2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix

The (officially the Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell'Emilia-Romagna 2022) was the fourth race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari on the weekend of April 22-24 2022.
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==Background==
Leading up to the weekend, announced they had renewed Carlos Sainz's contract for an additional two years. We will see Sainz at Ferrari through at least the end of the season.
===Sprint===
It was the first weekend of the season to hold the Sprint race weekend format. At an F1 Commission in mid-February, the teams and FOM agreed to some changes.
==Entry List==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Max Verstappen 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB18 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL36 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL36 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 	 	AMR22 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	Williams Racing 	 	FW44 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Scuderia AlphaTauri 	 	AT03 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	Oracle Red Bull Racing 	 	RB18 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A522 	 	E-Tech RE22 1.6L V6t 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F1-75 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team 	 	AMR22 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-22 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	Scuderia AlphaTauri 	 	AT03 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Williams Racing 	 	FW44 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN 	 	C42 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A522 	 	E-Tech RE22 1.6L V6t 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	W13 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
47 	Mick Schumacher 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-22 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	F1-75 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
63 	George Russell 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	W13 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN 	 	C42 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
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==Practice 1==
The only practice session before parc ferme started off with all drivers running the full wet tires, as the day began with wet weather that saw the weekend session for Formula 2 being rescheduled. Halfway through the session, starting with Sebastian Vettel, drivers started to switch to the intermediates as the track started to dry out. Many drivers went off the track due to the low track temperatures and wet patches causing reduced tyre grip and resulted in numerous lock ups. With 5 minutes to go, Lando Norris beached his McLaren MCL36 in the gravel trap, which led to a red flag momentarily interrupting the session, but he was able to quickly get his car unstuck and back to the pits, so the session resumed a couple minutes later. Ultimately, Charles Leclerc set the fastest time in the difficult wet track conditions, with his teammate Carlos Sainz and rival Max Verstappen close behind, in second and third, respectively.
===P1 Results===
The full results of the first practice session for the are shown below:
No. 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	FP1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
No. 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:30.867 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:35.625 	15 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:35.502 	14 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:33.365 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:39.698 	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:35.104 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:33.012 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:33.160 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:29.402 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:36.033 	16 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:32.439 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	1:33.611 	9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:36.461 	17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	1:37.450 	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:35.420 	13 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:36.464 	18 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	1:32.988 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:30.279 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:34.262 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:34.615 	11 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 1 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
The opening minutes of qualifying was stopped after Albon developed a brake fire on the rear of his Williams, the same problem that hit Latifi during the Bahrain test. Hamilton just about made it into Q2 as eliminated were Tsunoda, Gasly, Latifi, Ocon and Albon.
===Q2===
Sainz spun and crashed into the barriers exiting Rivazza, hence bringing out the second red flag. This meant that the bottom five, Russell, Schumacher, Hamilton, Zhou and Stroll were unable to improve their times as rain fell again while Sainz' car was being retrieved. The final minutes saw cars sampling the track in intermediate tires with no further improvement, hence making it the first time since the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix neither Mercedes made it into Q3.
===Q3===
The third red flag came early into Q3 as Magnussen spun his car at Acque Minerali, but the Dane was able to reverse out and keep going. Bottas stopped his car approaching Rivazza with an issue, with Verstappen still setting the fastest overall time despite passing the yellow-flagged incident, which brought out the fourth red flag. The session resumed with less than three minutes remaining, but no final improvement came after Norris became the latest victim to spin at Acque Minerali, bringing out the fifth red flag and prematurely ending the session and allowing Verstappen to secure pole from Leclerc and Norris.
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Sprint Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Sprint Grid
1 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	3 	1:19.295 	 	1 	1:18.793 	 	1 	1:27.999 	1
2 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	2 	1:18.796 	 	5 	1:19.584 	 	2 	1:28.778 	2
3 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	9 	1:20.168 	 	3 	1:19.294 	 	3 	1:29.131 	3
4 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	8 	1:20.147 	 	7 	1:19.902 	 	4 	1:29.164 	4
5 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	10 	1:20.198 	 	6 	1:19.595 	 	5 	1:29.202 	5
6 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	7 	1:19.980 	 	9 	1:20.031 	 	6 	1:29.742 	6
7 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	6 	1:19.773 	 	4 	1:19.296 	 	7 	1:29.808 	7
8 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	14 	1:20.419 	 	10 	1:20.192 	 	8 	1:30.439 	8
9 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	12 	1:20.364 	 	8 	1:19.957 	 	9 	1:31.062 	9
10 	55 	Carlos Sainz 	 	 	4 	1:19.305 	 	2 	1:18.990 	 	10 	No Time 	10
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	13 	1:20.383 	 	11 	1:20.757 	 	 	 	11
12 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	 	15 	1:20.422 	 	12 	1:20.916 	 	 	 	12
13 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	16 	1:20.470 	 	13 	1:21.138 	 	 	 	13
14 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	 	5 	1:19.730 	 	14 	1:21.434 	 	 	 	14
15 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	11 	1:20.342 	 	15 	1:28.119 	 	 	 	15
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	 	16 	1:20.474 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	17 	1:20.732 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	 	18 	1:21.971 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	19 	1:22.338 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	20 	No Time 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022	Source: - Qualifying Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 22 Apr 2022
*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
===Sprint Grid===
Show Grid
==Practice 2==
George Russell set the pace in second practice with a 1m 19.457s on the softs, 0.081s quicker than Sergio Pérez, with championship leader Charles Leclerc a couple of tenths further back in third. The drivers were lucky to have a dry albeit cool track to work out their car setups before the Sprint later in the evening. Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas were stuck in their garages as their cars were being worked on by their mechanics, so they did not get a set a time.
===P2 Results===
The full results of the second practice session for the are shown below:
No. 	Driver 	Team 	FP2 	FP2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
No. 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:20.371 	7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	No Time 	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:23.821 	18 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:21.155 	15 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:21.263 	17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:20.439 	9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:19.538 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:20.174 	5 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:19.740 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:21.149 	14 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:20.740 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	1:20.381 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:20.591 	11 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	1:20.498 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:21.179 	16 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:19.992 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	1:20.977 	13 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:20.258 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:19.457 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	No Time 	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Practice 2 Result, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), accessed on 23 Apr 2022
==Sprint==
Unlike the season, in which only the first three placed drivers in the sprint race received points, the 2022 rules expanded points to the first eight drivers. Max Verstappen had a bad start and Charles Leclerc took the lead, while Pierre Gasly hit Guanyu Zhou at turn 9, causing a puncture and Zhou's retirement, which brought out the safety car. Sergio Pérez soon recovered to third, while Carlos Sainz Jr. came back to fourth.
In the first laps, Leclerc pushed hard to keep Verstappen out of the DRS zone but started suffering from graining. On lap 19, Verstappen, who was never behind more than one second and half, was able to pass him into turn one to win the sprint race and maintain pole position, ahead of Leclerc and Pérez. With the results, Sainz returned to second in the standings, while Verstappen rose from 6th to 5th, as both Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton did not get any points.
===Sprint Results===
The full results for the 2022 Emilia Romagna Sprint are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points 	GP Grid
1 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	21 	30:39.567 	1 	8 	1
2 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	21 	+2.975s 	2 	7 	2
3 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	21 	+4.721s 	7 	6 	3
4 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	21 	+17.578s 	10 	5 	4
5 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	21 	+24.561s 	3 	4 	5
6 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	21 	+27.740s 	6 	3 	6
7 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	21 	+28.133s 	8 	2 	7
8 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	21 	+30.712s 	4 	1 	8
9 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	21 	+32.278s 	5 	 	9
10 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	21 	+33.773s 	12 	 	10
11 	63 	George Russell 	 	21 	+36.284s 	11 	 	11
12 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	21 	+38.298s 	16 	 	12
13 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	21 	+40.177s 	9 	 	13
14 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	21 	+41.459s 	13 	 	14
15 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	21 	+42.910s 	15 	 	15
16 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	21 	+43.517s 	19 	 	16
17 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	21 	+43.794s 	17 	 	17
18 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	21 	+48.871s 	20 	 	18
19 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	21 	+52.017s 	18 	 	19
20 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	0 	Accident 	14 	 	^
Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 23 Apr 2022
^ Zhou required to start from the pit lane after his car was modified whilst under Parc Ferme conditions.
===Race Grid===
Show Grid
^ Zhou required to start from the pit lane after car was modified whilst under Parc Ferme conditions.
==Race==
===Report===
With rain falling in the circuit in the preceding hours and the track being wet, all cars on the grid started on intermediate tyres. Those starting on the right side of the grid, such as championship leader Charles Leclerc in second and his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. in fourth, had a bad start due to a bitumen asphalt strip, which was added to cover the old starting line but had become more slippery when it rained. Going into turn 1, Leclerc lost positions to Sergio Pérez and Lando Norris, while Sainz was overtaken by Norris at the start and was hit by Daniel Ricciardo. The collision, which was not investigated, left Sainz struck in the gravel, while Ricciardo was able to get back on track and make a pit stop at the end of the lap. After the Sainz–Ricciardo collision, Mick Schumacher had a half-spin and dropped from 10th to 17th, as his rear-axle slid tagged the sidepod of Fernando Alonso, who had to retire on lap 8 after his bodywork failed.Russell, Sebastian Vettel, and Lance Stroll had a good start, with Russell sixth, Vettel ninth, and Stroll eleventh. The safety car brought out by the Sainz–Ricciardo collision was withdrawn on lap 4.
With Leclerc stuck behind Norris, the two Red Bull cars of Max Verstappen and Pérez built a lead, as Verstappen turned down a suggestion from his team to put on dry tyres and he continued racing, as did the rest of the field, despite reports of the track drying. On lap 8, Leclerc overtook Norris into turn 1, but by then he had a 6.2 and 3.3 seconds deficit to Verstappen and Pérez, respectively. In the next seven laps, those gaps remained stable, as Verstappen was 5.5 seconds ahead of Pérez, with Leclerc at 1.9 seconds behind. Verstappen told his team he was ready to switch to slick tyres in case a safety car was brought out but remained on track. Ricciardo went into the pits on lap 18 to switch to dry, medium compound tyres, which led the rest of the field to follow suit over the next few laps. On lap 19, both Pèrez and Russell, the latter now running fourth after overtaking Kevin Magnussen on lap 12, pitted, which was a lap earlier than Verstappen and Leclerc, the latter of whom had a successful overcut to come in front of Pérez for second; however, due to Leclerc's colder tyres, Pérez was able to take the position back a few turns later, as Verstappen expanded his lead to 7.5 seconds.
Leclerc remained close behind Pérez, who went over the grass at the chicane at turns 14–15 on lap 28, and Leclerc closed the gap to less than one second but was not able to make the overtake. When the DRS was activated on lap 35, after being off until then because of wet-weather conditions, despite all drivers being on dry tyres, Leclerc was over one second behind Pèrez, while Pierre Gasly was able to get into DRS zone behind Alexander Albon, as Lewis Hamilton remained stuck behind the two drivers for the rest of the race, being lapped by Verstappen on lap 40. Verstappen extended his lead on Pèrez and Leclerc. On lap 50, Leclerc went into the pits for soft compounds and came out in fourth position, behind Norris. Leclerc overtook Norris with the help of DRS by lap 51, as both Red Bull cars responded to Leclerc's undercut attempt and pitted on lap 51 (Pérez) and 52 (Verstappen), respectively. With the move, Leclerc closed the gap to Pèrez and had a seven-tenth gap on lap 53. In an attempt to push and get closer to Pérez for an overtake, Leclerc clattered the kerbs at the turns 14–15 chicane and spun to the outside wall on lap 54. He broke an endplate but avoided suspension damage, and was able to restart and get a new front wing and soft compounds at the pits. He fell back to ninth and recovered to sixth by the end of the race.
Verstappen won ahead of Pérez, Norris, Russell, whose front-wing aerodynamic balance was not adjusted at his pit stop, and Valtteri Bottas, with Leclerc, Yuki Tsunoda, Vettel, Magnussen, and Stroll to complete the top 10. Albon, Gasly, and Hamilton finished 11th, 12th, and 13th, respectively, after Esteban Ocon received a five-second penalty and was demoted to 14th for an unsafe release in the pits, which forced Hamilton to lift off in the pit lane and drop a place, ahead of Zhou Guanyu, Nicholas Latifi, and Schumacher, who spun for a second time in the race, while Ricciardo, who was the only driver to make a second pit stop for a set of hard compounds and suffered a damaged diffusor from the collision with Sainz, finished last. Having led every lap whilst also having set the fastest lap and winning the race, Verstappen achieved his second career grand slam, while Red Bull had their first 1–2 finish since the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix. In the Drivers' Championship, Sainz fell to fifth, while both Verstappen and Red Bull made a comeback to second place in the Drivers' and Constructor championships, respectively. Leclerc saw his leading advantage in the standings reduced from 45 to 27 points.
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	63 	1:32:07.986 	1 	26
2 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	63 	+16.527 	3 	18
3 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	63 	+34.834 	5 	15
4 	63 	George Russell 	 	63 	+42.506 	11 	12
5 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	63 	+43.181 	7 	10
6 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	63 	+56.072 	2 	8
7 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	63 	+1:01.110 	12 	6
8 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	63 	+1:10.892 	13 	4
9 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	63 	+1:15.260 	8 	2
10 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	15 	1
11 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	18 	
12 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	17 	
13 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	14 	
14▲ 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	16 	
15 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	0 	
16 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	19 	
17 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	10 	
18 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	62 	+1 Lap 	6 	
 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	6 	Chassis 	9 	
 	55 	Carlos Sainz 	 	0 	Collision 	4 	
Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022	Source: - Race Result, Formula One World Championship Limited; accessed on 24 Apr 2022
* ▲Ocon finished 11th, but dropped down to 14th due to receiving a 5-second time penalty for an unsafe release from his pit box.
==Milestones==
* 14th pole position and second grand slam for Max Verstappen, 75th pole position for .
* The qualifying session set a new record for the most red flags in a session at 5, beating the 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix and the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
==Standings==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Charles Leclerc 	86 	
2 	Max Verstappen 	59 	4
3 	Sergio Pérez 	54 	1
4 	George Russell 	49 	2
5 	Carlos Sainz 	38 	2
6 	Lando Norris 	35 	2
7 	Lewis Hamilton 	28 	2
8 	Valtteri Bottas 	24 	2
9 	Esteban Ocon 	20 	2
10 	Kevin Magnussen 	15 	1
11 	Daniel Ricciardo 	11 	
12 	Yuki Tsunoda 	10 	1
13 	Pierre Gasly 	6 	1
14 	Sebastian Vettel 	4 	7
15 	Fernando Alonso 	2 	1
16 	Guanyu Zhou 	1 	1
17 	Alexander Albon 	1 	1
18 	Lance Stroll 	1 	
Only point-scoring drivers are shown.
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	124 	
2 	 	113 	1
3 	 	77 	1
4 	 	46 	
5 	 	25 	1
6 	 	22 	1
7 	 	16 	1
8 	 	15 	1
9 	 	5 	1
10 	 	1 	1
==See Also==
==References==
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