2022 Alternate Formula One season

2022 Formula One season
Victoria Desai won her first Drivers Championship, Ferrari's first Drivers Title since 2013.
Hydrogen Era
Season
Races	18 (19 scheduled)
Start date	27 February
Start Event	Australian Grand Prix
End date	30 October
End Event	Chinese Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Victoria Desai
Constructor's Champion	Caterham-Judd
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2021	2023

The 2022 Formula One season was the 73rd Formula One season, starting on February 27 and ending on October 30. The championship was contested over 19 Grands Prix, but ended with 18 races after the Russian Grand Prix was cancelled.

Victoria Desai became India's first Formula One Champion. Caterham won their third Constructors Championship in a close battle with Ferrari.

Teams and Drivers

All teams use Bridgestone tyres.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Reserve Drivers
Aeroflot BR Mansell Engineering [?]	BR Mansell-Toyota	MBR4	2TF1CS	1	Artem Markelov	1-6, 8-10, 12-18	Sergey Sirotkin
				39	Sho Tsuboi	1-6, 8-10, 12-18
Santander Dawson GP [?]	Dawson-Mercedes	GD-22	MH222	4	Robin Frijns	All	None
				55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	All
Gauloises Sauber F1 Team [?]	Sauber-Judd	C41	DFC	7	Charles Leclerc	All	Romain Grosjean
				84	Jack Aitken	All
Wall's Fernando Alonso Speed Team [?]	FAST-BMW	FA-04	iF1.22	11	Terry Hawkin	All	Théo Pourchaire
				31	Esteban Ocon	All
LATAM Williams Racing [?]	Williams-Ferrari	FW44	Tipo 012	13	Pastor Maldonado	9-18	None
				26	Robert Shwartzman	1-6, 8-10, 12-18
					Pastor Maldonado	7
				70	Sérgio Sette Câmara	1-7, 11
					Pastor Maldonado	8
AT&T Caterham F1 Team [?]	Caterham-Judd	CT10	DFC	18	Sebastian Vettel	All	Pedro de la Rosa
				47	Lando Norris	1-14, 16-18
					Pedro de la Rosa	15
Benson & Hedges Silver Toyota Motorsport [?]	Toyota	Fine-F1/22	2TF1CS	20	Kevin Magnussen	All	Ritomo Miyata
				77	Valtteri Bottas	All
Scuderia Ferrari Vodafone [?]	Ferrari	SF22-H	Tipo 012	23	Alexander Albon	All	Fajny Sklep
				37	Victoria Desai	All
Jooky Melrose Racing Team [?]	MRT-BMW	M12	iF1.22	27	Jules Bianchi	1-13, 17-18	Sabrina Mann
					Théo Pourchaire	14-16
				56	Einar Ármannsson	1-13, 17-18
					Sabrina Mann	14-16
Red Bull Racing [?]	Red Bull-Ferrari	RB17	Tipo 012	29	Roger Ibe	All	Mick Schumacher
				33	Max Verstappen	1-17
					Mick Schumacher	18
Rookie Racing [?]	BR Mansell-Toyota	MBR4	2TF1CS	39	Sho Tsuboi	7, 11	None
				60	Ritomo Miyata	7, 11
Generali Loonmotor Formula 1 Team [?]	Loonmotor-Judd	GK-02	DFC	46	Alessandro Cicognani	All	Malik Zidan
				95	Beitske Visser	All
Q8 North Star Precision Motorsport [?]	Precision-Mercedes	MP22	MH222	57	Dean Stoneman	All	George Russell
				63	George Russell	11-18
				94	Pascal Wehrlein	1-10

Season Calendar

Round	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Shell Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	27 February	Pascal Wehrlein	Alexander Albon	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Ferrari	Ferrari	Artem Markelov
2	New Zealand International Grand Prix	Taupo International Motorsport Park	6 March	Dean Stoneman	Alexander Albon	Sebastian Vettel	Caterham-Judd	Beitske Visser	Alexander Albon
3	Gran Premio Bridgestone de la República Argentina	Autódromo Roberto José Mouras	27 March	Dean Stoneman	Lando Norris	Alexander Albon	Ferrari	Alessandro Cicognani	Jack Aitken
4	Cargolux Indian Grand Prix	Madras Motor Race Track	10 April	Victoria Desai	Lando Norris	Roger Ibe	Red Bull-Ferrari	Jules Bianchi	Lando Norris
5	KFC Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	17 April	Pascal Wehrlein	Victoria Desai	Alexander Albon	Ferrari	Beitske Visser	Lando Norris
6	Cyta Cyprus Grand Prix	Akrotiri Bay International Circuit	24 April	Dean Stoneman	Max Verstappen	Roger Ibe	Red Bull-Ferrari	Jack Aitken	Ferrari
7	Großer BMW Preis von Deutschland	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	8 May	Dean Stoneman	Pastor Maldonado	Lando Norris	Caterham-Judd	Pastor Maldonado	Roger Ibe
8	Globex Venezuela Grand Prix	Globex Autódromo de San Carlos	22 May	Dean Stoneman	Victoria Desai	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Ferrari	Pastor Maldonado	Kevin Magnussen
9	Marlboro Pilipinas Grand Prix	Zhuhai International Circuit	5 June	Dean Stoneman	Pastor Maldonado	Victoria Desai	Ferrari	Caterham-Judd	Jules Bianchi
10	Vodafone Grand Prix de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	19 June	Dean Stoneman	Roger Ibe	Sebastian Vettel	Caterham-Judd	Beitske Visser	Toyota
11	Cargolux British Grand Prix	Snetterton Circuit	26 June	Dean Stoneman	Roger Ibe	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Ferrari	Ritomo Miyata	Jack Aitken
12	Vodafone Magyar Nagydíj	Hungaroring	10 July	Dean Stoneman	Pastor Maldonado	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Ferrari	Precision-Mercedes	Ferrari
13	Bosch Grand Prix d'Île-de-France	Circuit Charles de Gaulle	24 July	Dean Stoneman	Victoria Desai	Roger Ibe	Red Bull-Ferrari	George Russell	Bosch Grand Prix d'Île-de-France
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 August	Dean Stoneman	Pastor Maldonado	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Ferrari	Loonmotor-Judd	Red Bull-Ferrari
15	Gran Premio Fiat d'Italia	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	11 September	Dean Stoneman	Max Verstappen	Victoria Desai	Ferrari	BR Mansell-Toyota	Bridgestone
16	ING Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	2 October	George Russell	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Ferrari	Sabrina Mann	Valtteri Bottas
17	Pall Mall Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit	16 October	Dean Stoneman	Pastor Maldonado	Victoria Desai	Ferrari	Reliability	Sauber-Judd
18	Toyota Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	30 October	Dean Stoneman	Victoria Desai	Artem Markelov	BR Mansell-Toyota	Artem Markelov	Ferrari

The Russian Grand Prix was dropped from the 2022 season in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Italian Grand Prix was originally scheduled for August 21, but moved to September 11 to fill Sochi's spot.

Championship Standings

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Driver Standings

Pos Driver AUS NZL ARG IND BHR CYP GER VEN PHI FRA GBR HUN PAR BEL ITA SIN ABU CHN Points 1 Victoria Desai Ret 3 6 2 2 11 3 3 1 2 Ret Ret 2 2 1 6 1 Ret 145 2 Sebastian Vettel 4 1 4 4 5 4 2 12 6 1 3 3 3 3 9 4 4 Ret 143 3 Roger Ibe Ret Ret Ret 1 3 1 Ret Ret Ret 3 2 12 1 5 5 3 2 2 123 4 Lando Norris 5 6 3 3 6 Ret 1 6 4 5 4 6 Ret Ret EX Ret 7 3 97 5 Pastor Maldonado 7 1 3 Ret 7 1 Ret 1 3 5 6 4 92 6 Max Verstappen 1 11 Ret 8 4 12 4 11 2 4 1 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 14 EX 90 7 Alexander Albon 2 7 1 5 1 Ret 19† 8 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 7 3 Ret 80 8 Artem Markelov 11 Ret Ret 7 Ret 2 4 7 Ret 4 6 Ret 2 Ret 5 1 74 9 Robert Shwartzman 3 4 2 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 7 4 4 10 Ret 8 Ret 66 10 Sho Tsuboi 19† 9 Ret 15 9 5 5 10 Ret 6 8 11 5 Ret 6 8 11 8 42 11 Kevin Magnussen 7 14 Ret 9 7 3 6 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 8 7 14† Ret Ret 7 38 12 Sérgio Sette Câmara 6 2 Ret 6 19† 6 8 6 36 13 Dean Stoneman 12 12 Ret 14 15 Ret Ret 5 8 9 Ret 2 12 Ret 7 10 10 6 34 14 George Russell 13 8 7 6 Ret 2 12 5 30 15 Esteban Ocon 10 13 5 Ret 10 8 Ret 15 11 7 9 13 Ret 8 8 Ret 15 11 23 16 Terry Hawkin 9 8 Ret 10 8 Ret 9 9 10 8 10 15 10 Ret 11 Ret 13 10 20 17 Valtteri Bottas 8 5 13† 12 Ret 13 Ret 7 Ret Ret 11 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 9 18 18 Ritomo Miyata 10 5 7 19 Beitske Visser 16 16 Ret 16 12 9 15 17 13 10 12 14 9 9 Ret 11 22† 12 7 20 Pascal Wehrlein 15 10 8 Ret 13 14 12 Ret 9 Ret 6 21 Jack Aitken 18 18 11 18 16 7 16 20 17 15 19 20 Ret 14 18 16 21 17 4 22 Einar Ármannsson 13 15 7 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 12 Ret 16 16 Ret INJ INJ INJ 16 14 4 23 Alessandro Cicognani Ret 19 9 17 14 10 13 16 14 14 15 Ret 11 10 16 13 17 15 4 24 Sabrina Mann 11 Ret 9 2 25 Charles Leclerc 17 17 10 20 Ret Ret 17 19 15 12 18 17 14 12 17 14 19 16 1 26 Jules Bianchi 14 Ret Ret 11 11 Ret 11 14 Ret 11 14 Ret Ret EX EX EX 18 13 0 27 Robin Frijns Ret 21 12 21 17 15 Ret Ret Ret 13 20 18 13 13 Ret 12 20 19 0 28 Pedro de la Rosa 12 0 29 Théo Pourchaire Ret 13 15 0 30 Carlos Sainz, Jr. Ret 20 Ret 19 18 Ret 18 18 16 16 17 19 15 15 15 Ret Ret 18 0 — Mick Schumacher Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

† – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Constructor Standings

Pos	Constructor	#	AUS	NZL	ARG	IND	BHR	CYP	GER	VEN	PHI	FRA	GBR	HUN	PAR	BEL	ITA	SIN	ABU	CHN	Points
1	Caterham-Judd	18	4	1	4	4	5	4	2	12	6	1	3	3	3	3	9	4	4	Ret	240
		47	5	6	3	3	6	Ret	1	6	4	5	4	6	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	7	3
2	Ferrari	23	2	7	1	5	1	Ret	19†	8	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	7	3	Ret	225
		37	Ret	3	6	2	2	11	3	3	1	2	Ret	Ret	2	2	1	6	1	Ret
3	Red Bull-Ferrari	29	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	3	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	12	1	5	5	3	2	2	213
		33	1	11	Ret	8	4	12	4	11	2	4	1	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	14	Ret
4	Williams-Ferrari	13									3	Ret	7	1	Ret	1	3	5	6	4	194
		26	3	4	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	2	Ret	Ret		7	4	4	10	Ret	8	Ret
		70	6	2	Ret	6	19†	6	8	1			6
5	BR Mansell-Toyota	1	11	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	2		4	7	Ret		4	6	Ret	2	Ret	5	1	123
		39	19†	9	Ret	15	9	5	5	10	Ret	6	8	11	5	Ret	6	8	11	8
		60							10				5
6	Precision-Mercedes	57	12	12	Ret	14	15	Ret	Ret	5	8	9	Ret	2	12	Ret	7	10	10	6	70
		63											13	8	7	6	Ret	2	12	5
		94	15	10	8	Ret	13	14	12	Ret	9	Ret
7	Toyota	20	7	14	Ret	9	7	3	6	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	7	14†	Ret	Ret	7	56
		77	8	5	13†	12	Ret	13	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	11	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	9
8	FAST-BMW	11	9	8	Ret	10	8	Ret	9	9	10	8	10	15	10	Ret	11	Ret	13	10	43
		31	10	13	5	Ret	10	8	Ret	15	11	7	9	13	Ret	8	8	Ret	15	11
9	Loonmotor-Judd	46	Ret	19	9	17	14	10	13	16	14	14	15	Ret	11	10	16	13	17	15	11
		95	16	16	Ret	16	12	9	15	17	13	10	12	14	9	9	Ret	11	22†	12
10	MRT-BMW	27	14	Ret	Ret	11	11	Ret	11	14	Ret	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	15	18	13	6
		56	13	15	7	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	12	Ret	16	16	Ret	11	Ret	9	16	14
11	Sauber-Judd	7	17	17	10	20	Ret	Ret	17	19	15	12	18	17	14	12	17	14	19	16	5
		84	18	18	11	18	16	7	16	20	17	15	19	20	Ret	14	18	16	21	17
12	Dawson-Mercedes	4	Ret	21	12	21	17	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	20	18	13	13	Ret	12	20	19	0
		55	Ret	20	Ret	19	18	Ret	18	18	16	16	17	19	15	15	15	Ret	Ret	18