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2022 Dutch Grand Prix

The 2022 Dutch Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2022 at the Circuit Zandvoort in Zandvoort, the Netherlands. The race was won by defending winner Max Verstappen.

2022 Dutch Grand Prix
Race 15 of 22 in the 2022 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Zandvoort circuit
Layout of the Zandvoort circuit
Race details[1]
Date 4 September 2022
Official name Formula 1 Heineken Dutch 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 Netherlands 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

The race ran over a distance of 72 laps and was the 34th overall running of the Dutch Grand Prix and the 32nd time the event has been held as part of the Formula One World Championship, as well as the 32nd World Championship race held at the Circuit Zandvoort.

Background

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The event was held across the weekend of the 2–4 September. It was the fifteenth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.

Championship standings before the race

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Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 93 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, with Charles Leclerc third, a further 5 points behind. Red Bull Racing team led the Constructors' Championship, leading Ferrari by 118 points and Mercedes by 159 points.[3]

Entrants

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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]

Tyre choices

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Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[5]

Track changes

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The second DRS 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.[6][7]

Practice

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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)[8] and ended with George Russell fastest, followed by Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz Jr.[9] The second practice session was scheduled to held on 16:00, but was delayed to 16:15 due to two red flag periods during qualifying for the Formula 2 support race. Charles Leclerc was fastest, ahead of Sainz and Hamilton.[10] 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.[8]

Qualifying

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Qualifying took place on 3 September, starting at 15:00 local time.[8]

Qualifying classification

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Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
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 Martin Aramco-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 Martin Aramco-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:[11][12]

Race

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Race report

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The race took place on 4 September, starting at 15:00 CEST, and lasting 72 laps.[8] 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's AlphaTauri 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 a virtual 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 full safety 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. 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. Sainz’s penalty demoted him from fifth to eighth. 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.

Post race

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Following the race, a conspiracy theory emerged accusing Red Bull Racing strategist Hannah 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 boss Toto 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 driver Lewis Hamilton been a realistic contender to win the drivers championship.[13] AlphaTauri responded to the accusations, stating Tsunoda's car had a genuine problem the team was initially not aware of.[14] Media sources also criticised the conspiracy theories surrounding Tsunoda's retirement.[15] The incident was looked into by race stewards, whose only action was to reprimand Tsunoda for having his belts undone.[14][16]

Race classification

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Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-RBPT 72 1:36:42.773 1 261
2 63   George Russell Mercedes 72 +4.071 6 18
3 16   Charles Leclerc Ferrari 72 +10.929 2 15
4 44   Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 72 +13.016 4 12
5 11   Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-RBPT 72 +18.168 5 10
6 14   Fernando Alonso Alpine-Renault 72 +18.754 13 8
7 4   Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 72 +19.306 7 6
8 55   Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 72 +20.9162 3 4
9 31   Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 72 +21.117 12 2
10 18   Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 72 +22.459 10 1
11 10   Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri-RBPT 72 +27.009 11
12 23   Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 72 +30.390 15
13 47   Mick Schumacher Haas-Ferrari 72 +32.995 8
14 5   Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 72 +36.0073 19
15 20   Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 72 +36.869 18
16 24   Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 72 +37.320 14
17 3   Daniel Ricciardo McLaren-Mercedes 72 +37.764 17
18 6   Nicholas Latifi Williams-Mercedes 71 +1 lap 20
Ret 77   Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 53 Engine 16
Ret 22   Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RBPT 43 Differential 9
Fastest lap:   Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-RBPT) – 1:13.652 (lap 62)
Source:[12][17][18][failed verification]

Notes

  • ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[18]
  • ^2 – Carlos Sainz Jr. finished fifth, but he received a five-second time penalty for an unsafe release.[17]
  • ^3 – Sebastian Vettel finished 13th, but he received a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.[17]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dutch Grand Prix 2022 - F1 Race". formula1.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Dre Reviews: Formula 1's 2022 Dutch Grand Prix". Motorsport101.com. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Belgium 2022 - Championship". Stats F1. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Dutch Grand Prix – Entry List" (PDF). FIA. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. ^ Maher, Thomas (August 2022). "Pirelli confirm tyre compounds for Belgium, Netherlands and Italy". www.planetf1.com. Planet F1. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Dutch Grand Prix – Circuit Map" (PDF). FIA. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  7. ^ Butterworth, Michael; Janse, Jesse (31 Aug 2022). "FIA to allow DRS on final corner throughout Dutch GP weekend". RacingNews365. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  8. ^ a b c d "Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022 - full timetable". formula1.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  9. ^ "Russell heads Mercedes 1-2 as Verstappen suffers issue in Dutch GP first practice". www.formula1.com. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  10. ^ Kalinauckas, Alex (2 September 2022). "F1 Dutch GP: Leclerc fastest from Sainz, Hamilton in FP2". motorsport.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  11. ^ "Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022 – Qualifying". Formula 1.com. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022 – Starting Grid". Formula 1.com. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Dutch GP: Mercedes' Toto Wolff questions Yuki Tsunoda DNF and says Lewis Hamilton win 'was on'". www.skysports.com. Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  14. ^ a b "AlphaTauri rubbishes Dutch GP conspiracy theories and defends Schmitz". 5 September 2022.
  15. ^ "F1 Dutch GP Podcast: Tsunoda conspiracy theories debunked". 5 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Tsunoda to take grid penalty at Monza after hitting reprimand limit". Racingnews365.com. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  17. ^ a b c "Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022 – Race Result". Formula 1.com. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  18. ^ a b "Formula 1 Heineken Dutch Grand Prix 2022 – Fastest Laps". Formula 1.com. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Netherlands 2022 – Championship". Stats F1. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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