2022 Mexico City Grand Prix

The (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022) was the 20th race of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez on the weekend of October 28 to October 30 2022.
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==Background==
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. Pietro Fittipaldi, Logan Sargeant, Liam Lawson, Jack Doohan, and Nyck de Vries participated in the first practice session (FP1).
===Championship standings before the race===
Going into the weekend, both the Drivers' and Constructors' titles were already decided at the Japanese and United States Grands Prix, respectively. Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 124 points from Charles Leclerc, second, and 126 from teammate Sergio Pérez, third. , led the Constructors' Championship from by 187 points and by 240 points.
==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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19 	Nyck de Vries 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	W13 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
40 	Liam Lawson 	Scuderia AlphaTauri 	 	AT03 	 	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t 	
45 	Logan Sargeant 	Williams Racing 	 	FW44 	 	F1 M13 1.6L V6t 	
51 	Pietro Fittipaldi 	Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-22 	 	066/7 1.6L V6t 	
82 	Jack Doohan 	BWT Alpine F1 Team 	 	A522 	 	E-Tech RE22 1.6L V6t 	
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==Practice==
===FP1===
Pietro Fittipaldi drove for in place of Kevin Magnussen, Logan Sargeant for in place of Alexander Albon, and Liam Lawson for in place of Yuki Tsunoda. Jack Doohan drove for in place of Esteban Ocon in the same session, making his Formula One practice debut. Nyck de Vries drove for in place of George Russell.
===FP2===
===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 	 	1:20.827	4 	1:21.588	6 	1:18.876	3 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:21.762	11 	1:22.763	15 	1:20.139	14 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:21.120	8 	1:22.738	14 	1:19.317	7 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:21.525	10 	1:22.371	12 	1:20.986	19 	 	 	 	 	
6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	1:22.912	15 	1:23.320	19 	1:20.848	18 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:21.310	9 	1:22.104	10 	1:20.330	15 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:20.827	3 	1:21.579	5 	1:19.241	5 	 	 	 	 	
14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	1:20.899	6 	1:22.337	11 	1:20.037	13 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:20.753	2 	1:21.618	7 	1:19.123	4 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:21.865	13 	1:22.840	16 	1:20.477	16 	 	 	 	 	
19 	Nyck de Vries 	 	1:24.582	18 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	 	1:23.316	18 	1:21.271	20 	 	 	 	 	
22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	 	 	1:20.798	2 	1:19.882	9 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	 	1:22.447	13 	1:19.917	10 	 	 	 	 	
24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	1:21.820	12 	1:23.369	20 	1:20.019	12 	 	 	 	 	
31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	 	1:21.177	3 	1:19.960	11 	 	 	 	 	
40 	Liam Lawson 	 	1:23.861	16 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:20.849	5 	1:21.509	4 	1:18.543	2 	 	 	 	 	
45 	Logan Sargeant 	 	1:24.246	17 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
47 	Mick Schumacher 	 	1:21.952	14 	1:22.879	17 	1:20.598	17 	 	 	 	 	
51 	Pietro Fittipaldi	 	1:26.766	20 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	 	1:20.707	1 	1:21.693	8 	1:19.301	6 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	 	 	1:19.970	1 	1:18.399	1 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:21.083	7 	1:21.993	9 	1:19.390	8 	 	 	 	 	
82 	Jack Doohan 	 	1:24.615	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===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 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	2 	1:19.222 	 	4 	1:18.566 	 	1 	1:17.775 	1
2 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	6 	1:19.583 	 	3 	1:18.565 	 	2 	1:18.079 	2
3 	44 	
 Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	1 	1:19.169 	 	1 	1:18.552 	 	3 	1:18.084 	3
4 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	7 	1:19.706 	 	5 	1:18.615 	 	4 	1:18.128 	4
5 	55 	Carlos Sainz 	 	 	5 	1:19.566 	 	2 	1:18.560 	 	5 	1:18.351 	5
6 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	4 	1:19.523 	 	6 	1:18.762 	 	6 	1:18.401 	6
7 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	3 	1:19.505 	 	8 	1:19.109 	 	7 	1:18.555 	7
8 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	8 	1:19.857 	 	9 	1:19.119 	 	8 	1:18.721 	8
9 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	11 	1:20.006 	 	10 	1:19.272 	 	9 	1:18.939 	9
10 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	 	10 	1:19.945 	 	7 	1:19.081 	 	10 	1:19.010 	10
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
11 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	13 	1:20.279 	 	11 	1:19.325 	 	 	 	11
12 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	 	14 	1:20.283 	 	12 	1:19.476 	 	 	 	12
13 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	 	9 	1:19.907 	 	13 	1:19.589 	 	 	 	13
14 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	12 	1:20.256 	 	14 	1:19.672 	 	 	 	14
15 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	15 	1:20.293 	 	15 	1:19.833 	 	 	 	19
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
16 	47 	
 Mick Schumacher 	 	 	16 	1:20.419 	 	 	 	 	 	 	15
17 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	17 	1:20.419 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
18 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	18 	1:20.520 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
19 	23 	
 Alexander Albon 	 	 	19 	1:20.859 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
20 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	 	20 	1:21.167 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
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*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
===Grid===
Show Grid
====Grid Penalties====
*Lance Stroll received a 3-place grid penalty for causing a collision in the previous race.
*Kevin Magnussen received a 5-place grid penalty for opening his 6th Internal Combustion Engine in FP2. 
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	1 	Max Verstappen 	 	71 	1:38:36.729 	1 	25
2 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	71 	+15.186 	3 	18
3 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	71 	+18.097 	4 	15
4 	63 	
 George Russell 	 	71 	+49.431 	2 	13
5 	55 	Carlos Sainz 	 	71 	+58.123 	5 	10
6 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	71 	+1:08.774 	7 	8
7 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	11 	6
8 	31 	Esteban Ocon 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	10 	4
9 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	8 	2
10 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	6 	1
11 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	14 	
12 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	17 	
13 	24 	Guanyu Zhou 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	12 	
14 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	16 	
15 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	20 	
16 	47 	
 Mick Schumacher 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	15 	
17 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	70 	+1 Lap 	19 	
18 	6 	Nicholas Latifi 	 	69 	+2 Laps 	18 	
19† 	14 	Fernando Alonso 	 	63 	Engine 	9 	
 	22 	Yuki Tsunoda 	 	50 	Collision damage 	13 	
Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022	Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022	Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022	Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022	Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022	Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022	Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022	Source:" - Race Result" (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2022), 30 October 2022
====Notes====
*Daniel Ricciardo received a 10-second time penalty due to a collision with Yuki Tsunoda
*† Fernando Alonso retired, but his race was classified.
*FL George Russell received an extra point for setting the fastest lap and finishing in the top-10.
==Milestones==
*14th victory for Max Verstappen this season
**Max Verstappen beat the previously held record by Michael Schumacher for the most wins obtained in a single season
*190th podium for Lewis Hamilton
* 25th podium for Sergio Pérez
* 230th race start for Daniel Ricciardo
*20th race start for Guanyu Zhou
*40th race start for Yuki Tsunoda
*120th race start for Lance Stroll
*100th race start for Charles Leclerc
*160th race start for Carlos Sainz, Jr.
*80th race start for Lando Norris and George Russell
==Standings==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Max Verstappen 	416 	
2 	Sergio Pérez 	280 	1
3 	Charles Leclerc 	275 	1
4 	George Russell 	231 	
5 	Lewis Hamilton 	216 	1
6 	Carlos Sainz 	212 	1
7 	Lando Norris 	111 	
8 	Esteban Ocon 	83 	
9 	Fernando Alonso 	65 	
10 	Valtteri Bottas 	47 	
11 	Sebastian Vettel 	38 	
12 	Daniel Ricciardo 	35 	
13 	Kevin Magnussen 	26 	
14 	Pierre Gasly 	23 	
15 	Lance Stroll 	13 	
16 	Yuki Tsunoda 	13 	
17 	Mick Schumacher 	12 	
18 	Guanyu Zhou 	6 	
19 	Alexander Albon 	4 	
20 	Nicholas Latifi 	2 	
21 	Nyck de Vries 	2 	
Only point-scoring drivers are shown.
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	696 	
2 	 	487 	
3 	 	447 	
4 	 	148 	
5 	 	146 	
6 	 	53 	
7 	 	51 	
8 	 	38 	
9 	 	36 	
10 	 	8 	
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