Grosser Preis von Österreich 2022-07-10

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

Timestamp
2022-07-10T13:00:00

Time

13:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2022

Round
11

Status
Match Finished

Location
Red Bull Ring

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Description

The 2022 Austrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Großer Preis von Österreich 2022) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 July 2022 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria. It was the second Grand Prix weekend of the 2022 season to utilise the Formula One sprint format.

Max Verstappen qualified on pole position and retained the first grid spot by winning the sprint race. Charles Leclerc won the race in spite of late issues with his car, retaking second place in the standings from Sergio Pérez. This race marked Leclerc's third and final win of the 2022 season, his last until the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix, and Ferrari's first win in Austria since Michael Schumacher won there for the team in 2003. Verstappen finished second, and Lewis Hamilton came in third. The entire race weekend was marred by accusations of poor fan behavior.

Background
The event was held across the weekend of the 8–10 July. It was the eleventh round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship, and the 35th running of the Austrian Grand Prix in a World Championship season.

Championship standings before the race
Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 34 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, with Charles Leclerc third, a further 9 points behind. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship, leading Ferrari by 63 points and Mercedes by 124 points.

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Result List

01	Charles Leclerc	1:24:24.312
02	Max Verstappen	+1.532s
03	Lewis Hamilton	+41.217s
04	George Russell	+58.972s
05	Esteban Ocon	+68.436s
06	Mick Schumacher	+1 lap
07	Lando Norris	+1 lap
08	Kevin Magnussen	+1 lap
09	Daniel Ricciardo	+1 lap
10	Fernando Alonso	+1 lap
11	Valtteri Bottas	+1 lap
12	Alexander Albon	+1 lap
13	Lance Stroll	+1 lap
14	Guanyu Zhou	+1 lap
15	Pierre Gasly	+1 lap
16	Yuki Tsunoda	+1 lap
17	Sebastian Vettel	+1 lap

Result Description
The race was held on 10 July for 71 laps. Max Verstappen held position into turn one, as did Charles Leclerc. Carlos Sainz Jr. was challenged into turn one by George Russell, Sainz went wide, rejoined and pulled ahead of Russell before turn three. Sergio Pérez then attempted to go round the outside of Russell out of turn three. The two went side by side into turn four, where Russell's front left tyre touched Pérez's rear right tyre, spinning Pérez into the gravel. Pérez was demoted to the back, had to pit and later retired as a result of the damage. The stewards deemed that Russell was at fault and gave him a five-second penalty. He pitted to serve his penalty and change his wing, which left him in 19th, only ahead of Pérez.

Leclerc kept up with Verstappen and with DRS assistance, he passed Verstappen for the lead on lap 12. Verstappen pitted a lap later. Leclerc waited until lap 27 before he pitted, coming out behind Verstappen. By lap 33, Leclerc had caught up and passed Verstappen again. Verstappen then pitted on lap 37, but Leclerc waited until lap 49 before pitting. Like before, Leclerc had caught up to and passed Verstappen by lap 53. Sainz, who was on a similar strategy to Leclerc, was in the DRS range of Verstappen. Before Sainz could complete a move on Verstappen, Sainz's power unit failed and he was forced to retire on lap 57. A virtual safety car was deployed and both Leclerc and Verstappen pitted for new medium tyres to take them to the end.

Despite Leclerc struggling with issues with his car, he held off Verstappen and won the race. It was Leclerc's first win without starting on pole. Verstappen was second and picked up an extra point for the fastest lap. Lewis Hamilton was in third and his Mercedes teammate Russell recovered to fourth ahead of Esteban Ocon and Mick Schumacher, the latter having improved his highest Formula One finish. Lando Norris was seventh, Kevin Magnussen was eighth, and Daniel Ricciardo was ninth. Fernando Alonso finished tenth, after a last lap overtake on Valtteri Bottas. Throughout the race, Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris and Zhou Guanyu were given five-second time penalties for track limits. Gasly was given another five-second penalty after he made contact with Sebastian Vettel at turn four.

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