2022 Mexico City Grand Prix

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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
Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Race details[1]
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)
Scheduled distance 71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 miles)
Attendance 350,000[2]
Pole position
Driver
Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Time 1:17.775

The 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022) is a Formula One motor race scheduled to be held on 30 October 2022 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico.

Background

The event is due to be held across the weekend of the 28–30 October. It will be 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 have already been decided at the Japanese and United States Grands Prix, respectively. Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship with 124 points from Charles Leclerc, second, and 126 from teammate Sergio Pérez, third. Red Bull Racing, leads the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 187 points and Mercedes by 240 points.[3]

Entrants

See also: 2022 Formula One World Championship § Entries

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

Further information: Formula One tyres

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]

Track changes

The second and the third activation point of the DRS were moved further back, being positioned 165 metres (541 ft) after turn 17 and 115 metres (377 ft) after turn 3, respectively.[11]

Penalties

Aston Martin' Lance Stroll carried a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round, the United States Grand Prix.[12]

Qualifying

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT 1:19.222 1:18.566 1:17.775 1
2 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1:19.583 1:18.565 1:18.079 2
3 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:19.169 1:18.552 1:18.084 3
4 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-RBPT 1:19.706 1:18.615 1:18.128 4
5 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:19.566 1:18.560 1:18.351 5
6 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:19.523 1:18.762 1:18.401 6
7 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:19.505 1:19.109 1:18.555 7
8 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.857 1:19.119 1:18.721 8
9 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 1:20.006 1:19.272 1:18.939 9
10 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:19.945 1:19.081 1:19.010 10
11 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.279 1:19.325 N/A 11
12 24 China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 1:20.283 1:19.476 N/A 12
13 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RBPT 1:19.907 1:19.589 N/A 13
14 10 France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-RBPT 1:20.256 1:19.672 N/A 14
15 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:20.293 1:19.833 N/A 191
16 47 Germany Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 1:20.4192 N/A N/A 15
17 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:20.4192 N/A N/A 16
18 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:20.520 N/A N/A 203
19 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:20.859 N/A N/A 17
20 6 Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 1:21.167 N/A N/A 18
107% time: 1:24.710
Source:[13][14]
  • ^1 – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.[15]
  • ^2 – Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel set the identical lap time. Schumacher was classified ahead of Vettel as he set the lap earlier.[13]
  • ^3 – Lance Stroll received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Mexico City Grand Prix 2022 – F1 Race". formula1.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Why Checo fever will make this year's Mexico City Grand Prix unmissable". Formula1.com. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ^ "USA 2022 – Championship". Stats F1. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Mexico City Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). FIA. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Haas to field Fittipaldi in Mexico and Abu Dhabi FP1 sessions". Formula1.com. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Williams to run Sargeant in two further FP1 sessions in 2022". Formula1.com. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "De Vries takes Russell's spot during FP1 in Mexico". Gpblog.com. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  9. ^ "F2 racer Jack Doohan to drive FP1 in Mexico City and Abu Dhabi for Alpine". Formula1.com. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 Tyre Compound Choices – US and Mexico". pirelli.com. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 Mexico City Grand Prix – Circuit Map" (PDF). FIA. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ a b "Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022 – Qualifying". Formula 1.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022 – Starting Grid". Formula 1.com. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Magnussen hit with 5-place grid drop in Mexico City after taking on new ICE". Formula1.com. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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