| 2022 Miami Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 22[a] in the2022 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Miami International Autodrome | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | May 8, 2022 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Crypto.comMiami Grand Prix 2022 | ||||
| Location | Miami International Autodrome,Miami Gardens,Florida | ||||
| Course | Purpose-built temporary circuit | ||||
| Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 57 laps, 308.326 km (191.584 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Warm, partly cloudy, slight rain at the end | ||||
| Attendance | 242,955[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||||
| Time | 1:28.796 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | |||
| Time | 1:31.361 on lap 54 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2022 Miami Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix 2022) was a Formula One motor race that was held on May 8, 2022, at theMiami International Autodrome inMiami Gardens, Florida. It was the first edition of theMiami Grand Prix and the fifth round of the2022 Formula One World Championship.[3]
The race was won byMax Verstappen, ahead of championship leader and pole-sitterCharles Leclerc in second and his teammateCarlos Sainz Jr. in third.[4] Verstappen also set thefastest lap.[5]
Charles Leclerc was the Drivers' Championship leader after the fourth round, theEmilia Romagna Grand Prix, with 86 points, 27 ahead ofMax Verstappen in second, withSergio Pérez in third, five points behind Verstappen. In the Constructors' Championship,Ferrari ledRed Bull Racing by 11 points andMercedes by 47.[6]
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[7]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[8]
There were three practice sessions, each lasted one hour. The first two practice sessions took place on Friday May 6 at 14:30 and 17:30 local time (UTC−04:00) and the third practice session took place at 13:00 on May 7.[9] In the first session, Leclerc was the fastest ahead ofGeorge Russell and Verstappen,[10] who had hydraulic and overheating issues.[11][12][13] In the second session, Russell set the fastest lap ahead of Leclerc and Pérez.[14] In the final session, Pérez was first, ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen.[15] There was a crash andred flag in each session; in the first session,Valtteri Bottas crashed at turn 7,[16] whileCarlos Sainz Jr. andEsteban Ocon both crashed into the concrete barrier at turn 14 in the final two sessions, respectively.[17]
Qualifying took place on May 7 at 16:00 local time and lasted for one hour.[9]
Leclerc led Sainz for a Ferrari front-row lockout,[18] the first since the2019 Mexican Grand Prix.[19][20] Behind them were the Red Bull drivers, Verstappen and Pérez, and Alfa Romeo's Bottas, withLewis Hamilton,Pierre Gasly,Lando Norris,Yuki Tsunoda, andLance Stroll completing the top ten; Russell, Hamilton's Mercedes teammate, did not make the Q3.[21] In his final Q3 lap, Verstappen made a mistake, which he blamed on his lack of knowledge of the car on the track, while both Leclerc and Sainz improved their fastest lap to take the front row.[22]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:29.474 | 1:29.130 | 1:28.796 | 1 |
| 2 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:30.079 | 1:29.729 | 1:28.986 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:29.836 | 1:29.202 | 1:28.991 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:30.055 | 1:29.673 | 1:29.036 | 4 |
| 5 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:30.845 | 1:29.751 | 1:29.475 | 5 |
| 6 | 44 |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:30.388 | 1:29.797 | 1:29.625 | 6 |
| 7 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:30.779 | 1:30.128 | 1:29.690 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30.761 | 1:29.634 | 1:29.750 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:30.485 | 1:30.031 | 1:29.932 | 9 |
| 10 | 18 |  Lance Stroll | Aston MartinAramco-Mercedes | 1:30.441 | 1:29.996 | 1:30.676 | 10 |
| 11 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1:30.407 | 1:30.160 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:30.490 | 1:30.173 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 5 |  Sebastian Vettel | Aston MartinAramco-Mercedes | 1:30.677 | 1:30.214 | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30.583 | 1:30.310 | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas-Ferrari | 1:30.645 | 1:30.423 | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:30.975 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 24 |  Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:31.020 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 23 |  Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.266 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.325 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 107% time: 1:35.737 | |||||||
| — | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | No time | N/A | N/A | 201 |
| Source:[23][24] | |||||||
The race started at 15:30EDT (UTC−4) on May 8 and lasted 57 laps.[9] Stroll and Vettel, who respectively qualified 10th and 13th, started the race from the pit lane after a fuel temperature issue.[25]
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.[26][27] The race was interrupted on lap 41, as Norris's rear right tyre made contact with Gasly's front left, triggering avirtual safety car and then asafety car for five laps. Verstappen was pressured from Leclerc at the restart, and defended his position to take the win. On lap 52, Verstappen's teammate, Pérez, attempted to overtake Sainz into turn 1 but made a mistake and locked up. Vettel and Schumacher collided on lap 53, but no action was taken.[28] Leclerc and Sainz finished second and third, respectively, while Pérez, who had temporarily suffered engine issues that cost him about 30horsepower finished fourth,[29] and Russell made up the top five.[30]
After the race, Alonso was given two separate five-second penalties, which dropped him out of the top 10 for points, with Stroll promoted to 10th.[31] 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.[32]
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| Previous race: 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix | FIA Formula One World Championship 2022 season | Next race: 2022 Spanish Grand Prix |
| Previous race: None | Miami Grand Prix | Next race: 2023 Miami Grand Prix |
