F1 Canada Friday Results & Recap: FP1 & FP2

Max Verstappen was quickest in both FP1 and FP2 in Montreal, with Ferrari rivals Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc swapping second places. Leclerc finished just 81 thousandths away in the second free practice.

Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2022 FP1 Results: Verstappen overtakes Sainz

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	27	1’15.158			208.887
two	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	3. 4	1’15,404	0.246	0.246	208,206
3	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	31	1’15.531	0.373	0.127	207.856
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	32	1’15,619	0.461	0.088	207,614
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	30	1’15.666	0.508	0.047	207.485
6	George Russell	Mercedes	29	1’15.822	0.664	0.156	207.058
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	32	1’15.877	0.719	0.055	206.908
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	27	1’15.877	0.719	0.000	206.908
9	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	33	1’16.041	0.883	0.164	206.462
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	29	1’16.083	0.925	0.042	206,348
11	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	29	1’16.165	1,007	0.082	206,126
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	17	1’16.211	1.053	0.046	206.001
13	Alexander Albon	williams	29	1’16.308	1.150	0.097	205.739
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	33 33	1’16.322	1.164	0.014	205.702
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	26	1’16.421	1.263	0.099	205.435
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	27	1’16.426	1.268	0.005	205.422
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	30	1’17.152	1.994	0.726	203.489
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	25	1’17.223	2.065	0.071	203.302
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	33	1’17.241	2.083	0.018	203.254
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	31	1’17.555	2,397	0.314	202,431
see results

What happened in the FP1 of the Canadian Grand Prix 2022 Formula 1?

Verstappen set the pace early on thanks to a long run on medium tyres, setting a 1m17.991s, dropping to 1m15.703s after 13 minutes. Pérez beat him by 43 thousandths with a time of 1:15.660.

Sainz was third at the time, 7 tenths away with the mediums, with Leclerc fourth, 8 tenths away with the softs.

Neither Pérez nor Verstappen improved on the red tires at the start, as Max had set-up problems that sent him straight to the pits. Sainz took the lead with a 1m15.441s, and Pérez responded with a 1m15.619s to take second.

Verstappen resumed riding on the soft compounds and posted a 1m15.158s with 20 minutes remaining. Sainz improved to second, but then came close to colliding with a marmot.

Fernando Alonso’s Alpine was 0.373 seconds off the fastest time, and was third on the medium tyres, ahead of Pérez and Leclerc – all the others setting their best times on the softs. George Russell finished the session in sixth position for Mercedes, ahead of local hero Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) and Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren).

There were no last minute improvements as the teams wanted to run high fuel loads due to the threat of rain in FP2.

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon struggled with his right front brake after his duct became blocked by paper.

Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2022 FP2 results: Verstappen beats Leclerc

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	33	1’14.127			211.793
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	32	1’14.208	0.081	0.081	211.562
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	32	1’14,352	0.225	0.144	211,152
4	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	35	1’14.442	0.315	0.090	210.897
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	24	1’14.543	0.416	0.101	210.611
6	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	34	1’14,879	0.752	0.336	209,666
7	George Russell	Mercedes	31	1’14.971	0.844	0.092	209.408
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	30	1’14.987	0.860	0.016	209.364
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	31	1’15,033	0.906	0.046	209,235
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	32	1’15.119	0.992	0.086	208.996
eleven	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	29	1’15.167	1,040	0.048	208,862
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	34	1’15.396	1.269	0.229	208.228
13	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	25	1’15.421	1.294	0.025	208.159
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	34	1’15.499	1,372	0.078	207,944
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	35	1’15.516	1.389	0.017	207.897
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	31	1’15.526	1.399	0.010	207.870
17 17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	37 37	1’15.567	1.440	0.041	207.757
18	Alexander Albon	williams	30	1’16.171	2.044	0.604	206.109
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	27	1’16.509	2.382	0.338	205.199
20	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	3
see results

What happened in FP2 of the Canadian Grand Prix 2022 Formula 1?

Verstappen took first place in the opening stages with a 1:15.618, 7 tenths faster than Pérez, and then improved to 1:15.096, two tenths faster than Leclerc, who had moved up to second place.

Verstappen broke the 1m14 barrier with a 1m14.792s, and then went faster again with a 1m14.532s – still on mediums – to Leclerc’s 1m14.830s on softs. Sainz, who was suffering from significant rebound problems, improved to third with the midfielders, 0.455 seconds off the lead.

Verstappen’s first attempt on the softs was 1m14.127s, to which Leclerc responded with a 1m14.208s, 81 thousandths slower. Sainz returned to third place, although at 0.225 seconds.

Vettel impressed with a fourth position, three tenths off the leader and one tenth ahead of Alonso and AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly. Russell was seventh, ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren), Ricciardo and Ocon. Pérez was 11th in this session, more than a second off the lead.

Valtteri Bottas suffered an apparent transmission problem that forced him to pit, while a virtual safety car was required for a marshal to remove a beer can from the track.