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Event
Australian Grand Prix


Date
Sun 10th April 2022 (UTC)
Sun 10th April 2022 (Local)

Timestamp
2022-04-10T04:50:00

Time
04:50:00 UTC

Timezones
24-11-20 20:50 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-20 22:50 (CST Chicago)
24-11-20 23:50 (EST New York)
24-11-21 04:50 (GMT London)
24-11-21 05:50 (CET Paris)
24-11-21 08:50 (GST Dubai)
24-11-21 10:20 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-21 13:50 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-21 15:50 (AEDT Sydney)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2022

Round
3

Status
Match Finished

Location
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit

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Description
The 2022 Australian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Australian Grand Prix 2022) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 10 April 2022 in Melbourne, Victoria. It was contested at the Albert Park Circuit and was the third round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc scored his first career grand slam, having started in pole position, set the fastest lap, led every lap, and won the race ahead of Red Bull's Sergio Pérez and Mercedes's George Russell. It was the first grand slam for a Ferrari driver since Fernando Alonso's at the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix.

It was the 85th race in the combined history of the Australian Grand Prix, which dates back to the 100 Miles Road Race of 1928, as well as the 25th time the event had been held at the Albert Park circuit and the 36th time the Australian Grand Prix has been a part of the Formula One World Championship. It was the first Australian Grand Prix since 2019, with the 2020 edition having been cancelled hours before the first practice session was due to begin amid the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 edition was first postponed and later cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Valtteri Bottas was the defending race winner, having won the 2019 edition with Mercedes. The 2022 edition set a then-new attendance record at the circuit for the weekend with 419,144 attending it, making it the most attended sporting event ever in Melbourne until it was broken the following year.

Background
In October 2021, the Grand Prix was officially confirmed as the third of twenty-three races of the 2022 season at a FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Paris. The race took place at the fourteen-turn, 5.278 km (3.280 mi) Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne on 10 April 2022.

Prior to the weekend, drivers were reminded by one of the two race directors, Eduardo Freitas, who was not appointed for this Grand Prix, that they are prohibited by the FIA's International Sporting Code from wearing jewellery when inside their cars, as it could cause safety issues, particularly if there is a fire when drivers are trying to extract themselves from their cars. This reminder came after drivers were spotted wearing jewellery more frequently during recent Grand Prix weekends. Potential breaches of the rules in this regard could result in fines.


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Result List

01				Charles Leclerc	1:27:46.548
02				Sergio Perez	+20.524s
03				George Russell	+25.593s
04				Lewis Hamilton	+28.543s
05				Lando Norris	+53.303s
06				Daniel Ricciardo	+53.737s
07				Esteban Ocon	+61.683s
08				Valtteri Bottas	+68.439s
09				Pierre Gasly	+76.221s
10				Alexander Albon	+79.382s
11				Guanyu Zhou	+81.695s
12				Lance Stroll	+88.598s
13				Mick Schumacher	+1 lap
14				Kevin Magnussen	+1 lap
15				Yuki Tsunoda	+1 lap
16				Nicholas Latifi	+1 lap
17				Fernando Alonso	+1 lap

Result Description
The day before the race, Niels Wittich, one of the two race directors appointed for the Grand Prix, reminded drivers of a new safety car rule stating that a driver must stay behind the car ahead during restarts and not by the side, as Max Verstappen did at both the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Before the race, Red Bull made several changes to Verstappen's car without penalty, as did Nicholas Latifi, who was forced to change several gearbox elements due to his crash with Lance Stroll during qualifying, and Carlos Sainz Jr. had his wheel changed. Sainz had anti-stall issues at the start, and dropped to 14th by lap 2; in an attempt to make a comeback, the hard-tyred Sainz spun off at turn 10 trying to pass Mick Schumacher, causing his retirement, which brought out the safety car. After a brief struggle with keeping the tyres warm at the restart, Leclerc maintained the lead ahead of Verstappen, while Pérez, who was overtaken by Lewis Hamilton at the start, retook third position through DRS at turn 3 by lap 10. During the safety-car period, the hard-tyred Stroll pitted twice, first to change tyres to medium sets (as the regulations state drivers must use two tyre compounds) and then for the hardest compound in an attempt to finish the race without having to pit again.

On lap 24, an accident for Sebastian Vettel brought out the safety car. Russell, who had not yet pitted unlike most of the grid, used the opportunity to make a pit stop, gaining time over his competitors due to pitting under safety car and rejoining the race in third behind Leclerc, who had built a lead and had pitted before the safety car, and Verstappen, who locked up at turn 11 on lap 12 and suffered graining on his left-front tyre. With the safety car still on the track on lap 25, Schumacher almost hit Yuki Tsunoda, leading stewards to review the safety-car protocol to mandate the 10-length gap between vehicles behind the safety car. When racing resumed on lap 27, Verstappen attempted to overtake Leclerc, who picked up old rubber on turn 16, but Leclerc held position into turn 1 and built another lead. Pérez came out fifth after the safety car but was back in third by lap 37, after a brief battle for third with Russell, who was told to look after his tyres and to not fight Pérez. On lap 39, Verstappen retired due to a fuel issue causing a fire in his car, his last retirement until the 2024 edition of the race, which was different from that in Bahrain. The virtual safety car was brought out, ending on lap 40. In the final laps, Hamilton was closing in on teammate Russell for third but could not race him due to overheating. Alexander Albon was able to keep his hard compounds for 57 laps, before having to make his compulsory pit stop, and finished 10th for Williams's first point of the season. On lap 58, Leclerc set the fastest lap, as he won the race, while Pérez and Russell completed the podium.

The results moved Russell into second place in the Drivers' Championship, while Leclerc extended his lead to 34 points, and 46 points ahead of Verstappen, who suffered his second DNF in three races. Verstappen would go on to win the championship, breaking the record for the largest points deficit overturned in a season. Leclerc's grand slam was the first for a Ferrari driver since Fernando Alonso had achieved the feat at the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix, and his performance was compared to Michael Schumacher's grand slam at the 2004 Australian Grand Prix.


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