2022 Mexico City Grand Prix

2022 Mexico City Grand Prix
2022 Mexico City Grand Prix
Race 20 of 22 in the 2022 Formula One World Championship
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	Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Race details
Date	30 October 2022
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.304 km (2.674 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 miles)
Weather	Partly cloudy
Attendance	395,902
Pole position
Driver	Max Verstappen;
Time	1:17.775
Fastest lap
Driver	George Russell
Time	1:20.153 on lap 71
Podium
First	Max Verstappen;
Second	Lewis Hamilton;
Third	Sergio Pérez;
	Lap leaders ;

The 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2022 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was the 20th round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship and marked the 22nd edition of the Mexican Grand Prix, which was run under the name Mexico City Grand Prix for the second time. It was won by defending champion Max Verstappen, who was followed by Lewis Hamilton in second and Sergio Pérez in third.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of the 28–30 October. It was the twentieth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, both the Drivers' and Constructors' titles had already been 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. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 187 points and Mercedes by 240 points.^[3]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.^[4] Pietro Fittipaldi, Logan Sargeant, Liam Lawson and Nyck de Vries drove for Haas in place of Kevin Magnussen, for Williams in place of Alexander Albon, for AlphaTauri in place of Yuki Tsunoda, and for Mercedes in place of George Russell, respectively, during the first practice session.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Jack Doohan drove for Alpine in place of Esteban Ocon in the same session, making his Formula One practice debut.^[9]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.^[10]

Penalties

Aston Martin's Lance Stroll carried a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round, the United States Grand Prix.^[11]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final grid
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:19.222	1:18.566	1:17.775	1
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.583	1:18.565	1:18.079	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.169	1:18.552	1:18.084	3
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:19.706	1:18.615	1:18.128	4
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:19.566	1:18.560	1:18.351	5
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:19.523	1:18.762	1:18.401	6
7	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.505	1:19.109	1:18.555	7
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.857	1:19.119	1:18.721	8
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:20.006	1:19.272	1:18.939	9
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:19.945	1:19.081	1:19.010	10
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.279	1:19.325	N/A	11
12	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:20.283	1:19.476	N/A	12
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:19.907	1:19.589	N/A	13
14	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:20.256	1:19.672	N/A	14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:20.293	1:19.833	N/A	19¹
16	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:20.419²	N/A	N/A	15
17	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:20.419²	N/A	N/A	16
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:20.520	N/A	N/A	20³
19	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.859	N/A	N/A	17
20	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:21.167	N/A	N/A	18
107% time: 1:24.710
Source:^[12]^[13]

^1 – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.^[14]
^2 – Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel set the identical lap time. Schumacher was classified ahead of Vettel as he set the lap earlier.^[12]
^3 – Lance Stroll received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round.^[11]

Race

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	71	1:38:36.729	1	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+15.186	3	18
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	71	+18.097	4	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	71	+49.431	2	13¹
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	71	+58.123	5	10
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+1:08.774	7	8
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap²	11	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	10	4
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	8	2
10	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	6	1
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	70	+1 lap	14
12	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	17
13	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	12
14	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	16
15	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	20
16	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	15
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	19
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 laps	18
19³	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	63	Engine	9
Ret	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	50	Collision damage	13
Fastest lap: George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:20.153 (lap 71)
Source::^[13]^[15]^[16]^{[failed verification]}

Notes

^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.^[16]
^2 – Daniel Ricciardo received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[15]^{[failed verification]}
^3 – Fernando Alonso was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.^[15]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Max Verstappen*	416
1	2	Sergio Pérez	280
1	3	Charles Leclerc	275
	4	George Russell	231
1	5	Lewis Hamilton	216
Source:^[17]

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Red Bull Racing-RBPT*	696
	2	Ferrari	487
	3	Mercedes	447
	4	Alpine-Renault	153
	5	McLaren-Mercedes	146
Source:^[17]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk are the 2022 world champions.

References

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^ "USA 2022 – Championship". Stats F1. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
^ "2022 Mexico City Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). FIA. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "Haas to field Fittipaldi in Mexico and Abu Dhabi FP1 sessions". Formula1.com. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Williams to run Sargeant in two further FP1 sessions in 2022". Formula1.com. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Red Bull-backed Liam Lawson to make another FP1 appearance with AlphaTauri at Mexico City GP". Formula1.com. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
^ "De Vries takes Russell's spot during FP1 in Mexico". Gpblog.com. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "F2 racer Jack Doohan to drive FP1 in Mexico City and Abu Dhabi for Alpine". Formula1.com. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ "2022 Tyre Compound Choices – US and Mexico". pirelli.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Stroll handed three-place grid drop after high-speed clash with Alonso at COTA". Formula1.com. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022 – Qualifying". Formula 1.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022 – Starting Grid". Formula 1.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
^ "Magnussen hit with 5-place grid drop in Mexico City after taking on new ICE". Formula1.com. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022 – Race Result". Formula 1.com. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022 – Fastest Laps". Formula 1.com. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Mexico City 2022 – Championship". Stats F1. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.

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