Round 6 · 22 May 2022
2022 Spanish Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2022 Spanish Grand Prix, round 6 of the championship, held on 22 May 2022 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Spain), starting from position 2. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and George Russell (Mercedes) completed the podium. Pole position went to Charles Leclerc. The fastest lap was set by Sergio Pérez (1:24.108).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 1:37:20.475 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 5 | +13.072 s | 19 | Finished |
| 3 | George Russell | Mercedes | 4 | +32.927 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 3 | +45.208 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 6 | +54.534 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 7 | +59.976 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | +75.397 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 11 | +83.235 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 20 | +1 Lap | 2 | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 13 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 16 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 9 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 14 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 10 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 17 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 19 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 8 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 18 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 18 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 19 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 15 | — | — | Power loss |
| 20 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1 | — | — | Turbo |
Tyres and strategy at the Spanish Grand Prix 2022
Max Verstappen won with 3 pit stop(s): soft (laps 1-13), medium (laps 14-28), soft (laps 29-44), medium (laps 45-66). The top ten used 4 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): soft 130 ± 5, medium 112 ± 4.
- 1. Max Verstappen: soft (laps 1-13), medium (laps 14-28), soft (laps 29-44), medium (laps 45-66)
- 2. Sergio Pérez: soft (laps 1-17), medium (laps 18-53), soft (laps 54-66)
- 3. George Russell: soft (laps 1-13), medium (laps 14-51), soft (laps 52-66)
- 4. Carlos Sainz: soft (laps 1-10), medium (laps 11-45), soft (laps 46-66)
- 5. Lewis Hamilton: medium (laps 1-1), soft (laps 2-22), medium (laps 23-48), soft (laps 49-66)
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.