2022 Formula One World Championship
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The 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is the 73rd running of the Formula One World Championship.[a] It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, which are held around the world, and it is scheduled to end earlier than in other recent years to avoid overlapping with the FIFA World Cup.[1][2]
Drivers and teams are competing for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. The 2022 championship saw the introduction of significant changes to the sport's technical regulations. These changes had been intended to be introduced in 2021, but were delayed until 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull Racing, is the reigning Drivers' Champion, whilst Mercedes are the reigning Constructors' Champions.[4]
Entries
The following constructors and drivers are currently under contract to compete in the 2022 World Championship.[5] All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.[6] Each team is required to enter at least two drivers, one for each of the two mandatory cars.[7][8]
Free practice drivers
Three drivers drove as a test or third driver in free practice sessions. Jüri Vips, Nyck de Vries and Robert Kubica drove for Red Bull Racing, Williams and Alfa Romeo, respectively, at the Spanish Grand Prix.[26]
Team changes
Honda announced that they would not supply power units beyond 2021.[28] The company had provided power units to Scuderia AlphaTauri (previously called Scuderia Toro Rosso) since 2018 and to Red Bull Racing since 2019.[29] Red Bull Racing have since taken over Honda's engine programme and manage it in-house, under a new division called Red Bull Powertrains. The decision was made after lobbying the other nine teams to negotiate an engine development freeze until 2025. Red Bull Racing acknowledged that they would have left the championship if the engine development freeze had not been agreed to as they could not develop a brand new engine and both Red Bull Racing and Renault were unwilling to resume their former partnership.[22][30][b]
Driver changes
Prior to the 2021 Dutch Grand Prix, Kimi Räikkönen announced his intention to retire at the end of the championship, ending his Formula One career after 19 seasons.[32] Räikkönen's seat at Alfa Romeo was filled by Valtteri Bottas, who left Mercedes at the end of 2021.[33] George Russell replaced Bottas,[34][35] vacating his seat at Williams which was filled by former Red Bull Racing driver Alexander Albon.[36]
Formula 2 driver Zhou Guanyu graduated to Formula One with Alfa Romeo, in place of Antonio Giovinazzi,[37] who left the team at the end of 2021.[38] Zhou became the first Chinese driver to compete in Formula One.[37]
Nikita Mazepin was originally due to compete for Haas for a second consecutive year. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Uralkali's title sponsorship cancellation, his contract was terminated.[39] He was replaced by Kevin Magnussen, who last competed in 2020 with the same team.[40]
Mid-season changes
Ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel tested positive for coronavirus. He was replaced at Aston Martin by reserve driver Nico Hülkenberg, who last raced at the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix, driving for former team Racing Point.[41] Vettel was also replaced by Hülkenberg at the subsequent Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.[42]
Results and standings
Grands Prix
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten classified drivers, the driver who set the fastest lap during the Grand Prix (only if one of the top ten), and the top eight of the sprint.[46][d] In the case of a tie on points a countback system is used where the driver with the most first places is ranked higher. If the number of first places is identical then the number of second places is considered, and so on. If this procedure fails to produce a result, the FIA will nominate the winner according to such criteria as it thinks fit. The points are awarded for every race using the following system:[47]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
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| Grand Prix | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sprint[e] | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
World Drivers' Championship standings
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Notes:
- † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix but was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Non-championship race
| Date | Grand Prix | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning constructor |
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| 16 October |  Chilean Grand Prix
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| 6 November |  Indonesia Grand Prix
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World Constructors' Championship standings
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Notes:
- † – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
- Rows are not related to the drivers: within each team, individual Grand Prix standings are sorted purely based on the final classification in the race (not by total points scored in the event, which includes points awarded for fastest lap and sprint).
Notes
- ↑ In the history of Formula One, regulations were first introduced during the 1946 Grand Prix season. These were adopted for every race in 1948, and were formally organised into a championship in 1950.
- ↑ Under the technical regulations, the engine supplier providing the fewest teams with engines is obligated to provide engines to any team without a supplier. At the time of Honda's announcement of their withdrawal, both Mercedes and Ferrari were supplying more teams than Renault and were unwilling to supply Red Bull Racing with engines, leaving Renault as Red Bull Racing's only alternative.[31]
- ↑ Max Verstappen was credited with pole position after qualifying. He also started the race in the first position after winning the sprint.[43]
- ↑ In the event of a race ending prematurely, the number of points paying positions may be reduced, depending on how much of the race had been completed.
- ↑ Sprint took place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and it will take place at the Austrian and São Paulo Grands Prix.[46]
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