2022 Formula One World Championship facts for kids

Max Verstappen won his second consecutive World Drivers' Championship driving for Red Bull Racing.

Charles Leclerc finished runner-up, driving for Ferrari.

Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez was third, driving for Red Bull Racing.

Red Bull Racing won their fifth World Constructors' Championship.

The 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which was the 73rd running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, which were held around the world, and ended earlier than in other recent years to avoid overlapping with the FIFA World Cup.

Drivers and teams competed for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. The 2022 championship saw the introduction of significant changes to the sport's technical regulations. These changes had been intended to be introduced in 2021, but were delayed until 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Max Verstappen, who was the reigning Drivers' Champion, claimed his second title at the Japanese Grand Prix, while his team, Red Bull Racing, achieved their fifth World Constructor Championship, and first since 2013, at the following United States Grand Prix. Mercedes were the reigning Constructors' Champions.

This was the final season for four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel. Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton endured a difficult season with Mercedes, failing to secure either a pole position or Grand Prix win during the season, the first time either occurrence had happened in his Formula One career since it began in 2007.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
2	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Sergio Pérez	Charles Leclerc	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
3	Australian Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
4	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
5	Miami Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
6	Spanish Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Sergio Pérez	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Lando Norris	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
8	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Sergio Pérez	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
9	Canadian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Lewis Hamilton	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	Report
11	Austrian Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Report
12	French Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	George Russell	Lewis Hamilton	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
15	Dutch Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
16	Italian Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Sergio Pérez	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
17	Singapore Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	George Russell	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
18	Japanese Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Zhou Guanyu	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
19	United States Grand Prix	Carlos Sainz Jr.	George Russell	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
20	Mexico City Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	George Russell	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
21	São Paulo Grand Prix	Kevin Magnussen	George Russell	George Russell	Mercedes	Report
22	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Lando Norris	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	Report
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Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top ten classified drivers, the driver who set the fastest lap during the Grand Prix (only if one of the top ten), and the top eight of the sprint. In the case of a tie on points a countback system was used where the driver with the most Grand Prix wins was ranked higher. If the number of wins was identical then the number of second places was considered, and so on. The points were awarded for every race using the following system:

World Drivers' Championship standings

Pos. Driver BHR SAU AUS EMI MIA ESP MON AZE CAN GBR AUT FRA HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN USA MXC SAP ABU Points 1 Max Verstappen 19 1 Ret 1P 1 F 1F 1 3 1 1P 7 2P 1 F 1 1 1F 1PF 1 7 1P 1 1P 64 1P 454 2 Charles Leclerc 1PF 2F 1PF 62 2P RetP 4P RetP 5 4 12 RetP 6 6 3 2P 2P 3 3 6 46 2 308 3 Sergio Pérez 18 4P 2 23 4 2F 1 2F Ret 2 Ret5 4 5 2 5 6F 1 2 4 3 75 3 305 4 George Russell 4 5 3 4 5 3 5 3 4 Ret 44 3 3P 4 2 3 14F 8 5F 4F 11 F 5 275 5 Carlos Sainz Jr. 2 3 Ret Ret4 3 4 2 Ret 2F 1P Ret3 5F 4 3P 8 4 3 Ret RetP 5 32 4 246 6 Lewis Hamilton 3 10 4 13 6 5 8 4 3 3F 38 2 2F Ret 4 5 9 5 2 2 23 18 240 7 Lando Norris 15 7 5 35 Ret 8 6F 9 15 6 7 7 7 12 7 7 4 10 6 9 Ret7 6F 122 8 Esteban Ocon 7 6 7 14 8 7 12 10 6 Ret 56 8 9 7 9 11 Ret 4 11 8 8 7 92 9 Fernando Alonso 9 Ret 17 Ret 11 9 7 7 9 5 10 6 8 5 6 Ret Ret 7 7 19 5 Ret 81 10 Valtteri Bottas 6 Ret 8 57 7 6 9 11 7 Ret 11 14 20 Ret Ret 13 11 15 Ret 10 9 15 49 11 Daniel Ricciardo 14 Ret 6 186 13 12 13 8 11 13 9 9 15 15 17 Ret 5 11 16 7 Ret 9 37 12 Sebastian Vettel Ret 8 17 11 10 6 12 9 17 11 10 8 14 Ret 8 6 8 14 11 10 37 13 Kevin Magnussen 5 9 14 98 16 17 Ret Ret 17 10 87 Ret 16 16 15 16 12 14 9 17 RetP 8 17 25 14 Pierre Gasly Ret 8 9 12 Ret 13 11 5 14 Ret 15 12 12 9 11 8 10 18 14 11 14 14 23 15 Lance Stroll 12 13 12 10 10 15 14 16 10 11 13 10 11 11 10 Ret 6 12 Ret 15 10 8 18 16 Mick Schumacher 11 WD 13 17 15 14 Ret 14 Ret 8 6 15 14 17 13 12 13 17 15 16 13 16 12 17 Yuki Tsunoda 8 DNS 15 7 12 10 17 13 Ret 14 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 14 Ret 13 10 Ret 17 11 12 18 Zhou Guanyu 10 11 11 15 Ret Ret 16 Ret 8 Ret 14 16 13 14 16 10 Ret 16F 12 13 12 12 6 19 Alexander Albon 13 14 10 11 9 18 Ret 12 13 Ret 12 13 17 10 12 WD Ret Ret 13 12 15 13 4 20 Nicholas Latifi 16 Ret 16 16 14 16 15 15 16 12 Ret Ret 18 18 18 15 Ret 9 17 18 16 19 2 21 Nyck de Vries 9 2 22 Nico Hülkenberg 17 12 0 Pos. Driver BHR SAU AUS EMI MIA ESP MON AZE CAN GBR AUT FRA HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN USA MXC SAP ABU Points Source:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (empty cell) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap Superscript number Points-scoring position in sprint

Notes:

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

World Constructors' Championship standings

Pos. Constructor BHR SAU AUS EMI MIA ESP MON AZE CAN GBR AUT FRA HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN USA MXC SAP ABU Points 1 Red Bull Racing-RBPT 18 1 2 1P 1 F 1F 1 1 1 1P 2 2P 1 F 1 1 1F 1PF 1 1 1P 1 1P 64 719 19 4P Ret 23 4 2F 3 2F Ret 7 Ret5 4 5 2 5 6F 7 2 4 3 75 2 Ferrari 1PF 2F 1PF 62 2P 4 2 RetP 2F 1P 12 5F 4 3P 3 2P 2P 3 3 5 32 524 2 3 Ret Ret4 3 RetP 4P Ret 5 4 Ret3 RetP 6 6 8 4 3 Ret RetP 6 46 3 Mercedes 3 5 3 4 5 3 5 3 3 3F 38 2 2F 4 2 3 9 5 2 2 11 F 505 4 10 4 13 6 5 8 4 4 Ret 44 3 3P Ret 4 5 14F 8 5F 4F 23 4 Alpine-Renault 7 6 7 14 8 7 7 7 6 5 56 6 8 5 6 11 Ret 4 7 8 5 167 9 Ret 17 Ret 11 9 12 10 9 Ret 10 8 9 7 9 Ret Ret 7 11 19 8 5 McLaren-Mercedes 14 7 5 35 13 8 6F 8 11 6 7 7 7 12 7 7 4 10 6 7 Ret7 148 15 Ret 6 186 Ret 12 13 9 15 13 9 9 15 15 17 Ret 5 11 16 9 Ret 6 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 6 11 8 57 7 6 9 11 7 Ret 11 14 13 14 16 10 11 15 12 10 9 55 10 Ret 11 15 Ret Ret 16 Ret 8 Ret 14 16 20 Ret Ret 13 Ret 16F Ret 13 12 7 Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 12 12 12 8 10 11 10 6 10 9 13 10 10 8 10 Ret 6 6 8 14 10 50 17 13 Ret 10 17 15 14 16 12 11 17 11 11 11 14 Ret 8 12 Ret 15 11 8 Haas-Ferrari 5 9 13 98 15 14 Ret 14 17 8 6 15 14 16 13 12 12 14 9 16 13 37 11 WD 14 17 16 17 Ret Ret Ret 10 87 Ret 16 17 15 16 13 17 15 17 RetP 8 9 AlphaTauri-RBPT 8 8 9 7 12 10 11 5 14 14 15 12 12 9 11 8 10 13 10 11 14 35 Ret DNS 15 12 Ret 13 17 13 Ret Ret 16 Ret 19 13 Ret 14 Ret 18 14 Ret 17 10 Williams-Mercedes 13 14 10 11 9 16 15 12 13 12 12 13 17 10 12 9 Ret 9 13 12 15 8 16 Ret 16 16 14 18 Ret 15 16 Ret Ret Ret 18 18 18 15 Ret Ret 17 18 16 Pos. Constructor BHR SAU AUS EMI MIA ESP MON AZE CAN GBR AUT FRA HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN USA MXC SAP ABU Points Source:

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (empty cell) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap Superscript number Points-scoring position in sprint

Notes:

•  – Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
• Rows are not related to the drivers: within each team, individual Grand Prix standings are sorted purely based on the final classification in the race (not by total points scored in the event, which includes points awarded for fastest lap and sprint).

See also

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