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Round 1- Bahrain

Charles Leclerc takes pole on Saturday, with a time of 1:30.558 and Max Verstappen joins him on the front row with a time of 1:30.681.

He converted his pole into a win, and Carlos Sainz joined him for a Ferrari 1-2. Lewis Hamilton did brilliantly in the Mercedes to snatch the final place on the podium. The big story is that neither Red Bulls finished the race after suspected fuel pump issues towards the end of the race. Kevin Magnussen put in a strong performance to finish 5th.

Round 2- Saudi Arabia

Sergio Perez takes his first pole position of his F1 career, with a time of 1:28.200 and Charles Leclerc joins him on the front row, with a time of 1:28.225

Unfortunately for Perez, he couldn't convert his first pole into a win and finished P.4. Max Verstappen won, with Charles Leclerc second. It was another double podium for Ferrari, as Carlos Sainz finished third. 5 drivers (Latifi, Ricciardo, Alonso, Bottas, Albon) failed to finish due to various reasons, but Yuki Tsunoda didnt even get to start the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to an engine issue.

Round 3- Australia

The Australian Grand Prix made a great comeback, with Charles Leclerc taking pole with a time of 1:18.239 and Max Verstappen alongside him.

He converted his pole into a victory, with Sergio Perez finishing second and George Russell taking his first podium for Mercedes finishing P.3. There were 3 retirements- Carlos Sainz, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. Alex Albon drove a brilliant race, pitting on the final lap after doing the whole race on the hard tyre and took the final point after starting last.

Round 4- Italy- Imola

Max Verstappen takes pole for the first sprint race of the season and Charles Leclerc joins him on the front row.

Verstappen won the sprint race and will start the grand prix P1 with Charles Leclerc remaining P2. Sergio Perez will start 3rd.

Max Verstappen won the race with Sergio Perez alongside him, for a Red Bull 1-2 finish. Lando Norris finished third, earning his first podium of 2022. The one and only safety car of the race was brought out after a collision between Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz on lap 1. Ricciardo finished 18th while Sainz retired. The other retirement was Fernando Alonso who had a damaged car after contact with Mick Schumacher on lap 1. There was more heartbreak for Ferrari as the championship leader Charles Leclerc spun on lap 55 and was only able to finish P6. Damage limitation for Mercedes saw George Russell finishing P4 with Valtteri Bottas behind him.

Round 5- Miami

Charles Leclerc takes pole for the first Miami Grand prix and Carlos Sainz joins him for a Ferrari front row lockout. Max Verstappen starts P3 and his teammate Sergio Perez starts P4.

Max Verstappen won the race, with pole sitter Leclerc a close second. Carlos Sainz completed the podium in P3. Lando Norris crashed on lap 41, ending his race and bringing out the safety car. Esteban Ocon finished P8 after starting last and Lance Stroll managed P10 after starting from the pitlane. Alex Albon gained two more well-deserved points in Miami and finished P9 after Alonso was penalised for an incident with Pierre Gasly as well as cutting the chicane.

Round 6- Spain

Charles Leclerc takes pole with a time of 1:18.750 despite an early spin in Q3 and Max Verstappen joins him on the front row.

Max Verstappen wins the Spanish Grand Prix, the same track that he claimed his first victory in F1 aswell. Sergio Perez finishes second, making it a 1-2 for Red Bull. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton once again showed that Mercedes have the pace to be up front in 3rd and 5th, despite Lewis Hamilton colliding with Kevin Magnussen on lap 1. There was heartbreak for both Ferrari boys as Sainz spun on lap 7 (but finished P4)and Charles Leclerc retired on lap 27.

Round 7- Monaco

Charles Leclerc is on pole for his home race, with a time of 1:11.376. His teammate Carlos Sainz is alongside him. Perez and Verstappen qualified 3rd and 4th.

Sergio Perez claims his 3rd career victory in F1 and becomes the first Mexican driver to win in Monaco after a long and eventful race. Carlos Sainz finished second and Max Verstappen third after closing the gap at the end. Charles Leclerc finished fourth - the first time he has reached the chequered flag at his home race. There were 3 retirements: Kevin Magnussen with a water leak issue, Mick Schumacher lucky to escape a massive crash on lap 27 and Alexander Albon retired from last place towards the end. Only 64/78 laps were completed as the 2 hour period in which the race must be completed ran out due to the weather and red flags but there was enough distance covered to award full points. George Russell came 5th - still the only driver to finish in the top 5 for all of the races so far this season, Lando Norris P6 with fastest lap, Fernando Alonso P7, Lewis Hamilton P8, Valtteri Bottas P9 and Sebastian Vettel was the last of the points finishers. Pierre Gasly finished P11, Esteban ocon P12 after a 5-second time penalty due to a collision with Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo P13, Lance Stroll P14, Nicholas Latifi P15, Zhou Guanyu P16 and Yuki Tsunoda last in P17.

Round 8- Azerbaijan

Charles Leclerc takes his sixth pole of the year at Baku and Sergio Perez joins him on the front row. Max Verstappen was also very close behind in third and Carlos Sainz qualified P4.

Max Verstappen wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and his team-mate Sergio Perez makes it a Red Bull 1-2 and gets fastest lap. George Russell gets his fourth podium of the season and Lewis Hamilton finished P4 with driver of the day, despite severe porpoising hurting his back throughout the race. Pierre Gasly finished P5, Sebastian Vettel P6, Fernando Alonso P7, Daniel Ricciardo P8, Lando Norris P9 and Esteban Ocon was the last of the points finishers. Valtteri Bottas finished P11, Alex Albon P12, Yuki Tsunoda P13, Mick Schumacher P14 and Nicholas Latifi P15. There were five retirements - Carlos Sainz with a hydraulics issue, Charles Leclerc with a power unit issue, Zhou Guanyu with technical issues, Kevin Magnussen with a power unit issue and Lance Stroll after there was an issue with his car. Yuki Tsunoda had a very unusual incident where half of his rear wing snapped but just about stayed attached. He was shown the black flag with an orange circle and was told to retire but his mechanics fixed it with tape in the pits which the FIA were seemingly fine with and he carried on to finish the race.

Round 9- Canada

Max Verstappen takes pole at Canada and Fernando Alonso did an incredible job for Alpine and starts P2.

Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix, after a closely fought battle at the end with Carlos Sainz who finished P2. Lewis Hamilton had a great weekend to finish P3, with his teammate George Russell right behind. Charles Leclerc had a great recovery from P19 to finish P5, Esteban Ocon finished P6, Valtteri Bottas P7, Zhou Guanyu P8, Fernando Alonso P9 after a 5 second time penalty and Lance Stroll was P10. Daniel Ricciardo finshed P11, Sebastian Vettel P12, Alex Albon P13, Pierre Gasly P14, Lando Norris P15, Nicholas Latifi P16 and Kevin Magnussen P17. There were three retirements in the race - Sergio Perez with a suspected hydraulics issue, Mick Schumacher with another issue and Yuki Tsunoda who crashed on the pit exit.

Round 10- United Kingdom

Carlos Sainz takes his first pole position in Formula 1 and Max Verstappen joins him on the front row.

On his 150th race weekend, Carlos Sainz takes his first victory in F1, Sergio Perez finished second and Lewis Hamilton third. Charles Leclerc finished P4, Fernando Alonso P5, Lando Norris P6, Max Verstappen P7 after having a piece of AlphaTauri bodywork stuck in his car for most of the race, Mick Schumacher P8 with his first points in F1, Sebastian Vettel P9, Kevin Magnussen P10, Lance Stroll P11, Nicholas Latifi P12, Daniel Ricciardo P13 and Yuki Tsunoda was the final finisher in P14. There were 6 retirements in the race. George Russell, Zhou Guanyu and Alex Albon all out after a scary lap 1 collision which ended with Zhou trapped in the barrier. Albon was taken to hospital and Zhou was treated in the medical centre - they were both discharged on Sunday afternoon. George Russell left his car to check if Zhou was ok and his car was moved - meaning that he had received outside assistance and couldn't rejoin the race. Valtteri Bottas retired with a gearbox issue. Pierre Gasly retired after contact with his team-mate Tsunoda. Esteban Ocon retired at the end of the race with an issue with his car.

Round 11- Austria

Max Verstappen takes pole position for the sprint race.

The top 3 from qualifying finished in the same order but there were some big stories. Fernando Alonso did not start the sprint race due to issues with his car and Sebastian Vettel retired from the sprint race. Zhou Guanyu had to start the sprint race from the back after his car stopped on the formation lap but he recovered to P14.

Charles Leclerc won for the first time since the Australian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen came second and Lewis Hamilton scores yet another podium. George Russell was P4, Esteban Ocon P5, Mick Schumacher P6, Lando Norris P7, Kevin Magnussen P8, Daniel Ricciardo P9 and Fernando Alonso with a great recovery to P10. Valtteri Bottas finished P11, Alex Albon P12, Lance Stroll P13, Zhou Guanyu P14, Pierre Gasly P15, Yuki Tsunoda P16 and Sebastian Vettel P17. There were 3 retirements - Sergio Perez with too much damage to his car after a lap 1 collision with Russell, Nicholas Latifi with damage to his car and Carlos Sainz with an engine issue. The engine issue for Sainz was during a close battle with Verstappen and ended with a big fire at the back of his car.

Round 12- France

Charles Leclerc takes pole position for the French Grand Prix, after being given a very helpful slip stream but Carlos Sainz, who starts at the back.

Max Verstappen claims victory after an extremely hot and tiring race in France. For the first time this year, Mercedes have a double podium, with Lewis Hamilton P2 and George Russel P3. A late fight between Russell and Sergio Perez left Perez P4. Questionable strategy calls for Carlos Sainz put him in P5, a good result from P19. Fernando Alonso finished P6, Lando Norris P7, Esteban Ocon scored points for the first time at his home race in P8, Daniel Ricciardo P9, Lance Stroll P10, Sebastian Vettel P11 after a late fight with his teammate, Pierre Gasly P12, Alex Albon P13, Valtteri Bottas P14 and Mick Schumacher P15.

There were 4 retirements - Yuki Tsunoda with damage to his car, Charles Leclerc making a mistake and crashing out from the lead, Kevin Magnussen and Nicholas Latifi retiring after they made contact and Zhou Guanyu had technical issues and stopped on track, bringing out the VSC.

Round 13- Hungary

George Russell claims his first pole position in F1 and Carlos Sainz is alongside him on the front row.

Max Verstappen wins an excellent race from tenth on the grid. Lewis Hamilton finished P2 and George Russell P3 - Mercedes' second cosecutive double-podium. Carlos Sainz came P4, Sergio Perez P5, Charles Leclerc P6 after more confusing strategy from Ferrari, Lando Norris P7, Fernando Alonso P8, Esteban Ocon P9, Sebastian Vettel P10, Lance Stroll P11, Pierre Gasly P12, Zhou Guanyu P13, Mick Schumacher P14, Daniel Ricciardo P15 after a 5-second time penalty for causing a collision, Kevin Magnussen P16, Alex Albon P17, Nicholas Latifi P18 and Yuki Tsunoda P19.

Valtteri Bottas was the only retirement of the race - on lap 66 he stopped on track, bringing out the Virtual Safety Car.

Round 14- Belgium

Due to engine penalties, the following drivers started the GP in this order: Valtteri Bottas P14, Max Verstappen P15, Charles Leclerc P16, Esteban Ocon P17, Lando Norris P18, Zhou Guanyu P19 and Mick Schumacher P20.

Carlos Sainz starts on pole and Sergio Perez joins him on the front row.

Max Verstappen drives an incredible race and wins the Belgian Grand Prix nearly 20 seconds ahead of his team mate Sergio Perez. Carlos Sainz came P3, George Russell P4, Fernando Alonso P5 after being promoted by a penalty, Charles Leclerc P6 after getting a 5-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane, Esteban Ocon P7, Sebastian Vettel P8, Pierre Gasly P9 after starting in the pit lane due to an issue with his car and Alex Albon rounded out the top 10 with another points finish for Williams. Lance Stroll finished P11, Lando Norris P12, Yuki Tsunoda P13 also from the pit lane, Zhou Guanyu P14, Daniel Ricciardo P15, Kevin Magnussen P16, Mick Schumacher P17 and Nicholas Latifi P18. There were two retirements - Lewis Hamilton after a collision with Fernando Alonso on lap 1 and Valtteri Bottas after a collision with Nicholas Latifi, also on lap 1.

Round 15- Netherlands

Max Verstappen takes a second successive pole position at his home Grand Prix and title rival Charles Leclerc is on the front row with him.

Max Verstappen converts his pole position into a win for the second time at his home race. George Russell comes P2 and Charles Leclerc completes the podium. Lewis Hamilton came P4, Sergio Perez P5, Fernando Alonso P6 from P13, Lando Norris P7, Carlos Sainz P8 after a 5-second time penalty for an unsafe release, Esteban Ocon P9 and Lance Stroll was the last of the points finishers. Pierre Gasly came P11, Alex Albon P12, Mick Schumacher P13, Sebastian Vettel P14, Kevin Magnussen P15, Zhou Guanyu P16, Daniel Ricciardo ran a disappointing race in P17 and Nicholas Latifi Finished P18. There were two retirements - Valtteri Bottas stopped on track and brought out the safety car and Yuki Tsunoda had an odd incident: he stopped on track as he thought that one of his tyres wasn't fitted, only for the team to tell him it was fine and so he drove back to the pits. Almost immediately after leaving the pits, however, he still felt that something was wrong with his car and the team instructed him to stop it on the track, bringing out the VSC.

Round 16- Italy - Monza

Charles Leclerc will start on pole for the Italian Grand Prix and George Russell starts P2.

Max Verstappen wins the Italian Grand Prix from P7 on the grid, Charles Leclerc came P2 in his team's home race and George Russell completes the podium in Monza. The race finished under a safety car after Daniel Ricciardo stopped on track and his car could not be recovered in time. This has caused much debate about whether the FIA should have red-flagged the race in order to have a couple of racing laps at the end. Carlos Sainz came P4 from P18, Lewis Hamilton P5 from P19, Sergio Perez P6, Lando Norris P7, Pierre Gasly P8, Nyck De Vries scores points in his F1 debut in P9, Zhou Guanyu P10, Esteban Ocon P11, Mick Schumacher P12, Valtteri Bottas P13, Yuki Tsunoda P14, Nicholas Latifi P15 and kevin Magnussen in P16. There were 4 retirements - Daniel Ricciardo with an oil leak had to stop on track, Lance Stroll with an issue with his car, Fernando Alonso with an overheating car and Sebastian Vettel with a power unite issue and a double-DNF for Aston Martin.

Round 17- Singapore

Charles Leclerc clinches pole in an exciting end to qualifying in Singapore. Sergio Perez brought the fight and joins him on the front row.

Sergio Perez wins an action-packed Grand Prix - or does he? He is currently under investigation for a safety car infringement and could face a penalty. Charles Leclerc finished 7 seconds behind him, Carlos Sainz finished P3, Lando Norris P4, Daniel Ricciardo with his best finish of the season in P5, Lance Stroll also with his best finish of the season in P6, Max Verstappen with a disappointing race in P7, Sebastian Vettel P8, Lewis Hamilton P9, Pierre Gasly P10, Valtteri Bottas P11, Kevin Magnussen P12, Mick Schumacher P13 and George Russell P14 from the pit lane.

There were 6 retirements - Yuki Tsunoda after hitting the wall, Esteban Ocon with an engine failure, Alex Albon after hitting the wall, Fernando Alonso with an engine failure making it a double-DNF for Alpine, Nicholas Latifi and Zhou Guanyu both retired as a result of a collision - Latifi was handed a 5-place grid penalty for the next race.

The race was very eventful - 3 full safety cars and two further VSCs, with rain and yellow flags throwing everything at the drivers today.

Round 18- Japan

Max Verstappen takes pole position at Suzuka, with Charles Leclerc joins him at the front. Verstappen had the potential of a penalty due to an incident with Norris, but got away with a reprimand from the stewards and keeps his pole.

Max Verstappen 2-TIME WORLD CHAMPION

Well that was interesting wasn't it? There was rain at the start of the race, and after a first lap full of incidents, it was red-flagged. The clock was ticking down and, eventually, it was restarted with 50 minutes left. Full points were awarded as the race was resumed after the initial laps. In the end, Max Verstappen won the race and his second World Championship, Sergio Perez came P2, Charles Leclerc P3 after a 5-second time penalty was applied after the race ended, Esteban Ocon P4, Lewis Hamilton P5, Sebastian Vettel P6, Fernando Alonso P7, George Russell P8, Nicholas Latifi in P9 for his first points finish of the season with 2 points, Lando Norris P10 with one point, Daniel Ricciardo P11, Lance Stroll P12, Yuki Tsunoda P13, Kevin Magnussen P14, Valtteri Bottas P15, Zhou Guanyu P16, Pierre Gasly P17 (he got a penalty for speeding during a red flag but this didn't change his finishing position) and Mick Schumacher P18.

There were two retirements - both from lap 1 - Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.

Round 19- USA

It was a late night for fans in the UK as Carlos Sainz took Ferrari's first pole at the Circuit Of The Americas, and Verstappen will start the race alongside him.

Max Verstappen wins in Austin and gives Red Bull their fifth constructor's title. There were flashbacks to last year as Lewis Hamilton was fighting for the win but came P2. Charles Leclerc completed the podium from P12, Sergio Perez finished P4, George Russell P5, Lando Norris P6, Sebastian Vettel led some of the race but had to fight for his P7 after a disastrous pit stop, Kevin Magnussen P8 as Haas's home race, Yuki Tsunoda P9 and Esteban Ocon received the final point after starting from the pit lane. Zhou Guanyu finished P11, Alex Albon P12, Pierre Gasly P13, Mick Schumacher P14, Fernando Alonso P15 after receiving a penalty after the race, Daniel Ricciardo P16 and Nicholas Latifi P17.

There were 3 retirements - pole-sitter Carlos Sainz after a lap-one collision with Russel, Valtteri Bottas after crashing and getting stuck in the gravel and Lance Stroll after a big collision with Alonso.

See how this race affected the champioships here.

Round 20- Mexico

Max Verstappen takes pole position at the Mexican Grand Prix. George Russell starts P2, Lewis Hamilton P3.

Max Verstappen wins a record-breaking 14th win of the season, 15-seconds in front of Lewis Hamilton in P2. Sergio Perez completes the podium at his home race, making it an identical podium to 2021. George Russell finished P4 after arguably being on the wrong strategy, Carlos Sainz P5, Charles Leclerc P6 on a difficult day for Ferrari, Daniel Ricciardo P7 and driver of the day, Esteban Ocon P8, Lando Norris P9 - a double points finish for McLaren, Valtteri Bottas P10, Pierre Gasly P11, Alex Albon P12, Zhou Guanyu P13, Sebastian Vettel P14, Lance Stroll P15, Mick Schumacher P16, Kevin Magnussen P17 and Nicholas Latifi P18.

There were two retirements - Yuki Tsunoda after a collision with Daniel Ricciardo - Ricciardo received a 10-second time penalty but had enough of a gap for it not to affect is finishing position and Fernando Alonso with a mechanical failure - he stopped off the track which brought out a brief VSC.

Round 21- Brazil

Kevin Magnussen takes his and Haas's first ever pole position. Max Verstappen couldn't quite keep up and starts the sprint in P2.

George Russell wins the sprint race in Brasil and takes the maximum 8 championship points.

George Russell takes his first win of his career and Mercedes' first win of the season. Lewis Hamilton secures a 1-2, Carlos Sainz P3, Charles Leclerc P4, Fernando Alonos with a great race in P5, Max Verstappen P6 after refusing to let his team-mate through, Sergio Perez P7, Esteban Ocon P8, Valtteri Bottas P9, Lance Stroll P10, Sebastian Vettel P11, Zhou Guanyu P12, Mick Schumacher P13, Pierre Gasly P14, Alex Albon P15, Nicholas Latifi P16 and Yuki Tsunoda P17, unable to unlap himself under the safety car.

There were 3 retirements - Lando Norris with a mechanical failure and Daniel Riccardo and Kevin Magnussen after a collision - Ricciardo picked up a 5-place grid drop for Abu Dhabi.

Round 22- Abu Dhabi

Max Verstappen takes pole position at Abu Dhabi and his team-mate starts alongside him.

Max Verstappen takes his 3rd consecutive win at Abu Dhabi. Charles Leclerc takes P2 in both the race and the championship, Sergio Perez P3 after a closely-fought battle, Carlos Sainz P4, George Russell P5, Lando Norris P6, Esteban Ocon P7, Lance Stroll P8, Daniel Ricciardo P9 in his final race for McLaren, Sebastian Vettel P10 in his final F1 race, Yuki Tsunoda P11, Zhou Guanyu P12, Alex Albon P13, Pierre Gasly P14 in his final race for AlphaTauri, Valtteri Bottas P15, Mick Schumacher P16 and Kevin Magnussen P17.

There were 3 retirements - Fernando Alonso with yet another mechanical failure, Nicholas Latifi with an issue and Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes' first mechanical filure of the season with a hydraulics issue.