+1 Lap	12
17	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	43	+1 Lap	19
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	43	+1 Lap	11
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1	Accident	13
Ret	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	Collision damage	4
Source:

• Verstappen scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race.
• Leclerc received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

Milestones

• 100^th Grand Prix entry and start for Pierre Gasly.
• 350^th Grand Prix entry for Fernando Alonso.
• 20^th fastest lap for Max Verstappen.
  • 2^nd time this season to win three (3) consecutive races.
• 85^th win for Red Bull.

Standings

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Max Verstappen 284 — 2 Sergio Pérez 191 ▲1 3 Charles Leclerc 186 ▼1 4 Carlos Sainz 171 ▲1 5 George Russell 170 ▼1 6 Lewis Hamilton 146 — 7 Lando Norris 76 — 8 Esteban Ocon 64 — 9 Fernando Alonso 51 ▲1 10 Valtteri Bottas 46 ▼1 11 Kevin Magnussen 22 — 12 Sebastian Vettel 20 ▲2 13 Daniel Ricciardo 19 ▼1 14 Pierre Gasly 18 ▼1 15 Mick Schumacher 12 — 16 Yuki Tsunoda 11 — 17 Guanyu Zhou 5 — 18 Alexander Albon 4 ▲1 19 Lance Stroll 4 ▼1 Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Red Bull 475 — 2 Ferrari 357 — 3 Mercedes 316 — 4 Alpine-Renault 115 — 5 McLaren-Mercedes 95 — 6 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 51 — 7 Haas-Ferrari 34 — 8 AlphaTauri-RBPT 29 — 9 Aston Martin-Mercedes 24 — 10 Williams-Mercedes 4 —

See Also

See the related event on the F2 Wiki 2022 Spa Sprint Race See the related event on the FIA F3 Wiki 2022 Spa Sprint Race

See the related event on the F2 Wiki 2022 Spa Feature Race See the related event on the FIA F3 Wiki 2022 Spa Feature Race

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