The 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2022 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was the 20th round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship and marked the 22nd edition of the Mexican Grand Prix, which was run under the name Mexico City Grand Prix for the second time. It was won by defending champion Max Verstappen, who was followed by Lewis Hamilton in second and Sergio Pérez in third. By winning the race, Verstappen passed Jim Clark (three wins) for the most wins at Mexico.
Background The event was held across the weekend of the 28–30 October. It was the twentieth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.
Championship standings before the race Going into the weekend, both the Drivers' and Constructors' titles had already been decided at the Japanese and United States Grands Prix, respectively. Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 124 points from Charles Leclerc, second, and 126 from teammate Sergio Pérez, third. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 187 points and Mercedes by 240 points.
Entrants
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. Pietro Fittipaldi, Logan Sargeant, Liam Lawson and Nyck de Vries drove for Haas in place of Kevin Magnussen, for Williams in place of Alexander Albon, for AlphaTauri in place of Yuki Tsunoda, and for Mercedes in place of George Russell, respectively, during the first practice session. Jack Doohan drove for Alpine in place of Esteban Ocon in the same session, making his Formula One practice debut.
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.
Penalties Aston Martin's Lance Stroll carried a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round, the United States Grand Prix.
Qualifying Qualifying classification DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q311 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-RBPT1:19.222 1:18.566 1:17.7751263 George RussellMercedes1:19.583 1:18.565 1:18.0792344 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:19.1691:18.5521:18.0843411 Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-RBPT1:19.706 1:18.615 1:18.1284555 Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari1:19.566 1:18.560 1:18.3515677 Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:19.523 1:18.762 1:18.4016716 Charles LeclercFerrari1:19.505 1:19.109 1:18.555784 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.857 1:19.119 1:18.7218914 Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault1:20.006 1:19.272 1:18.93991031 Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:19.945 1:19.081 1:19.01010113 Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes 1:20.279 1:19.325N/A111224 Zhou Guanyu1:20.283 1:19.476N/A121322 Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT1:19.907 1:19.589N/A131410 Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT1:20.256 1:19.672N/A141520 Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:20.293 1:19.833N/A191647Haas-Ferrari1:20.419N/AN/A15175 Sebastian Vettel1:20.419N/AN/A161818 Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes1:20.520N/AN/A201923 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:20.859N/AN/A17206 Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes1:21.167N/AN/A18107% time: 1:24.710Source: – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements. – Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel set the identical lap time. Schumacher was classified ahead of Vettel as he set the lap earlier. – Lance Stroll received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round.
Race Race classification DriverConstructorTime/RetiredPoints11 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-RBPT711:38:36.729125244 Lewis HamiltonMercedes71 +15.186318311 Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-RBPT71 +18.097415463 George RussellMercedes71 +49.431213555 Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari71 +58.123510616 Charles LeclercFerrari71 +1:08.7747873 Daniel RicciardoMcLaren-Mercedes70 +1 lap116831 Esteban OconAlpine-Renault70 +1 lap10494 Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes70 +1 lap821077 Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari70 +1 lap611110 Pierre GaslyAlphaTauri-RBPT70 +1 lap141223 Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes70 +1 lap171324 Zhou Guanyu70 +1 lap12145 Sebastian Vettel70 +1 lap16 1518 Lance Stroll70 +1 lap201647Haas-Ferrari70 +1 lap151720 Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari70 +1 lap19186 Nicholas LatifiWilliams-Mercedes69 +2 laps181914 Fernando AlonsoAlpine-Renault63 Engine9 22 Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-RBPT50 13 Fastest lap: George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:20.153 (lap 71)Source:: Notes – Includes one point for fastest lap. – Daniel Ricciardo received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda. His final position was not affected by the penalty. – Fernando Alonso was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points1 Max Verstappen416 12 Sergio Pérez280 13 Charles Leclerc2754 George Russell231 15 Lewis Hamilton216Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points1 Red Bull Racing-RBPT6962 Ferrari4873 Mercedes4474 Alpine-Renault1535 McLaren-Mercedes146Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Competitors in bold are the 2022 world champions.
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