2022 Miami Grand Prix

The (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. 
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==Background==
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 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==
===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.
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
The full practice results for the are outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	FP1 	FP2 	FP2 	FP3 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	
No. 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
1 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:31.277	3 	No time 	19 	1:30.649	3 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:32.592	10 	1:31.208	12 	1:31.728	13 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:32.615	11 	1:30.535	6 	1:31.594	10 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:33.024	14 	1:31.393	14 	1:31.049	5 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:35.637	20 	1:32.913	18 	1:32.376	19 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:31.498	5 	1:30.547	7 	1:31.901	16 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:31.301	4 	1:30.150	3 	1:30.304	1 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:32.884	12 	1:30.372	5 	1:31.036	4 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:31.098	1 	1:30.044	2 	1:30.498	2 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:33.576	16 	1:31.631	16 	1:31.665	12 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:32.559	9 	1:30.921	10 	1:31.227	8 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	1:34.043	18 	1:31.260	13 	1:31.659	11 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:31.854	7 	1:31.710	17 	1:31.501	9 	 	 	 	 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	1:33.020	13 	1:30.860	8 	1:32.051	18 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	1:33.417	15 	1:30.861	9 	No time 	20 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:31.956	8 	1:30.179	4 	1:31.890	15 	 	 	 	 	
47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	1:34.945	19 	1:31.587	15 	1:31.050	6 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	1:31.528	6 	1:30.964	11 	1:31.172	7 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:31.169	2 	1:29.938	1 	1:31.924	17 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	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 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 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 are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	1 	1:29.474 	 	1 	1:29.130 	 	1 	1:28.796 	1
2 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	4 	1:30.079 	 	5 	1:29.729 	 	2 	1:28.986 	2
3 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	2 	1:29.836 	 	2 	1:29.202 	 	3 	1:28.991 	3
4 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	3 	1:30.055 	 	4 	1:29.673 	 	4 	1:29.036 	4
5 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	15 	1:30.845 	 	6 	1:29.751 	 	5 	1:29.475 	5
6 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	5 	1:30.388 	 	7 	1:29.797 	 	6 	1:29.625 	6
7 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	14 	1:30.779 	 	10 	1:30.128 	 	7 	1:29.690 	7
8 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	13 	1:30.761 	 	3 	1:29.634 	 	8 	1:29.750 	8
9 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	 	8 	1:30.485 	 	9 	1:30.031 	 	9 	1:29.932 	9
10 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	7 	1:30.441 	 	8 	1:29.996 	 	10 	1:30.676 	PL
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	6 	1:30.407 	 	11 	1:30.160 	 	 	 	11
12 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	9 	1:30.490 	 	12 	1:30.173 	 	 	 	12
13 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	12 	1:30.677 	 	13 	1:30.214 	 	 	 	PL
14 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	10 	1:30.583 	 	14 	1:30.310 	 	 	 	14
15 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	 	11 	1:30.645 	 	15 	1:30.423 	 	 	 	15
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	16 	1:30.975 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	 	17 	1:31.020 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	18 	1:31.266 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	 	19 	1:31.325 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	20 	No time 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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*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
==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 are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	57 	1:34:24.258 	3 	26FL
2 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	57 	+3.786s 	1 	18
3 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	57 	+8.229s 	2 	15
4 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	57 	+10.638s 	4 	12
5 	63 	George Russell 	 	57 	+18.582s 	12 	10
6 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	57 	+21.368s 	6 	8
7 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	57 	+25.073s 	5 	6
8 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	57 	+28.386s 	20 	4
9 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	57 	+32.365s 	18 	2
10 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	57 	+37.026s 	10 	1
11 	63 	Fernando Alonso 	 	57 	+37.128s 	11 	
12 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	57 	+40.146s 	9 	
13 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	57 	+40.902s 	14 	
14 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	57 	+49.936s 	19 	
15 	47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	57 	+73.305s 	15 	
16† 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	56 	Front wing 	16 	
17† 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	54 	Collision damage 	13 	
 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	45 	Suspension 	7 	
 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	39 	Collision 	8 	
 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	6 	Engine 	17 	
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* 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 9th-place finish after moving up from 10th 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	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	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	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	157 	
2 	 	151 	
3 	 	95 	
4 	 	46 	
5 	 	31 	
6 	 	26 	
7 	 	16 	
8 	 	15 	
9 	 	6 	
10 	 	3 	
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