Round 1 · 20 March 2022
2022 Bahrain Grand Prix: results
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) won the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix, round 1 of the championship, held on 20 March 2022 at Bahrain International Circuit (Bahrain), starting from position 1. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Charles Leclerc (1:34.570).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1 | 1:37:33.584 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 3 | +5.598 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 5 | +9.675 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 9 | +11.211 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 7 | +14.754 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 6 | +16.119 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 11 | +19.423 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 16 | +20.386 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 8 | +22.390 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 15 | +23.064 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 12 | +32.574 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 19 | +45.873 s | — | Finished |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 14 | +53.932 s | — | Finished |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 18 | +54.975 s | — | Finished |
| 15 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 13 | +56.335 s | — | Finished |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 20 | +61.795 s | — | Finished |
| 17 | Nico Hülkenberg | Aston Martin | 17 | +63.829 s | — | Finished |
| 18 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 4 | — | — | Fuel pressure |
| 19 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | — | — | Fuel pressure |
| 20 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 10 | — | — | Power Unit |
Tyres and strategy at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2022
Charles Leclerc won with 2 pit stop(s): soft (laps 1-31), medium (laps 32-46), soft (laps 47-57). The top ten used 3 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): soft 179 ± 6, medium 151 ± 5.
- 1. Charles Leclerc: soft (laps 1-31), medium (laps 32-46), soft (laps 47-57)
- 2. Carlos Sainz: soft (laps 1-33), medium (laps 34-44), soft (laps 45-57)
- 3. Lewis Hamilton: soft (laps 1-11), hard (laps 12-27), medium (laps 28-44), soft (laps 45-57)
- 4. George Russell: soft (laps 1-15), hard (laps 16-33), medium (laps 34-45), soft (laps 46-57)
- 5. Kevin Magnussen: soft (laps 1-34), medium (laps 35-46), soft (laps 47-57)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.