F1 Bahrain GP 2022 Results and Race Summary

Charles Leclerc held on in a tough battle against reigning F1 world champion Max Verstappen, with whom he swapped the lead midway through the race, but the Red Bull driver was forced to retire due to loss of power from his Honda engine at end of the test, which led to the double for Ferrari.

Red Bull’s day turned into a total disaster when Sergio Perez lost third place on the final lap because his power unit shut down, handing the podium to Lewis Hamilton.

F1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 Race Results

Cla	Pilot		laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Points
1	Charles Leclerc		57	1:37’33.584			26
two	Carlos Sainz Jr.		57	1:37’39.182	5,598	5,598	18
3	Lewis Hamilton		57	1:37’43.259	9.675	4.077	15
4	George Russell		57	1:37’44.795	11.211	1.536	12
5	Kevin Magnussen		57	1:37’48.338	14.754	3.543	10
6	Valtteri Bottas		57	1:37’49.703	16.119	1.365	8
7	Esteban Ocon		57	1:37’53.007	19.423	3.304	6
8	Yuki Tsunoda		57 57	1: 37’53.970	20.386	0.963	Four
9	Fernando Alonso		57	1:37’55.974	22.390	2.004	2
10	Guanyu Zhou		57	1:37’56.648	23.064	0.674	1
11	Mick Schumacher		57	1:38’06.158	32.574	9.510
12	Lance Stroll		57	1:38’19.457	45.873	13.299
13	Alexander Albon		57	1:38’27.516	53.932	8.059
14	Daniel Ricciardo		57	1:38’28.559	54.975	1.043
15	Lando Norris		57	1:38’29.919	56.335	1.360
16	Nicholas Latifi		57	1:38’35.379	1’01.795	5.460
17	Nico Hulkenberg		57	1:38’37.413	1’03.829	2.034
18	Sergio Perez		56	1:36’05.525	1 laps	1 laps
19	Max Verstappen		54	1:33’17.696	3 Laps	2 Laps
	Peter Gasly		44	1:13’54.365	13 Laps	10 Laps
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How the Bahrain Grand Prix unfolded

Charles Leclerc held on in a tough battle against reigning F1 world champion Max Verstappen, with whom he swapped the lead midway through the race, but the Red Bull driver was forced to retire due to loss of power from his Honda engine at the end. of the test, which led to the double for Ferrari.

Red Bull’s day turned into a total disaster when Sergio Perez lost third place on the final lap because his power unit shut down, handing the podium to Lewis Hamilton.

Charles Leclerc started from pole position on new soft tires and kept Max Verstappen at bay, while Carlos Sainz Jr. took third place, ahead of Hamilton, who moved up to fourth, and Pérez, who had a bad start. Turn 1, causing Kevin Magnussen to pass him temporarily.

George Russell, in the other Mercedes, moved up to seventh from ninth on the opening lap, ahead of Pierre Galsy and the Alpines of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, the latter overtaking Mick Schumacher’s Haas after touch him and make him lose control at turn 5. For this action, the Frenchman received a 5-second penalty.

Perez overtook Magnussen on lap three at Turn 4, after the Dane ahead of the early lanes made a mistake, also allowing Russell to pass.

Leclerc led Verstappen by 2.8 seconds on lap 10, and Red Bull was asking his driver to cool down the brakes. Behind them, Pérez passed Hamilton thanks to DRS to be fourth.

Hamilton opened the pit stop season to put on a set of hardballs on lap 12, though he complained that he “had no grip on the tyres” after leaving the pitlane.

Verstappen, Sainz and Magnussen stopped on lap 15 to switch to another soft compound, while Gasly, Alonso and Ocon opted for the mediums. Leclerc pitted a lap later to put on the softs, along with Pérez and Russell who chose the mediums.

Verstappen, who was now just behind Leclerc, went on the attack and took the lead at Turn 1 on Lap 17, but the Monegasque overtook him at Turn 4. This was repeated a lap later, but on Lap 19, Verstappen locked up the tires passing the Ferrari, thus losing the DRS distance while being warned again for the brakes.

Hamilton stopped again on lap 28 to put in the mids, as did Verstappen on lap 32, and Leclerc answered a lap later. The Monegasque rejoined with enough room to breathe compared to the Red Bull driver, who blamed the team for telling him to go easy.

Sainz stayed out and was in the lead until lap 34, when Pérez also pitted to put on some soft tyres. The Red Bulls then initiated a plan to go for the win with another stop, but the Ferraris covered that move with Sainz, leaving Leclerc in the lead by 25 seconds.

Verstappen commented that he had problems with his steering after leaving the pitlane, but his team assured him that he did not have to worry. Gasly’s AlphaTauri caught fire, causing the safety car to come out on lap 46. Leclerc pitted to put on the softs, like the rest of the rivals who came from behind.

At the restart, Leclerc led the pack, ahead of Verstappen, Sainz, Pérez, Hamilton and Russell. The Spaniard from Ferrari attacked the Dutchman from Red Bull, which allowed his teammate to escape into the lead, while Pérez held off Hamilton.

Verstappen struggled with power, and that was taken advantage of by Sainz, who overtook him at Turn 11 on lap 54 before the world champion retired. Pérez also had setbacks with the Honda engine, and that left Hamilton on the podium.

The Mexican spun at Turn 1 on the final lap when his engine died, dropping the seven-time champion into third, followed by Russell.

Magnussen finished fifth, ahead of Valtteri Bottas, who recovered from a poor start, Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda, Alonso and debutant Guanyu Zhou.

Fastest laps of the F1 Bahrain GP 2022

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	51	1’34.570			206.018
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	51	1’35.440	0.870	0.870	204.140
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	52	1’35,740	1,170	0.300	203,501
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	52	1,36,089	1,519	0.349	202,762
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	53	1’36.228	1.658	0.139	202.469
6	George Russell	Mercedes	56	1’36.302	1.732	0.074	202.313
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	53	1’36.599	2.029	0.297	201.691
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	53	1’36.623	2,053	0.024	201,641
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	39	1’36.685	2.115	0.062	201.512
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	44	1’36.733	2.163	0.048	201.412
11	Mick Schumacher	Haas	37	1’36.956	2.386	0.223	200.948
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	51	1’36.988	2.418	0.032	200.882
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	53	1’37.104	2.534	0.116	200.642
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	53	1’37.110	2.540	0.006	200.630
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	49	1’37.146	2.576	0.036	200.555
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	fifty	1’37,261	2,691	0.115	200,318
17	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	34	1’37.324	2,754	0.063	200.189
18	Alexander Albon	williams	50	1’37.355	2.785	0.031	200.125
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	49	1’38.201	3.631	0.846	198.401
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	51	1’38.251	3.681	0.050	198.300
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F1 Bahrain GP 2022 pit stops

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	1		two		3		4
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	S	15	S	19	M	15	S	14
2	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	S	17	S	19	M	11	S	16
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	S	13	H	17	M	17	S	16
4	George Russell	Mercedes	S	18	H	19	M	12	S	14
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	S	14	S	23	M	12	S	14
6	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	S	17	M	22	M	9	S	14
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	S	14	M	16	H	13	S	17
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	S	15	M	14	S	15	S	16
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	S	14	M	14	H	17	S	15
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	S	15	M	twenty two	M	8	S	15
11	Mick Schumacher	Haas	S	12	M	23	S	24
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	S	18	S	20	M	7	S	12
13	Alexander Albon	williams	S	13	M	22	M	13	S	14
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	M	17	yes	16	H	eleven	yes	13
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	M	24	H	17	S	4	S	15
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	S	14	S	18	M	13	S	15
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	S	19	S	18	M	7	S	13
18	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	yes	18	M	18	yes	13	yes	16
19	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	S	17	S	16	M	13	S	14
	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	S	17	M	18	H	12
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