F1 Results and Australian GP 2022 F1 Recap

Leclerc dominated the Australian GP race, beyond a moment’s hesitation after making a poor restart after a safety car period as Verstappen fell in alongside him.

Verstappen was on his way to finishing second when his car failed with 18 laps to go. The other Red Bull of Sergio Pérez finished second, ahead of the Mercedes of Russell and Hamilton .

Formula 1 Australian GP 2022 Race Results

Cla	Pilot		Chassis	laps	Difference	Interval
1	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	58
2	Sergio Pérez		Red Bull	58	20.524	20.524
3	George Russell		Mercedes	58	25.593	5.069
4	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	58	28.543	2.950
5	Lando Norris		McLaren	58	53.303	24.760
6	Daniel Ricciardo		McLaren	58	53.737	0.434
7	Esteban Ocon		Alpine	58	1’01.683	7.946
8	Valtteri Bottas		Alfa Romeo	58	1’08.439	6.756
9	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	58	1’16.221	7,782
10	Alexander Albon		williams	58	1’19.382	3.161
11	Guanyu Zhou		Alfa Romeo	58	1’21.695	2.313
12	Lance Stroll		Aston Martin	58	1’28.598	6.903
13	Mick Schumacher		Haas	57	1 Lap	1 Lap
14	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	57	1 Lap	1.665
15	Yuki Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	57	1 Lap	2.383
16	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	57	1 Lap	4.172
17	Fernando Alonso		Alpine	57	1 Lap	20.038
	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	38	20 Laps	19 Laps
	Sebastian Vettel		Aston Martin	22	36 Laps	16 Laps
	Carlos Sainz Jr.		ferrari	1	57 laps	21 laps
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How the 2022 Australian Grand Prix F1 race went

Leclerc maintained his lead from pole position heading into Turn 1 at the start of the Australian race, leading ahead of Max Verstappen, a well-started Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez (who was blocked on the outside of turn 1), George Russell and Lando Norris, whose McLaren sank at the first corner.

Carlos Sainz ‘s second Ferrari started on the hard tire and struggled after a last-minute steering wheel change, dropping to 14th on the first lap. He then spun and his car stalled at turn 10, forcing the safety car out.

After the restart, Pérez passed Hamilton for third using DRS on the approach to Turn 3 on Lap 10.

Verstappen complained of tire problems as early as lap 12, when Leclerc increased his lead to more than 4 seconds. Verstappen also suffered some problems with his car’s sensors and was more than 8 seconds behind on lap 19 when he stopped to put on the hard tyres.

When Verstappen rejoined, Fernando Alonso’s Alpine, which had not been able to get off to a very good start on hard starts, passed Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri at Turn 3 to take eighth. There, Pérez was suffering from a lack of grip and had Hamilton on top of him, and he pitted on lap 21.

Leclerc stopped on lap 22, as did Hamilton, with everyone who had started on medium switched to hard. Hamilton overtook Pérez, but the Mexican soon hit him back on the outside on the approach to Turn 9.

A second safety car came out when Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin was left in the middle of the track after an accident by the four-time champion at the exit of Turn 4, and Russell took the opportunity to make his pit stop to move up to third place, by ahead of Alonso, who had not yet entered, Pérez and Hamilton.

Leclerc made a poor restart and Verstappen attacked him hard, but the championship leader held onto his lead by taking advantage of the inside of the first corner and then pulled away. Pérez passed Alonso for fourth on lap 30 and Hamilton did the same a lap later.

Pérez overtook Russell for third at Turn 11 on lap 37, which would later give him second place two laps later when Verstappen was asked to stop his car due to a technical fault. As the stewards retrieved his car, the virtual safety car was activated, and Alonso and Kevin Magnussen pitted.

Leclerc already had a 12-second lead over Pérez, ahead of Russell and Hamilton, Norris and Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren). The #16 Ferrari secured the fastest lap (beating Alonso, who had to make a second pitstop at the last minute after destroying his medium tyres) and took his second win of the season, extending his lead in the championship.

Pérez got a scare on his way to second place and finished more than 20 seconds behind.

The fastest laps of the 2022 Formula 1 Australian GP

Cla	Pilot		Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	58	1’20.260			236.740
2	Fernando Alonso		Alpine	57	1’20.846	0.586	0.586	235.024
3	Sergio Pérez		Red Bull	58	1’21.094	0.834	0.248	234.305
4	George Russell		Mercedes	53	1’21.495	1.235	0.401	233.152
5	Valtteri Bottas		Alfa Romeo	54	1’21.651	1.391	0.156	232.707
6	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	37	1’21.677	1.417	0.026	232.633
7	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	51	1’21.886	1.626	0.209	232.039
8	Lando Norris		McLaren	55	1’22.248	1.988	0.362	231.018
9	Daniel Ricciardo		McLaren	54	1’22.451	2.191	0.203	230.449
10	Esteban Ocon		Alpine	58	1’22.469	2.209	0.018	230.399
11	Guanyu Zhou		Alfa Romeo	55	1’22.541	2.281	0.072	230.198
12	Alexander Albon		williams	54	1’22.589	2.329	0.048	230.064
13	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	52	1’22,731	2,471	0.142	229,669
14	Mick Schumacher		Haas	55	1’23.006	2.746	0.275	228.908
15	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	44	1’23.071	2,811 th most common	0.065	228,729
16 16	Yuki Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	56	1’23.342	3.082	0.271	227.985
17	Lance Stroll		Aston Martin	48	1’23.592	3.332	0.250	227.304
18	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	49	1’23.882	3.622	0.290	226.518
19	Sebastian Vettel		Aston Martin	17	1’25.189	4.929	1.307	223.042
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Formula 1 Australian GP 2022 pitstops, stops and tires

Position, driver, car; number of stops (M=medium tyres, H=hard tyres, S=soft tyres) and stop lap

Cla	Pilot		Chassis	1		two		3		4
1	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	M	22	H	36
2	Sergio Pérez		Red Bull	M	20	H	38
3	George Russell		Mercedes	M	23	H	35
4	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	M	22	H	36
5	Lando Norris		McLaren	M	20	H	38
6	Daniel Ricciardo		McLaren	M	21	H	37
7	Esteban Ocon		Alpine	M	17	H	41
8	Valtteri Bottas		Alfa Romeo	M	22	H	36
9	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	M	21	H	37
10	Alexander Albon		williams	H	57	S	1
11	Guanyu Zhou		Alfa Romeo	M	twenty one	H	37
12	Lance Stroll		Aston Martin	H	4	M	3	H	19	H	39
13	Mick Schumacher		Haas	M	16	H	43
14	Kevin Magnussen		Haas	H	39	M	20
15	Yuki Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	M	18	H	39
16	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	M	13	H	11	H	34
17	Fernando Alonso		Alpine	H	39	M	14	M	4
	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	M	18	H	20
	Sebastian Vettel		Aston Martin	H	23
	Carlos Sainz Jr.		ferrari	H	1
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