2022 Formula One World Championship

The 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 73th running of the Formula One World Championship. Formula One is recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Drivers and teams competed in twenty-two Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championship titles. Sebastian Vettel would be a five-time world champion after a 9-year hiatus, Dutchman Max Verstappen would win the runner-up and last season's champion Charles Leclerc would be in third place. Once again, Ferrari would be the constructors' champion at the US Grand Prix. Red Bull would finish second, and Mercedes in third place
== Entries ==
Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Tyres 	No	Driver	Rounds	No 	Free Pratice Driver
Audi F1 Team 	Audi 	A02 	Michelin	8
32	Romain Groisjean
Mick Schumacher	All 	53 	Nyck de Vries
Scuderia Ferrari Misson Winnow 	Ferrari 	SF75H 	Pirelli 	1
33	Charles Leclerc
Max Verstappen	All
All	N/A	N/A
Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	Haas-Ferrari 	VF-22 	Pirelli 	20
50
51	Kevin Magnussen
Santino Ferruci
Pietro Fittipaldi	1-10,14-15,22
11-13,16-21
All	50 	Santino Ferruci
BMW McLaren F1 Team 	McLaren-BMW 	MCL37 	Michelin	4
44	Lando Norris
Lewis Hamilton	All
All	47 	Sérgio Sette Camara
Monster Energy Mercedes AMG Motorsport	Mercedes 	F1 W13 EQ Power+	Michelin	31
94	Esteban Ocon
Pascal Wehrlein	All
All	N/A	N/A
Red Bull Honda F1 Team 	Honda 	RA122 	Pirelli 	11
23
7
96	Sérgio Perez
Alexander Albon
Nobaru Matsuita
Sean Gelael	All
1-12
13-18
19-22	38
39	Sean Gelael
Nobaru Matsuita
Tata Motors Racing Point F1 Team 	Racing Point-Mercedes	VJM15 	Pirelli 	18
63	Lance Stroll
George Russell	All
All	N/A	N/A
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	Red Bull-Honda 	RB18 	Pirelli 	5
10	Sebastian Vettel
Pierre Gasly	All 	38 	Sebastien Buemi
Volvo Cars Renault F1 Team 	Renault 	R.S.22 	Michelin	3
27
46	Daniel Ricciardo
Niko Hulkenberg
Jack Aikten	All
1-17
18-22	46 	Jack Aikten
VTB Russian Time F1 Team 	Russian Time-Renault 	RT22 	Michelin	6
9
35	Artem Markelov
Marcus Ericsson
Sergey Sirotkin	All
2-22
1	35 	Sergey Sirotkin
Alfa Romeo F1 Team 	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 	SF222 	Pirelli 	21
99	Antonio Fuoco
Antonio Giovinazzi	All
All	36 	Rafaelle Marciello
Williams Racing 	Williams-Renault 	FW45 	Michelin	2
55	Stoffel Vandoorne
Carlos Sainz Jr.	All 	40
41	Valteri Bottas
Oliver Rowland
=== Season Changes ===
Ferrari and Red Bull would make an exchange of drivers, Sebastian Vettel would return to the Austrian team, while Verstappen would go to Maranello. After disastrous results at Williams Valtteri Bottas would be relegated to test driver, while the Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne would return to F1 after 4 years. Sauber would finally be bought by Alfa Romeo, and would compete with the name of the Italian automaker.
=== Mid Season Changes ===
Danish Kevin Magnussen would not be racing for his first season in Formula E, his replacement would be Santino Ferruci, who played some stages in the championship for Haas. Honda had problems with Albon that came out midway through the season, his replacement was Nobaru Matsuita, but the Japanese did not complete the rest of the season due to Honda's entry into the Endurance stages, who would enter his seat would be Indonesian Sean Gelael. Hulkenberg would have discussions with the owners of the Renault team and would be dismissed in the step of Singapore, and that would enter in its place would be the British Jack Aikten. Marcus Ericsson replaced Sirotkin in Bahrain as the Russian had been injured.
== Calendar ==
The following twenty-two Grands Prix were run as part of the 2022 World Championship:
Round	Grand Prix 	Circuit 	Date
1 	Bahrain Grand Prix 	Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain 	March 6
2 	Australian Grand Prix 	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 	March 20
3 	Chinese Grand Prix 	Shangai International Circuit, Shangai 	April 3
4 	Vietnamese Grand Prix 	Hanoi Street Circuit, Hanoi 	April 17
5 	Azerbaijan Grand Prix 	Baku City Circuit, Baku 	May 1
6 	Spanish Grand Prix 	Circuito de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	May 15
7 	Monaco Grand Prix 	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 	May 29
8 	Canadian Grand Prix 	Circuit Gilles Villenueve, Montreal 	June 12
9 	Austrian Grand Prix 	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 	June 26
10 	French Grand Prix 	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet 	July 3
11 	British Grand Prix 	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 	July 17
12 	Hungrary Grand Prix 	Hungaroring, Mogyoród 	July 31
13 	German Grand Prix 	Nurburgring, Nurburg 	August 7
14 	Belgian Grand Prix 	Circuit de Spa-Francochamps, Stavelot 	September 4
15 	Italian Grand Prix 	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 	September 11
16 	Russian Grand Prix 	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 	September 25
17 	Singapore Grand Prix 	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 	October 2
18 	Japanese Grand Prix 	Suzuka Racing Course, Suzuka 	October 9
19 	Mexican Grand Prix 	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City	October 23
20 	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 	October 30
21 	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu-Dhabi 	November 13
22 	Brazilian Grand Prix 	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 	November 27
=== Calendar Changes ===
Monza did not renew the contract with Liberty Media, so in 2022 to 2024, the Grand Prix of Italy will be based in Imola, which returns to the calendar after 16 years (at the time it hosted the San Marino Grand Prix). There was a change in the middle of the championship, now the Hungarian Grand Prix will be before the German Grand Prix. Once again we will have 3 races in 3 consecutive weeks (Russia, Singapore and Japan), the last time this happened was in the season of 2018. The European season ends sooner as the Russian stage comes before Singapore.
== Changes in Regulation ==
Liberty Media decided to cut costs for the 2022 season, dropped the number of engines per pilot to 4 as it was in the 2017 season. Now it will only have 4 sets of tires, two dry: Hard and Soft and two wet: Intermediate and Rain . Teams will be able to use all tires at the weekend. The Halo was modified for greater safety of its pilots. In the aerodynamics we had a change, the front wings were longer, the DRS would only be allowed in dry track conditions, and in specific sectors, in order to reduce incidents. Team orders would be banned, and if a team does that it will take a fine of 800,000 Swiss francs. The reloading system would return to the old one, with the riders coming out of the pits.
== Season Sumary ==
=== Round 1: Bahrain ===
The drivers race for the first time in the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix, the champion of the world title: Charles Leclerc would be the pole position. In the race Monegasco loses two positions and who takes the lead was Sebastian Vettel, in lap 17 Red Bull would make a disastrous stop and the German would fall to the 16th position. He is able to do a good recovery race and crosses the finish line in 5th place, in this event we did not have any dropouts, something that has not happened since the 2005 US Grand Prix, the winner would be Max Verstappen, second place to Charles Leclerc and Esteban Ocon finishes third.
=== Round 2: Australia ===
Two weeks later the riders arrived in Australia for the second race of the championship. The Pole would be German Pascal Wehrelein, who would make his first Formula 1 debut. We had a chaotic start, with six riders leaving the race, including the McLaren duo, then there was a need for a re-release, Leclerc would lead until lap 29, where a rain would start and would make all the riders in the pits, Haas and Sauber riders had problems and abandon the race, Leclerc would fall to 7th and Vettel would be the leader of the race until crossing the finish line, winning the race. In second came Gasly and in third position Leclerc.
=== Round 3: China ===
The Chinese Grand Prix was a lot of rain, forming a totally "crazy" grid with Briton George Russell in Pole position, the race was full of surprises, the Red Bull had problems at the start and left the race, while Russell would leave well and would lead until lap 19, when it would be surpassed by Esteban Ocon, the new leader of the test. The Ferraris fought for second place on lap 28, who gets the best is the Dutchman Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc had problems in his second pit stop and he would leave the race, Hamilton would inherit his position, but he would race and Pietro Fittipaldi of Haas dreamed of his first podium. On the last lap Verstappen makes a spectacular overtaking over Ocon, winning the Chinese Grand Prix, Fittipaldi would make his first podium in F1.
=== Round 4: Vietnam ===
Red Bull would dominate Saturday practice and Vettel would take pole position. Already in the race the German would lead in all the laps, already Gasly was not so luck, since battery in the back of Ocon. Other riders who fought for the lead made blunders, Ferrari would make bad pit stops that caused their drivers to lose many positions, even though Leclerc would end up in the scoring zone. In the last few laps Vettel would almost waste his race when he tried to overtake a latecomer, but he would win the race. On the podium we would have the McLaren duo (Hamilton in 2nd and Norris in 3rd).
=== Round 5: Azerbaijan ===
The weekend would be marked by tributes to Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger, who had died in the tragic San Marino Grand Prix 28 years ago. Vettel would get pole position, but in the race would be overtaken by Leclerc on lap 8, the Monegasque would lead to the pit stops, where Gasly would take the lead, but Leclerc would overtake him and regained pole on lap 33, Vettel had to abandon on lap 37 due to problems in the engines, and Leclerc led through to the end of the race, crossing the finish line in 1st place, behind him would come Gasly and in the lowest place of the podium would be with Verstappen.
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