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Event
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix


Date
Sun 27th March 2022 (UTC)
Sun 27th March 2022 (Local)

Timestamp
2022-03-27T17:00:00

Time
17:00:00 UTC

Timezones
24-11-06 09:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-06 11:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-06 12:00 (EST New York)
24-11-06 17:00 (GMT London)
24-11-06 18:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-06 21:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-06 22:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-07 02:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-07 04:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2022

Round
2

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Location
Jeddah Corniche Circuit
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Description
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix) is a Formula One motor race, held at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, in Saudi Arabia. The inaugural edition of the race in 2021 was held in Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia. It was the fifth full-night race title on the Formula One calendar, following the Singapore, Bahrain, Sakhir and Qatar Grands Prix.
Named as the 'fastest street track' on the Formula One calendar, with Formula One cars simulated to have an average speeds in excess of 250 km/h (160 mph), the track is the second longest on the Formula One calendar. The circuit is located on the Jeddah Corniche, adjoining the Red Sea. It was designed by Carsten Tilke, son of the famed circuit designer, Hermann Tilke.


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Result List

01				Max Verstappen	1:24:19.293
02				Charles Leclerc	+0.549s
03				Carlos Sainz Jr	+8.097s
04				Sergio Perez	+10.800s
05				George Russell	+32.732s
06				Esteban Ocon	+56.017s
07				Lando Norris	+56.124s
08				Pierre Gasly	+62.946s
09				Kevin Magnussen	+64.308s
10				Lewis Hamilton	+73.948s
11				Guanyu Zhou	+82.215s
12				Nico Hulkenberg	+91.742s
13				Lance Stroll	+1 lap
14				Alexander Albon	DNF

Result Description
The race was started at 20:00 AST (UTC+03:00) on 27 March and lasted for 50 laps. Yuki Tsunoda's car suffered a power unit issue on the way to the grid, preventing him from starting the race. Pérez initially led from pole position ahead of Leclerc, Verstappen, and Sainz for 14 laps. On lap 15, Nicholas Latifi retired after hitting the wall, which brought out the safety car and occurred just after Pérez made a pitstop; Leclerc and Verstappen were able to make their pit stops under safety car conditions, allowing them to rejoin in front of Pérez, who illegally passed Sainz, who had also pitted and came out ahead of him, and had to give back position when race resumed.

During much of the race, the midfield was close; there was a hard-fought battle between Alpine's Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon for quite a few laps where they swapped positions multiple times. The battle ended after Ocon was given orders to hold position. On laps 35 and 36, Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo, and Valtteri Bottas all retired within moments of each other due to unrelated mechanical issues. Leclerc could not keep Verstappen out of DRS after his tyres cooled down when a virtual safety car was called out on lap 37. As the race direction declared the pit lane closed until race resumed, Lewis Hamilton was precluded from a time-advantage pit stop, dropping him from 6th to 12th.

On laps 42–43, Leclerc and Verstappen started a DRS battle, in which at turn 27 neither driver wanted to take the lead and be vulnerable to a DRS attack in the straight to turn 1. Verstappen took a full lap lead by lap 46. On lap 47, there was a collision between Alexander Albon and Lance Stroll, ending Albon's race. Yellow flags on turn 1 after the Albon–Stroll incident precluded Leclerc for a DRS offensive on lap 48, and Verstappen won the race, with Sainz completing the podium. After the race, Kevin Magnussen, Sainz, and Pérez were investigated for failure to slow down after yellow flags; however, no penalties were handed out. It was Verstappen's first win of the season and 21st overall. It was also Hamilton's 180th race start with Mercedes, surpassing Michael Schumacher's record for most started races with a single team.

From the Australian Grand Prix onwards, the FIA would clamp down on the kinds of tactics Verstappen had employed during the safety car restart, where he aggressively accelerated, braked, and drew alongside Leclerc, trying to seek a tactical advantage, following similar incidents at the 2021 Abu Dhabi and 2022 Bahrain Grands Prix, with drivers expected to drive in a consistent manner during race restarts.


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