Results and summary of Saturday's F1 at the Spanish GP: classification

Charles Leclerc will start ahead of Max Verstappen and his teammate Carlos Sainz after achieving pole in qualifying for the Spanish GP, which was divided into three rounds with five cars eliminated in Q1 and Q2, before the last fight among the 10 fastest in Q3.

Spanish F1 GP 2022 qualifying results: Leclerc takes pole

What happened in Q1 of the Spanish GP 2022 F1?

Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez set the pace early with a 1m20.447s and then gave Max Verstappen slipstream to drop the Dutchman to 1m20.091s.

Sainz was placed first with a 1:19.892, but Leclerc quickly overtook him with a 1:19.861. The Mercedes duo of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton placed fourth and fifth respectively.

Kevin Magnussen surprised with an impressive fifth position on his final lap of Q1, ahead of Hamilton. Pérez fell to eighth place, behind the Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas.

In the first round they fell Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin, who was 0.074 seconds from the cut), Fernando Alonso (who could not complete his last lap due to traffic), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and Williams’ partner, Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi.

Spanish GP 2022 F1 Q1 results: Leclerc overtakes Sainz

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	Weather	Difference	Interval
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’19.861
two	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	1’19,892	0.031	0.031
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1’20.091	0.230	0.199
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1’20.218	0.357	0.127
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1’20.227	0.366	0.009
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’20.252	0.391	0.025
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1’20.355	0.494	0.103
8	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1’20,447	0.586	0.092
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1’20.476	0.615	0.029
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1,20,549	0.688	0.073
11	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1’20.683	0.822	0.134
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1’20.707	0.846	0.024
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1’20,719	0.858	0.012
14	Lando Norris	McLaren	1’20.838	0.977	0.119
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1’20.880	1.019	0.042
16	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1’20.954	1.093	0.074
17	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1’21.043	1.182	0.089
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1’21.418	1.557	0.375
19	Alexander Albon	williams	1’21.645	1.784	0.227
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1’21.915	2.054	0.270
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What happened in Q2 of the 2022 F1 Spanish GP?

Hamilton set the bar at a 1m19.794s, but Russell quickly overtook him with his 1m19.470s, while his rivals took to the track on used tyres.

On his last lap, Sainz took the lead with 1:19.453, 17 thousandths faster than Russell, who, like Hamilton and Leclerc (who fell to seventh place), did not ride again.

Verstappen also came out and with his 1m19.291s he was 0.234s ahead of the Spaniard. Magnussen was back in fifth place, ahead of Pérez.

Eliminated at this point were Lando Norris, who had his fastest lap time stripped for exceeding track limits at Turn 12, Esteban Ocon (Alpine), the AlphaTauris of Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly, and Guanyu Zhou ( Alfa Romeo).

F1 Spanish GP 2022 Q2 results: Verstappen ahead of Sainz

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	Weather	Difference	Interval
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1’19.219
two	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	1’19,453	0.234	0.234
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1’19.470	0.251	0.017
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’19.794	0.575	0.324
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1’19,810	0.591	0.016
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1’19,830	0.611	0.020
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’19.969	0.750	0.139
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1’20.053	0.834	0.084
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1’20,287	1,068	0.234
10	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1’20.436	1.217	0.149
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1’20.471	1.252	0.035
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1’20.638	1.419	0.167
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1’20.639	1.420	0.001
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1’20,861	1,642	0.222
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1’21.094	1.875	0.233
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What happened in Q3 of the Spanish GP 2022 of F1?

In the opening laps, Hamilton set the pace with a 1m19.664s, which was bested by Sainz, who posted a time of 1m19.423s, before Verstappen stunned with a 1m19.073s. Meanwhile, Leclerc spun at the final chicane and returned to the pits without time.

Pérez was placed third, four tenths off the best time, ahead of Russell, Hamilton and Bottas.

In the last few attempts, Leclerc climbed to pole with a magnificent 1m18.750s after Verstappen reported a power issue over the radio, although it was actually DRS related, and was forced to abort his final lap.

Sainz finished with the third fastest time, behind Verstappen with a 1m19.166s, despite a poor first sector. Russell was fourth in 1:19.393, ahead of Pérez, Hamilton, Bottas, Magnussen, Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).

Spanish GP 2022 F1 Q3 results: Leclerc takes pole

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	Weather	Difference	Interval
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’18.750
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1’19.073	0.323	0.323
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	1’19,166	0.416	0.093
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1’19.393	0.643	0.227
5	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1’19,420	0.670	0.027
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’19.512	0.762	0.092
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1’19.608	0.858	0.096
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1’19,682	0.932	0.074
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1’20,297	1,547	0.615
10	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1’20.368	1.618	0.071
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