F1 Canada Sunday Results & Recap: Race

Max Verstappen led most of the 2022 F1 Canadian GP race, which was twice stopped by virtual safety cars that played a big part in different race strategies.

But it was a physical safety car that played in Carlos Sainz’s favor near the end of the event, as it allowed him to attack Verstappen in the closing laps, but he simply couldn’t find a way to overtake.

F1 Canadian Grand Prix 2022 Race Results

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Difference	Interval	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	70			25
two	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	70	0.993	0.993	19
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	7.006	6.013	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	70	12.313	5.307	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	70	15.168	2.855	10
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	70	23.890	8.722	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	70	24.945	1.055	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	70	25.247	0.302	4
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	70	26.952	1.705	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	70	38.222	11.270	1
eleven	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	70	43,047	4,825
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	70	44.245	1.198
13	Alexander Albon	williams	70	44.893	0.648
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	70	45,183	0.290
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	70	52.145	6.962
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	70	59.978	7.833
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	70	1’08.180	8,202
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	47	23 Laps	23 Laps
	Mick Schumacher	Haas	18	52 Laps	29 Laps
	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	7	63 laps	11 lapses
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What happened at the 2022 F1 Canadian GP in Montreal?

Verstappen held the lead after Turn 1, ahead of Fernando Alonso (Alpine) and Sainz. Lewis Hamilton moved up to fourth after a wheel-to-wheel battle with Kevin Magnussen after Turn 3, with the Danish driver suffering damage to his front wing.

The Ferrari driver from Madrid, with the help of DRS, overtook Alonso and moved into second on lap 3, with Verstappen already 2.5 seconds behind.

George Russell’s Mercedes overtook Magnussen for fifth, with Haas’s seeing the black and orange flag that forced him to pit on lap 8 to repair the damage.

Sergio Pérez’s weekend went from bad to worse when his Red Bull suffered a mechanical problem on lap 8 and he was forced to retire, prompting a virtual safety car. Leader Verstappen stopped and put on hard tyres, leaving Sainz and Alonso in the top two positions. Hamilton also pitted, losing positions to Russell and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) when he rejoined sixth.

The race resumed on lap 10 with Sainz 1.5 seconds ahead of Alonso and Verstappen 4 seconds behind.

The Dutchman overtook the Spaniard with the help of DRS on lap 15 to move into second, but 5.5sec behind leader Sainz.

Mick Schumacher later had to retire on lap 19 and caused another VSC under which Russell made his stop. Sainz pitted just as the VSC was ending, rejoining ahead of Hamilton in third place.

After fending off Hamilton, Sainz passed Alonso for second on lap 23, with Hamilton following suit a lap later. Alonso pitted on lap 29, dropping to seventh behind Ocon and Leclerc.

Leclerc, who started 19th after an engine change penalty, started on the hard tires and worked his way into the top ten.

The Monegasque got stuck behind Ocon, where he stayed until lap 42. When he made his stop, the mechanics were slower than expected and he lost four places, putting him at the back of a DRS train in 12th position.

Verstappen pitted for a second time on lap 44 and rejoined just behind Hamilton in third, but one lap was enough to overtake him, just before the Mercedes driver stopped again.

Sainz led by 10 seconds with 25 laps to go. Leclerc was back in the points, eighth when Yuki Tsunoda crashed his AlphaTauri into the wall as he exited the pits, prompting a physical safety car.

The Ferrari native pitted and mounted new hardtails, starting just behind Verstappen on six laps fresher tires and ahead of Hamilton, Russell, Ocon, Alonso and Leclerc, for what would be a 16-lap sprint race to the finish. goal.

Sainz stayed in Verstappen’s DRS range as Leclerc overtook Alonso for sixth, before repeating the move at Turn 10 with Ocon a couple of laps later.

Lap after lap Sainz was right behind Verstappen, but the reigning world champion kept his nerve and was undeterred.

Hamilton finished third, ahead of Russell, Leclerc, Ocon, Alonso, Bottas, Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin).

The fastest laps of the Formula 1 Canadian GP in 2022

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	63	1’15,749			207,258
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	64	1’15.839	0.090	0.090	207.012
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	62	1’15.901	0.152	0.062	206.843
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	69	1’16.167	0.418	0.266	206.120
5	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1’16.418	0.669	0.251	205.443
6	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	63	1’16.578	0.829	0.160	205.014
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	60	1’16.927	1.178	0.349	204.084
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	64	1’17.010	1.261	0.083	203.864
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	62	1’17.110	1.361	0.100	203.600
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	64	1’17.421	1.672	0.311	202.782
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	63	1’17.495	1.746	0.074	202.588
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	60	1’17,810	2,061	0.315	201,768
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	59	1’17,932	2,183	0.122	201,452
14	Alexander Albon	williams	59	1’17.951	2.202	0.019	201.403
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	63	1’17.956	2.207	0.005	201.390
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	11	1’18.046	2,297	0.090	201.158
17 17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	15	1’18.309	2.560	0.263	200.482
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	61	1’18.540	2.791	0.231	199.893
19	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	7	1’18,844	3,095	0.304	199,122
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas	13	1’18.967	3.218	0.123	198.812
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F1 Canadian GP 2022 pit stops

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	1		two		3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	M	9	H	34	H	27
2	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	M	20	H	29	H	21
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	M	9	H	35	H	26
4	George Russell	Mercedes	M	19	H	26	H	25
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	H	41	M	29
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	M	19	H	30	M	21
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	M	28	H	21	M	21
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	H	49	M	21
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	M	19	H	30	H	twenty one
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	H	47	M	24
eleven	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	M	19	H	30	H	twenty-one
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	M	6	H	14	H	51
13	Alexander Albon	williams	M	18	H	30	H	22
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	M	5	H	31	H	34
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	H	19	H	23	M	28
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	M	9	H	28	H	33
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	M	7	H	63
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	M	9	H	38	H	0
	Mick Schumacher	Haas	M	18
	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	H	7
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