2022 Canadian Grand Prix

The **2022 Canadian Grand Prix** was a Formula 1.5 motor race, which was held on 19 June 2022 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the 9th round of the 2022 Formula 1.5 World Championship.

## Background

### Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

It was the first race in Canada since 2019 as races in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Championship standings before the race

In the Drivers' Championship, Lando Norris led with 129 points, 3 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas in second, with Esteban Ocon in third position. McLaren led Alpine by 7 points, and Alfa Romeo by 33 points in the Constructors' Championship.

### Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.

### Tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.

## Practice

Three practice sessions for the Grand Prix were held, each one hour in length. The first practice session took place on 17 June, at 14:00 local time (UTC−04:00). The session ended with no major incidents. Early in the session, Esteban Ocon got a paper towel lodged in his brake duct and was forced to return back to the pits. Alexander Albon, Mick Schumacher, Kevin Magnussen and Nicholas Latifi all missed turn 12 corner and retreated to the escape road in seperate incidents. All four were unscathed and carried on. Alonso topped the session ahead of Stroll and Vettel.

The second practice session took place on 17 June at 17:00 local time. Sebastian Vettel was released into the path of Magnussen in the pit lane. The FIA deemed the release to be unsafe and Aston Martin team was fined €5,000. It was Vettel who went fastest ahead of Alonso and Gasly.

The third practice session was held at 13:00 local time on 18 June. Rain before and during the session meant the drivers were completing laps on the wet and intermediate tyres throughout the session. Yuki Tsunoda, Magnussen and Vettel all went off at turn 1. Alonso was fastest, with Pierre Gasly and Vettel in second and third respectively.

## Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 16:00 local time on 18 June, and lasted for one hour. The whole session was conducted with water on the track and so all drivers used the wet and intermediate tyres to complete their laps.

The first section of qualifying had all drivers completing their laps with no issues. Alexander Albon was noted by the stewards for driving too slow, but he was not penalised. Yuki Tsunoda, who was required to start from the back after taking new power unit components, Nicholas Latifi, Lance Stroll, Sebastian Vettel and Pierre Gasly were knocked out from the first part of qualifying.

The second section of qualifying had Albon in the wall at turn 5 early in the session. He was able to find reverse and carry on. Issues for Lando Norris meant he was unable to set a lap time and was also out of the session.

## Race

The race started at 14:00 local time on 19 June, and ran for 70 laps. On Lap 19, Mick Schumacher retired his car in the runoff of turn eight with an engine failure, bringing out the race's second VSC. On lap 48 Yuki Tsunoda crahed at turn two. Esteban Ocon crossed the line as the winner ahead of his teammate Alonso. A post-race penalty for weaving down the straight saw Alonso drop from second at the flag to fourth behind Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, who took his maiden podium at the grand prix.

## Championship Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

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Constructors' Championship standings

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1. ↑  Yuki Tsunoda was required to start the race from the back of the grid for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.
2. ↑  Includes 1 point for fastest lap
3. ↑  Fernando Alonso finished second on track, but he received a post-race five-second time penalty for making more than one change of direction to defend a position.
4. ↑  Lando Norris received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. His final position was not affected by the penalty.