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F1 Grand Prix race results: Verstappen wins Spanish GP
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday, after early race dominator Charles Leclerc was forced to retire his Ferrari when it lost power.
Charles Bradley
Edited: May 23, 2022, 11:16 AM
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Verstappen bounced back from an off-track excursion and an intermittent DRS issue to lead home a crushing Red Bull 1-2 ahead of teammate Sergio Perez.
Leclerc was cruising out front when he lost power on Lap 27, handing the lead to Mercedes’ George Russell. Perez passed the Mercedes just before half distance to hit the front but Verstappen charged past him towards the end of the race to score his fourth win of the season.
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2022 Spanish Grand Prix race results
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval Points 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 66 - 25 2
Sergio Perez Red Bull 66 13.072 13.072 13.072 19 3
George Russell Mercedes 66 32.927 32.927 19.855 15 4
Carlos Sainz Ferrari 66 45.208 45.208 12.281 12 5
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 66 54.534 54.534 9.326 10 6
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 66 59.976 59.976 5.442 8 7
Esteban Ocon Alpine 66 1'15.397 1'15.397 15.421 6 8
Lando Norris McLaren 66 1'23.235 1'23.235 7.838 4 9
Fernando Alonso Alpine 65 1 lap 2 10
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 65 1 lap 1 11
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 65 1 lap 12
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 65 1 lap 13
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 65 1 lap 14
Mick Schumacher Haas 65 1 lap 15
Lance Stroll Aston Martin 65 1 lap 16
Nicholas Latifi Williams 64 2 laps 17
Kevin Magnussen Haas 64 2 laps 18
Alex Albon Williams 64 2 laps
Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 28
Charles Leclerc Ferrari 27 View full results
How the Spanish Grand Prix unfolded
Leclerc held his pole advantage on the long run to Turn 1, ahead of Verstappen, Russell and Perez (who touched wheels at Turn 1) and a slow-starting Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).
Lewis Hamilton, who’d won the previous five Grands Prix here, started on mediums and clashed with Kevin Magnussen’s Haas at Turn 4, puncturing the Mercedes’ front-left tyre.
That elevated the second Haas of Mick Schumacher up to sixth, before Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) passed him on Lap 5 and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) further demoted him two laps later.
A gusty wind then caught out two frontrunners: Sainz spun at Turn 4 on Lap 7, dropping from fifth to 11th, and then Verstappen slid into the gravel out of second position at the same corner a couple of laps later, falling to fourth.
Perez allowed Verstappen back to third on Lap 11 and the reigning champion set about regaining second off Russell, as Leclerc extended his lead to 10s. Russell’s car was overheating, while Verstappen’s DRS wasn’t always working, and they pitted together on Lap 14.
Verstappen became increasingly frustrated by his intermittent DRS as he toiled to find a way past the Mercedes. They swapped places at Turn 1 on Lap 24, as Verstappen dived down the inside but Russell repassed him on the exit.
Leclerc, who had been cruising out front, lost what looked like a certain win when his power unit hit trouble and he slowed just before half distance, leading to his first non-finish of the season.
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Verstappen pitted again to undercut Russell on Lap 29, opting for new softs, which allowed Perez to attack Russell, the Mexican taking the lead on Lap 31. The charging Verstappen passed Bottas for third around the outside of Turn 12.
Russell pitted just as Verstappen caught him on Lap 37, and Perez also stopped on Lap 38.
Verstappen made his third stop on Lap 45, opting for his final set of fresh mediums, and he rejoined just ahead of Russell. On tyres that were six laps fresher, Verstappen just had his teammate to beat for victory over the final 20 laps.
Verstappen caught and passed Perez on Lap 49. He pulled away to an easy win, while Russell made a late stop for softs and had to repass Bottas for third. Bottas’s attempt to run long to the finish backfired as the recovering Sainz and Hamilton passed him.
Hamilton overtook Sainz to take fourth with six laps remaining, but both Mercedes drivers were then warned of a critical technical issue, so Sainz repassed the seven-time champion on the penultimate lap.
Ocon finished seventh, ahead of an unwell Lando Norris (McLaren), Fernando Alonso (who started his Alpine from the back of the grid) and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri).
Perez made an extra stop for softs to cover Russell’s attempt at fastest lap, and took the extra point on offer.
2022 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix fastest laps
Cla Driver Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Sergio Perez 55 1'24.108 199.243 2
Lewis Hamilton 51 1'24.253 0.145 0.145 198.900 3
George Russell 53 1'24.636 0.528 0.383 198.000 4
Max Verstappen 46 1'25.456 1.348 0.820 196.100 5
Lando Norris 53 1'25.619 1.511 0.163 195.727 6
Esteban Ocon 54 1'25.935 1.827 0.316 195.007 7
Carlos Sainz 49 1'25.985 1.877 0.050 194.894 8
Valtteri Bottas 36 1'26.395 2.287 0.410 193.969 9
Fernando Alonso 56 1'26.599 2.491 0.204 193.512 10
Yuki Tsunoda 59 1'26.828 2.720 0.229 193.002 11
Lance Stroll 54 1'26.876 2.768 0.048 192.895 12
Pierre Gasly 51 1'26.987 2.879 0.111 192.649 13
Charles Leclerc 25 1'27.030 2.922 0.043 192.554 14
Nicholas Latifi 52 1'27.246 3.138 0.216 192.077 15
Daniel Ricciardo 54 1'27.285 3.177 0.039 191.991 16
Mick Schumacher 32 1'27.447 3.339 0.162 191.636 17
Kevin Magnussen 3 1'27.537 3.429 0.090 191.439 18
Sebastian Vettel 59 1'27.629 3.521 0.092 191.238 19
Alex Albon 56 1'28.281 4.173 0.652 189.825 20
Zhou Guanyu 12 1'28.415 4.307 0.134 189.537 View full results
2022 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix pitstops
Cla Driver Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull S 16 M 15 S 19 M 22 2
Sergio Perez Red Bull S 20 M 20 M 16 S 16 3
George Russell Mercedes S 16 M 23 M 15 S 17 4
Carlos Sainz Ferrari S 13 M 21 M 14 S 24 5
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes M 1 S 23 M 26 S 21 6
Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo S 17 M 20 M 32 7
Esteban Ocon Alpine S 13 M 22 S 20 S 17 8
Lando Norris McLaren S 12 M 21 S 21 S 18 9
Fernando Alonso Alpine S 10 M 21 S 22 S 14 10
Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri S 11 M 21 S 23 S 16 11
Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin S 24 S 24 M 24 12
Daniel Ricciardo McLaren S 14 S 23 M 17 S 20 13
Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri S 10 M 19 S 20 S 22 14
Mick Schumacher Haas S 14 S 21 M 35 15
Lance Stroll Aston Martin S 17 S 16 M 20 S 19 16
Nicholas Latifi Williams S 12 M 14 S 24 S 17 17
Kevin Magnussen Haas S 3 M 28 H 35 18
Alex Albon Williams S 11 M 14 S 20 M 9 S 13
Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo S 10 M 18
Charles Leclerc Ferrari S 21 M 6 View full results
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