| 2022 Dutch Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 15 of 22 in the2022 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of Circuit Zandvoort | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 4 September 2022 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 HeinekenDutch Grand Prix 2022 | ||||
| Location | Circuit Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.259 km (2.646 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 72 laps, 306.587 km (190.504 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||||
| Attendance | 305,000[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
| Time | 1:10.342 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | |||
| Time | 1:13.652 on lap 62 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2022 Dutch Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022) was aFormula One motor race held on 4 September 2022 atCircuit Zandvoort inZandvoort, Netherlands. The race was won by defending winnerMax Verstappen.
The race ran over a distance of 72 laps and was the 34th overall running of theDutch Grand Prix and the 32nd time the event has been held as part of theFormula One World Championship, as well as the 32nd World Championship race held atCircuit Zandvoort.
The event was held across the weekend of the 2–4 September. It was the fifteenth round of the2022 Formula One World Championship.[3]
Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 93 points from teammateSergio Pérez, withCharles Leclerc third, a further 5 points behind.Red Bull Racing team led the Constructors' Championship, leadingFerrari by 118 points andMercedes by 159 points.[4]
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[5]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[6]
The secondDRS activation point was moved further back, being positioned 40 metres (130 ft) after turn 13. As a result, the second DRS detection point was moved further back, being established 20 metres (66 ft) after turn 12.[7][8]
There were three practice sessions. The first two were held on 2 September. The first practice started at 12:30 local time (UTC+02:00)[9] and ended withGeorge Russell fastest, followed byLewis Hamilton andCarlos Sainz Jr.[10] The second practice session was scheduled to held on 16:00, but was delayed to 16:15 due to twored flag periods during qualifying for theFormula 2 support race.Charles Leclerc was fastest, ahead of Sainz and Hamilton.[11] The third practice session took place on 3 September, starting on 12:00 local time. Leclerc was fastest in the session, followed by Russell and Verstappen.[9]
Qualifying took place on 3 September, starting at 15:00 local time.[9]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:11.317 | 1:10.927 | 1:10.342 | 1 |
| 2 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:11.443 | 1:10.988 | 1:10.363 | 2 |
| 3 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:11.767 | 1:10.814 | 1:10.434 | 3 |
| 4 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:11.331 | 1:11.075 | 1:10.648 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:11.641 | 1:11.314 | 1:11.077 | 5 |
| 6 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:11.561 | 1:10.824 | 1:11.147 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:11.556 | 1:11.116 | 1:11.174 | 7 |
| 8 | 47 |  Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1:11.741 | 1:11.420 | 1:11.442 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:11.427 | 1:11.428 | 1:12.556 | 9 |
| 10 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Aston MartinAramco-Mercedes | 1:11.568 | 1:11.416 | No time | 10 |
| 11 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:11.705 | 1:11.512 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:11.748 | 1:11.605 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1:11.667 | 1:11.613 | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 24 |  Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:11.826 | 1:11.704 | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 23 |  Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:11.695 | 1:11.802 | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:11.961 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:12.081 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:12.319 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston MartinAramco-Mercedes | 1:12.391 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 20 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:13.353 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 107% time: 1:16.309 | |||||||
| Source:[12][13] | |||||||
The race took place on 4 September, starting at 15:00CEST, and lasting 72 laps.[9] Verstappen lead away from pole, with Leclerc, Sainz and Hamilton behind.Kevin Magnussen scraped the barriers on lap 2, demoting him to the back of the field. On lap 18,Carlos Sainz Jr. had a slow pit stop as his tyres were not ready; the mechanics also misplaced the spare wheel gun in an unsafe position which Pérez ran over. The slow pitstop demoted Sainz to eleventh. On lap 45,Yuki Tsunoda'sAlphaTauri pulled over with an issue on the front-left tyre. Tsunoda was told to continue and came in a lap later, for a change of tyres and to tighten his seatbelt, which he had loosened as he prepared to abandon his car. On lap 47, Tsunoda retired with a differential issue. This brought out avirtual safety car, allowing Verstappen to make a pit stop to keep the lead ahead of the two Mercedes. On lap 55,Valtteri Bottas retired with an engine issue, bringing out a fullsafety car. Hamilton stayed out, while Verstappen and Russell pitted for softs. Verstappen overtook Hamilton at the restart almost immediately, while Sainz received a five-second penalty for an unsafe release during his pit stop. After Russell made a split-second decision to pit again for faster softs, he overtook Hamilton, who fell to fourth after being overtaken by Leclerc as well.[14] The final standings saw Verstappen in first place, winning the 30th race in his career and the fourth race in a row, ahead of Russell in second and Leclerc in third.[15] Sainz’s penalty demoted him from fifth to eighth.[14] The race was viewed as Hamilton’s best chance of victory, but because of the bad strategy call, he didn’t even finish on the podium.[16]
Following the race, a conspiracy theory emerged accusingRed Bull Racing strategistHannah Schmitz of conspiring with sister team AlphaTauri to ensure a favourable result for Verstappen, after questioning the nature of Tsunoda's retirement on lap 47 which helped Verstappen take a pit stop with a reduced time loss, due to the virtual safety car. This followed the post-race comments of Mercedes team bossToto Wolff who openly admitted to being suspicious about the circumstances of Tsunoda's retirement saying he was left "speechless" by the incident and that he may have had inspected the incident more closely had his driverLewis Hamilton been a realistic contender to win the drivers championship.[17] AlphaTauri responded to the accusations, stating Tsunoda's car had a genuine problem the team was initially not aware of.[18] Media sources also criticised the conspiracy theories surrounding Tsunoda's retirement.[19] The incident was looked into by race stewards, whose only action was to reprimand Tsunoda for having his belts undone.[18][20]
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