This is how the F1 2022 grid would look after the Barcelona tests

After the dispute of the first three test sessions of Formula 1 2022 , held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, we have compiled the best times of each driver and we have ordered how a hypothetical grid formed with these tests would look like.

Before you see it, we have to clarify that this article is not the absolute truth, nor does it intend anything more than to do a curious exercise of imagination. As everyone knows, in the tests the number of laps really matters more than the times, since the objective is to accumulate as much mileage as possible to better understand the new car.

And keeping that in mind…

This would be the Formula 1 2022 grid with the times of the Barcelona tests

*AM = morning session; PM = afternoon session

**C1 tires are the hardest, C2 the hard, C3 medium, C4 soft and 5 ultra soft

The grid in images (from the last to the first position)

Robert KubicaAlfa Romeo C42

1 / 21

Photo by: Alfa Romeo

Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo C42

2/21 _

Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Esteban Ocon, Alpine A522

3/21

Foto de: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Mick Schumacher, Haas VF-22

4 / 21

Photo de: Carl Bingham / Motorsport Images

Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR22

5/21

Foto de: Alessio Morgese

Guanyu Zhou, Alfa Romeo C42

6/21 _

Foto de: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Fernando Alonso, Alpine A522

7 / 21

Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images

Nicholas Latifi, Williams FW44

8/21

Foto de: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri AT03

9/21 _

Foto de: Red Bull Content Pool

Nikita Mazepin, Haas VF-22

10 /

Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Alex Albon, Williams FW44

11 / 21

Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren MCL36

12 / 21

Photo de: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images

Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari F1-75

13 / 21

Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images

Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri AT03

14/21 _

Photo by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin AMR22

15/21 _

Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18

16/21

Foto de: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75

17 / 21

Photo by: Mark Sutton/Motorsport Images

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL36

18/21

Foto de: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Sergio Pérez, Red Bull Racing RB18

19/21 _

Photo by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images

George Russell, Mercedes W13

20/21

Foto de: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W13

21/21

Foto de: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images

At first glance, the grid would have a similar image to the 2021 season, with the two drivers ( Hamilton ahead) from Mercedes and then Checo Pérez . And behind, mixed, a Ferrari and a McLaren. However, to resemble last year’s team, the champion, Verstappen , would be missing in first place, and not in sixth place.

But as we said, it is an artificial reading, and that is why we wanted to clarify the tires that each driver used in his fastest lap and in which session he achieved it, since on the first day of the new generation of cars there was logically less understanding than the third.

For example, Verstappen did not use the C4 (soft) tires that Pérez or Norris did mount on his Red Bull, and much less used the ultrasoft (C5), which gave the first two positions to the Mercedes or seventh, less than one tenth of the Netherlands, to Vettel .

Therefore, it must be clarified that Verstappen finished six tenths from Hamilton and five from Russell with a compound two steps harder. It also highlights that Ferrari, as the favorite teams did before, did not go beyond the middle, perhaps hiding their cards, and even so Leclerc could be fifth and Sainz , ninth.

If only the times would serve, it would not be good news for Alpine, who occupy the penultimate position with Ocon and 15th with Alonso, although the Asturian is the only one who made his best time with hard tires (C2). But even in the Alpine data, it must be remembered that after Alonso suffered an engine failure on Friday morning after only 11 laps, his French teammate did not ride on the last day, nor did the 18th ( Mick Schumacher ) and the 17th ( Stroll ), also due to a breakdown of his teammates in the morning.

Anecdotally, the Chinese rookie Guanyu Zhou was the fastest Williams, and the last of the starting drivers was Bottas , only ahead of his Alfa Romeo team’s reserve driver, Kubica , who could only do 9 laps on the first day due to problems reliability of your team.

The fastest times from each F1 2022 Barcelona test session

Wednesday Results – Day 1

	Pilot	Equipment	Time (tyre)
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1’19″568
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1’20″165
3	Carlos Sainz	ferrari	1’20″416
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1’20″784
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’20″929
6	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1’21″276
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1’21 “638
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1’21″746
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1’22″246
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1’22″572
11	Alex Albon	williams	1’22″760
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1’22″962
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1’23″327
14	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1’23″379
15	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1’24″505
16	Robert Kubica	Alfa Romeo	1’25″909

Thursday Results – Day 2

	Pilot	Equipment	Time (tyre)
1	C. Leclerc	Ferrari	1’19″689
2	P. Gasly	AlphaTauri	1’19 “918
3	D Ricciardo	McLaren	1’20″288
4	G. Russell	Mercedes	1’20″537
5	C. Sainz	Ferrari	1’20″546
6	S. Vettel	Aston Martin	1’20″784
7	S. Pérez	Red Bull	1’21″430
8	N. Mazepin	Haas	1’21″512
9	A. Albon	williams	1’21″531
10	G. Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1’21″885
11	N. Latifi	Williams	1’21″894
12	L. Stroll	Aston Martin	1’21″920
13	M. Schumacher	Haas	1’21″949
14	E. Ocon	Alpine	1’22″164
15	V. Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1’22″288
16	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	1’22″562

Friday Results – Day 3

	Pilot	Equipment	Time (tyre)
1	L. Hamilton	Mercedes	1’19″138
2	G. Russell	Mercedes	1’19″233
3	S. Pérez	Red Bull	1’19″556
4	M. Verstappen	Red Bull	1’19″756
5	S. Vettel	Aston Martin	1’19″824
6	C. Leclerc	Ferrari	1’19″831
7	C. Sainz	Ferrari	1’20″072
8	A. Albon	williams	1’20″318
9	N. Latifi	Williams	1’20″699
10	D Ricciardo	McLaren	1’20″790
11	L. Norris	McLaren	1’20″827
12	F. Alonso	Alpine	1’21″242
13	G. Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1’21″939
14	P. Gasly	AlphaTauri	1’22 “469
15	N. Mazepin	Haas	1’26″229
16	V. Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1’30″433