2022 Miami Grand Prix

2022 Miami Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	May 8, 2022
Race Number	1062
Official Name	Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2022
Location	Miami International Autodrome Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA
Course	Temporary parking lot circuit 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Distance	57 laps, 308.484 km (191.683 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Charles Leclerc Ferrari
Time	1:28.796
Fastest Lap
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull
Time	1:31.361 on lap 54
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Charles Leclerc
Third	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Lap Leaders

The 2022 Miami Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2022) was the fifth race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Miami International Autodrome on the weekend of May 06-08 2022. It was the inaugural Miami Grand Prix.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Sunny
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Sunny
Race	Sunny

Available Tyres
Hard	C2
Medium	C3
Soft	C4
Inter	Inters
Wet	Wet

Talks for a race in Miami began as far back as 2017, with various impressions for the circuit held within the city as a street course. On 2021, a ten-year deal was reached to host the Miami Grand Prix beginning in 2022. The Miami Grand Prix would take place around the Hard Rock Stadium, home to the NFL team, the Miami Dolphins.

This race will be the inaugural race held in Miami at the newly constructed Miami International Autodrome staged around the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. It will be one of two Grands Prix held in the United States this season; the other being the 2022 United States Grand Prix held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Racing at a new circuit is more challenging for drivers and teams since they do not have previous data to rely on for their strategies. Moreover, a new track implies a new track surface, so there may be imperfections that have not been addressed (e.g. bump at Eau Rouge that was seen at the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix). A few circuits this season will have a new tarmac such as the resurfaced Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and the redesigned Albert Park Circuit.

Jewelry ban

Since Australia, the FIA have enforced rules on drivers wearing jewelry during race events. Some believed it was a move targeted to Hamilton, who was often seen wearing jewelry in race events. Hamilton, who previously insisted that there were a few body jewelry parts that could not be removed, called the decision a "backwards" move while sporting with various jewelry on his body during the pre-race media conference, adding that he would be willing to sign a waiver to take on some responsibility away from the FIA. In response, the FIA has granted the seven-time champion an exemption for the race weekend as well as the next race weekend at Barcelona.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2022 Miami 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

Leclerc led the opening session of the inaugural Miami weekend from Russell and Verstappen in the closing stage of the session, with the latter suffering overheating issues despite being third fastest. The session was not without incidents, with drivers spinning and losing control learning the new course, and Bottas causing the first red flag when he lost the rear at Turns 7-8 and hence did not take part in the next session.

FP2

Russell showed that Mercedes' latest updates had seemingly taken effect by posting the overall fastest time on Friday, with Leclerc and Perez behind, and Hamilton about two-tenths behind his teammate in fourth. Verstappen meanwhile failed to set a time after having hydraulic issues moments after leaving the pits, despite having his gearbox changed from his brush in FP1. Sainz caused the second red flag of the weekend by crashing at Turn 12, with the next red flag coming after Latifi stopped on-track having suspected one of his wheels was not attached properly.

Practice Results

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

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.277	3	No time	19	1:30.649	3
3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.592	10	1:31.208	12	1:31.728	13
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.615	11	1:30.535	6	1:31.594	10
5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:33.024	14	1:31.393	14	1:31.049	5
6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:35.637	20	1:32.913	18	1:32.376	19
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:31.498	5	1:30.547	7	1:31.901	16
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.301	4	1:30.150	3	1:30.304	1
14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:32.884	12	1:30.372	5	1:31.036	4
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.098	1	1:30.044	2	1:30.498	2
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:33.576	16	1:31.631	16	1:31.665	12
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.559	9	1:30.921	10	1:31.227	8
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:34.043	18	1:31.260	13	1:31.659	11
23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.854	7	1:31.710	17	1:31.501	9
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:33.020	13	1:30.860	8	1:32.051	18
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:33.417	15	1:30.861	9	No time	20
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.956	8	1:30.179	4	1:31.890	15
47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:34.945	19	1:31.587	15	1:31.050	6
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:31.528	6	1:30.964	11	1:31.172	7
63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.169	2	1:29.938	1	1:31.924	17
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:33.773	17	No time	20	1:31.885	14
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Qualifying

Q1

Knocked out in the first round of qualifying was Kevin Magnussen, Guanyu Zhou, and both Williams drivers. Esteban Ocon did not partake in qualifying since his car was not repaired on time.

Q2

The second round of qualifying saw Fernando Alonso, George Russell, Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo, and Mick Schumacher eliminated.

Q3

In the closing stages of the final qualifying round, the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, Jr. secured a one-two start for the Sunday race, which pushed down Max Verstappen to third.

Qualifying Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time		Pos.	Time
1	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		1	1:29.474		1	1:29.130		1	1:28.796	1
2	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari		4	1:30.079		5	1:29.729		2	1:28.986	2
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull		2	1:29.836		2	1:29.202		3	1:28.991	3
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull		3	1:30.055		4	1:29.673		4	1:29.036	4
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		15	1:30.845		6	1:29.751		5	1:29.475	5
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		5	1:30.388		7	1:29.797		6	1:29.625	6
7	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT		14	1:30.779		10	1:30.128		7	1:29.690	7
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes		13	1:30.761		3	1:29.634		8	1:29.750	8
9	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT		8	1:30.485		9	1:30.031		9	1:29.932	9
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes		7	1:30.441		8	1:29.996		10	1:30.676	PL
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	6	1:30.407	11	1:30.160			11
12	63	George Russell	Mercedes	9	1:30.490	12	1:30.173			12
13	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	12	1:30.677	13	1:30.214			PL
14	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	10	1:30.583	14	1:30.310			14
15	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	11	1:30.645	15	1:30.423			15
16	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	16	1:30.975					16
17	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	17	1:31.020					17
18	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	18	1:31.266					18
19	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	19	1:31.325					19
20	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	20	No time					20
107% Time: 1:35.737
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
• Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel qualified 10th and 13th, respectively, but they started the race from the pit lane as the fuel in their car was found too cold. Their places on the grid were left vacant.

Grid

Show Grid

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

Race

Report

In the first corner at the start, Verstappen overtook Sainz for second place and closed in on Leclerc, whom he passed for the lead on lap 9, as Leclerc struggled with the medium compound tyres. The race was interrupted on lap 41, as Norris's rear right tyre made contact with Gasly's front left, triggering a virtual safety car and then a safety car for five laps. Verstappen was pressured from Leclerc at the restart, and defended his position to take the win. On lap 52, his teammate Pérez attempted to overtake Sainz into turn 1 but made a mistake and locked up. Vettel and Schumacher collided at lap 53, but no action was taken. Leclerc and Sainz finished second and third, respectively, while Pérez, who had suffered engine issues that cost him about 30 horsepower, and Russell made up the top five. After the race, Alonso was given two separate five-second penalties. Magnussen had two separate incidents following the restart with Stroll, retiring on the last lap; he was classified 16th as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Results

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	57	1:34:24.258	3	26FL
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	57	+3.786s	1	18
3	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	57	+8.229s	2	15
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	57	+10.638s	4	12
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	57	+18.582s	12	10
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+21.368s	6	8
7	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	57	+25.073s	5	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	57	+28.386s	20	4
9	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	57	+32.365s	18	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	57	+37.026s	10	1
11	63	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	57	+37.128s	11
12	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	57	+40.146s	9
13	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+40.902s	14
14	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	57	+49.936s	19
15	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	57	+73.305s	15
16†	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	56	Front wing	16
17†	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin-Mercedes	54	Collision damage	13
Ret	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	45	Suspension	7
Ret	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	39	Collision	8
Ret	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	6	Engine	17
Source:

• Verstappen scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race.
• Alonso and Magnussen received five-second time penalties for causing collisions.
• Ricciardo and Alonso received five-second time penalties for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.

Milestones

• First Miami Grand Prix held.
• Eleventh different location that has hosted Formula 1 in the United States.

Standings

Following this race, the top five drivers retain their positions in the Drivers' World Championship. Lewis Hamilton gained a place over Lando Norris as Norris had to retire his car after a collision with Pierre Gasly. Alexander Albon picked up two positions with a 9^th-place finish after moving up from 10^th due to the two 5-second penalties Alonso received during the race. Lance Stroll gained a place over Guanyu Zhou due to Zhou's early retirement from the race, which nullified any possibility for Zhou to score points.

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Charles Leclerc 104 — 2 Max Verstappen 85 — 3 Sergio Pérez 66 — 4 George Russell 59 — 5 Carlos Sainz 53 — 6 Lewis Hamilton 36 ▲1 7 Lando Norris 35 ▼1 8 Valtteri Bottas 30 — 9 Esteban Ocon 24 — 10 Kevin Magnussen 15 — 11 Daniel Ricciardo 11 — 12 Yuki Tsunoda 10 — 13 Pierre Gasly 6 — 14 Sebastian Vettel 4 — 15 Alexander Albon 3 ▲2 16 Fernando Alonso 2 ▼1 17 Lance Stroll 2 ▲1 18 Guanyu Zhou 1 ▼2 Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Ferrari 157 — 2 Red Bull 151 — 3 Mercedes 95 — 4 McLaren-Mercedes 46 — 5 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 31 — 6 Alpine-Renault 26 — 7 AlphaTauri-RBPT 16 — 8 Haas-Ferrari 15 — 9 Aston Martin-Mercedes 6 — 10 Williams-Mercedes 3 —

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