2022 British Grand Prix

2022 British Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	July 3, 2022
Race Number	1067
Official Name	Formula 1 Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022
Location	Silverstone Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.891 km (3.660 mi)
Distance	52 laps, 306.332 km (190.346 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Carlos Sainz, Jr. Ferrari
Time	1:40.983
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:30.510 on lap 52
Podium
First	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Second	Sergio Pérez
Third	Lewis Hamilton
Lap Leaders

The 2022 British Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022) was the 10^th race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Silverstone on the weekend of July 1 to July 3 2022.

Background

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

Available Tyres
Hard	C1
Medium	C2
Soft	C3
Inter	Inters
Wet	Wet

The race would be the 72nd edition of the British Grand Prix, with all teams and drivers taking part.

Racial issues

The days preceding the race weekend was not without controversy, as an interview featuring retired three-time champion Nelson Piquet from the previous year resurfaced, showing him using a racial slur when referring to Lewis Hamilton when discussed about the controversial clash from the previous year's race. The Formula 1 Management, Mercedes and even Ferrari and Aston Martin have since released statements condemning Piquet's remarks. Piquet later apologized, though he insisted that his remarks were misinterpreted.

Piquet's latest remarks came just after Red Bull had suspended their junior driver Jüri Vips after the Estonian was caught using a racial slur during a gaming livestream. Later the same day criticisms on Piquet were released, Vips was announced to have been dropped from the Red Bull Junior Team, though he remained as a driver in the Hitech team. Red Bull also declined to comment on Piquet's remark on Hamilton.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2022 British 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
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Practice

FP1

The weekend is due to have three practice sessions, each lasting one hour. The first session took place on 1 July and started at 13:00 local time (UTC+01:00). There was rain before and during the session, so some teams decided not to go on track as much as they normally would have. However, towards the end of the session the weather cleared and the track began to dry. A number of drivers attempted to drive the track on slick tyres, including Lance Stroll, who spun at turn 9 (copse) and got stuck in the gravel. The session was red flagged and not resumed. Valtteri Bottas was fastest, with Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz Jr. in second and third respectively.

FP2

The second session took place on 1 July and started at 16:00 local time. The rain had cleared and the session was conducted in the dry. No major incidents meant the whole session was under green flag conditions. The Aston Martin of Sebastian Vettel picked up some floor damage in the session, but he made it back to the pits. Sainz was fastest, with Hamilton and Lando Norris in second and third respectively.

FP3

The third practice session started at 12:00 local time on 2 July. There were no major incidents and so the whole session was under green flag conditions. Max Verstappen was fastest, with Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc in second and third respectively.

Practice Results

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

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	No Time		1:29.149	4	1:27.901	1
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	No Time		1:29.902	9	1:30.293	18
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	No Time		1:29.118	3	1:29.102	7
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:59.168	10	1:30.057	12	1:29.593	12
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	No Time		1:31.326	20	1:30.489	19
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	No Time		1:30.510	18	1:29.885	15
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	No Time		1:29.753	7	1:28.311	2
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	No Time		1:29.695	6	1:29.520	10
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:43.801	4	1:29.404	5	1:28.348	3
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:51.243	8	1:29.942	10	1:29.892	16
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:48.161	7	1:30.480	17	1:30.523	20
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:51.373	9	1:30.338	16	1:30.039	17
23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	No Time		1:30.263	14	1:29.780	14
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:46.171	6	1:30.271	15	1:29.752	13
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	No Time		1:30.238	13	1:29.552	11
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.781	2	1:29.105	2	1:28.488	5
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:43.895	5	1:30.609	19	1:29.510	9
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:42.967	3	1:28.942	1	1:28.689	6
63	George Russell	Mercedes	No Time		1:29.799	8	1:28.426	4
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:42.249	1	1:30.000	11	1:29.185	8
Source:

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari		4	1:40.190		4	1:41.602		1	1:40.983	1
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull		1	1:39.129		1	1:40.655		2	1:41.055	2
3	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		2	1:39.846		3	1:41.247		3	1:41.298	3
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull		6	1:40.521		8	1:42.513		4	1:41.616	4
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		5	1:40.428		2	1:41.062		5	1:41.995	5
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		9	1:41.515		6	1:41.821		6	1:42.084	6
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault		10	1:41.598		7	1:42.209		7	1:42.116	7
8	63	George Russell	Mercedes		3	1:40.028		5	1:41.725		8	1:42.161	8
9	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		7	1:40.791		9	1:42.640		9	1:42.719	9
10	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes		15	1:41.998		10	1:43.273		10	2:03.095	10
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	11	1:41.680	11	1:43.702			11
12	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	8	1:41.396	12	1:44.232			12
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	13	1:41.893	13	1:44.311			13
14	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	14	1:41.933	14	1:44.355			14
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	12	1:41.730	15	1:45.190			15
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	16	1:42.078					16
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	17	1:42.159					17
18	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	18	1:42.666					18
19	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	19	1:42.708					19
20	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	20	1:43.430					20
107% Time: 1:46.068
Source:

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

Grid

Show Grid

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

Race

Report

The race started at 15:00 local time on 3 July. Verstappen took the lead at the start from Sainz, while Hamilton moved up to third. Gasly tried to pass between Zhou and Russell, after both had experienced poor starts and had been passed by Latifi. In an attempt to keep his position from Zhou, Russell moved to the left and made contact with Gasly, causing him to lose control and hit Zhou. The impact caused Zhou to roll over and skid across the track upside down, flying over the barriers, hitting the protection fence and coming to rest between the fence and the barriers. The Mercedes of Russell spun, but he managed to keep the engine running, and stopped to help marshalls with the incident. Subsequently when Russell returned to his car and attempted to restart it failed to fire up, causing his retirement, as he was returned to the pits by a recovery truck, meaning he had received outside assistance. Gasly was able to continue and make it back to the pits, the damage was fixed and he took the race restart. Bottas, slowed down slightly, due to the incident which led to Albon behind slowing, causing Vettel, to hit Albon, causing the Williams driver to hit the concrete pit wall on the right side of the track. Albon's car rebounded off the wall, hitting Ocon and Tsunoda, before coming to a halt. Ocon and Tsunoda were able to return to the pits and take the race restart, but Albon was forced to retire. Race control red-flagged the race due to both crashes. Zhou was extracted from his Alfa Romeo and stretchered to an ambulance where he was taken to the race medical centre. Albon was also taken to the race medical centre but was later transferred by helicopter to Coventry Hospital for observations. Both were later released.

The order for the race restart was set to the grid order, not on track positions, as not all the cars had passed the second safety car line before the race was red-flagged. The race restarted at 15:56 local time. Sainz retained the lead at the restart, before being passed by Verstappen. He later ran over debris, resulting in floor damage and a loss of pace. The two AlphaTauri cars collided on lap 14. This later contributed to Gasly's retirement. Halfway through the race, Valtteri Bottas retired and Esteban Ocon stopped on the side of the track. This resulted in a safety car period lasting until lap 42. During the final laps of the Grand Prix, Pérez and Hamilton both overtook Leclerc and finished second, third and fourth respectively, with Sainz winning. A fight in the midfield saw Haas driver Mick Schumacher claim his first ever points, in eighth.

At the first start of the race a group of seven individuals entered the track and sat on the Wellington Straight, they were not shown on any broadcasts and the race was red-flagged due to the first corner incident before the race got to the Wellington Straight. All of the individuals were removed from the track and arrested.

Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	52	2:17:50.311	1	25
2	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull-RBPT	52	+3.779	4	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	52	+6.225	5	16FL
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	52	+8.546	3	12
5	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	52	+9.571	7	10
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	52	+11.943	6	8
7	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-RBPT	52	+18.777	2	6
8	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	52	+18.995	19	4
9	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	52	+22.356	18	2
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	52	+24.590	17	1
11	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	52	+26.147	20
12	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	52	+32.511	10
13	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	52	+32.817	14
14	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	52	+40.910	13
Ret	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	37	Fuel pump	15
Ret	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	26	Damage	11
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	20	Gearbox	12
Ret	63	George Russell	Mercedes	0	Accident	8
Ret	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	0	Accident	9
Ret	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	0	Accident	16
Source:

Milestones

• First career pole position for Carlos Sainz, Jr.
• First career victory for Carlos Sainz, Jr.
• 150th race start for Carlos Sainz, Jr.
• First career points for Mick Schumacher.

Standings

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Max Verstappen 181 — 2 Sergio Pérez 147 — 3 Charles Leclerc 138 — 4 Carlos Sainz 127 ▲1 5 George Russell 111 ▼1 6 Lewis Hamilton 93 — 7 Lando Norris 58 — 8 Valtteri Bottas 46 — 9 Esteban Ocon 39 — 10 Fernando Alonso 32 — 11 Pierre Gasly 16 — 12 Kevin Magnussen 16 — 13 Sebastian Vettel 15 ▲1 14 Daniel Ricciardo 15 ▼1 15 Yuki Tsunoda 11 — 16 Guanyu Zhou 5 — 17 Mick Schumacher 4 ▲2 18 Alexander Albon 3 ▼1 19 Lance Stroll 3 ▼1 Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Red Bull 328 — 2 Ferrari 265 — 3 Mercedes 204 — 4 McLaren-Mercedes 73 — 5 Alpine-Renault 67 — 6 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 51 — 7 AlphaTauri-RBPT 27 — 8 Haas-Ferrari 20 ▲1 9 Aston Martin-Mercedes 18 ▼1 10 Williams-Mercedes 3 —

See Also

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

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

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