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2022 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from the race weekend in Jeddah.

Session Reports

FP1: Leclerc pips Verstappen in opening practice in Jeddah Corniche Circuit

FP2: Leclerc fastest in Jeddah FP2, but both Ferraris clip the wall

FP3: Leclerc still fastest from Verstappen in final practice in Jeddah

Qualifying: Perez storms to maiden pole in Jeddah, Hamilton eliminated in Q1

Race: Verstappen snatches late win from Leclerc in Saudi Arabian GP

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Jeddah

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Jeddah

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.772s		17
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.888s	+ 0.116s	24
3	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.084s	+ 0.312s	22
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:31.139s	+ 0.367s	14
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.317s	+ 0.545s	28
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.505s	+ 0.733s	26
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.563s	+ 0.791s	25
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.026s	+ 1.254s	26
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.364s	+ 1.592s	20
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:32.381s	+ 1.609s	23
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:32.506s	+ 1.734s	24
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.582s	+ 1.810s	23
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.594s	+ 1.822s	24
14	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:32.608s	+ 1.836s	26
15	George Russell	Mercedes	1:32.839s	+ 2.067s	19
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:33.034s	+ 2.262s	23
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:33.087s	+ 2.315s	25
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.529s	+ 2.757s	26
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:34.429s	+ 3.657s	22
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas			2

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.074s		15
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.214s	+ 0.140s	23
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.320s	+ 0.246s	12
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.360s	+ 0.286s	24
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.513s	+ 0.439s	24
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.664s	+ 0.590s	29
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.735s	+ 0.661s	26
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.760s	+ 0.686s	26
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:30.832s	+ 0.758s	14
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.886s	+ 0.812s	26
11	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.944s	+ 0.870s	27
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.963s	+ 0.889s	29
13	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:31.169s	+ 1.095s	27
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.372s	+ 1.298s	28
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:31.527s	+ 1.453s	23
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:31.615s	+ 1.541s	30
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.615s	+ 1.541s	27
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.814s	+ 1.740s	26
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.866s	+ 1.792s	29
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.344s	+ 2.270s	13

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.735s		22
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.768s	+ 0.033s	11
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.833s	+ 0.098s	15
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.009s	+ 0.274s	21
5	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:30.030s	+ 0.295s	21
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.139s	+ 0.404s	15
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.148s	+ 0.413s	11
8	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.262s	+ 0.527s	17
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.296s	+ 0.561s	16
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.415s	+ 0.680s	18
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.707s	+ 0.972s	17
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:30.765s	+ 1.030s	16
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:30.946s	+ 1.211s	19
14	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.983s	+ 1.248s	14
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.067s	+ 1.332s	17
16	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:31.186s	+ 1.451s	15
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.374s	+ 1.639s	15
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:31.424s	+ 1.689s	17
19	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.529s	+ 1.794s	16
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.992s	+ 2.257s	13

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:29.705s	1:28.924s	1:28.200s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.039s	1:28.780s	1:28.225s
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:28.855s	1:28.686s	1:28.402s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.928s	1:28.945s	1:28.461s
5	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.093s	1:29.584s	1:29.068s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.680s	1:29.618s	1:29.104s
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:29.978s	1:29.295s	1:29.147s
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:29.683s	1:29.404s	1:29.183s
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:29.891s	1:29.418s	1:29.254s
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:29.831s	1:29.546s	1:29.588s
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.957s	1:29.651s
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.009s	1:29.773s
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:29.978s	1:29.819s
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:30.167s	1:29.920s
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.256s	1:31.009s
16	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.343s
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.492s
18	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:30.543s
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.817s
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	50 laps - 1:24:19.293s	1
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 0.549s	1
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 8.097s	1
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 10.800s	1
5	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 32.732s	1
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 56.017s	1
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 56.124s	1
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 62.946s	1
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 64.308s	1
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 73.948s	1
11	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	+ 82.215s	2
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	+ 91.742s	1
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	1
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	1
	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	DNF	1
	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	DNF	1
	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	DNF	1
	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	DNF	0
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	DNF	0
	Mick Schumacher	Haas	DNS	0

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