| Type: | F1 |
| Grand Prix: | Singapore |
| Previous Round: | 2022 Italian Grand Prix |
| Next Round: | 2022 Japanese Grand Prix |
| Details Ref: | [1] |
| Date: | 2 October |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Official Name: | Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2022 |
| Race No: | 17 |
| Season No: | 22 |
| Location: | Marina Bay Street Circuit Marina Bay, Singapore |
| Course: | Temporary street circuit |
| Course Km: | 5.063 |
| Course Mi: | 3.146 |
| Scheduled Laps: | 61 |
| Scheduled Km: | 308.706 |
| Scheduled Mi: | 191.821 |
| Distance Laps: | 59 |
| Distance Km: | 298.580 |
| Distance Mi: | 185.529 |
| Attendance: | 302,000[2] |
| Weather: | Partly cloudy in a wet and drying track |
| Pole Driver: | Charles Leclerc |
| Pole Team: | Ferrari |
| Pole Time: | 1:49.412 |
| Pole Country: | MON |
| Fast Driver: | George Russell |
| Fast Country: | GBR |
| Fast Team: | Mercedes |
| Fast Time: | 1:46.458 |
| Fast Lap: | 54 |
| First Driver: | Sergio Pérez |
| First Country: | MEX |
| First Team: | Red Bull Racing-RBPT |
| Second Driver: | Charles Leclerc |
| Second Country: | MON |
| Second Team: | Ferrari |
| Third Driver: | Carlos Sainz Jr. |
| Third Country: | SPA |
| Third Team: | Ferrari |
The 2022 Singapore Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2022) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 October 2022 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore.
Although the regular 61 laps were scheduled, only 59 were completed due to the two hours time limit being reached. The start of the race was delayed by over an hour due to a thunderstorm and led to the race starting under wet conditions which gradually dried to allow slick tyres in the second half of the race. Despite a five-second time penalty, the race was won by Red Bull Racing driver Sergio Pérez, with pole sitter Charles Leclerc finishing second and his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. finishing third.
The event was held across the weekend of the 30 September – 2 October. It was the seventeenth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship and the first time the event had been held since, with the and races cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Sebastian Vettel entered as the defending race winner.[4]
Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 116 points from Charles Leclerc, second, and teammate Sergio Pérez, third, by 125. Red Bull Racing team led the Constructors' Championship, leading Ferrari by 139 points and Mercedes by 164 points.[5]
Verstappen could have secured his second World Drivers' Championship in a row. He had to outscore Leclerc by 22 points, Pérez by 13 and George Russell by six. Verstappen could have won the title as follows:[6]
| Driver | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Verstappen | Charles Leclerc |  Sergio Pérez | |
| 1st with fastest lap | 8th or lower | 4th or lower | |
| 1st | 9th or lower | 4th or lower without fastest lap / 5th or lower with fastest lap | |
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[7] The Grand Prix marked the 350th race start for Fernando Alonso, breaking the record previously held by Kimi Räikkönen.[8]
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[9]
The first and the third activation point of the DRS were moved further back, being positioned after turn 5 and after the apex of turn 23, respectively.[10]
Qualifying began under wet conditions with the drivers starting on intermediate tyres, then switching to dry, soft compound tyres in Q3. Charles Leclerc took pole position, ahead of Sergio Pérez and Lewis Hamilton. Championship Leader Max Verstappen was in contention for pole position, but had to abandon his final lap after running short of fuel, leading to him qualifying eighth.[11]
| Driver | Constructor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | ||||||||
| 1 | 16 | data-sort-value="lec" | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:54.129 | 1:52.343 | 1:49.412 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 11 | data-sort-value="per" | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:54.404 | 1:52.818 | 1:49.434 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 44 | data-sort-value="ham" |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:53.161 | 1:52.691 | 1:49.466 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 55 | data-sort-value="sai" |  Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:54.559 | 1:53.219 | 1:49.583 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 14 | data-sort-value="alo" | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 1:55.360 | 1:53.127 | 1:49.966 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | data-sort-value="nor" | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:55.914 | 1:53.942 | 1:50.584 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 10 | data-sort-value="gas" |  Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:55.606 | 1:53.546 | 1:51.211 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 1 | data-sort-value="ver" | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 1:53.057 | 1:52.723 | 1:51.395 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 20 | data-sort-value="mag" | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:55.103 | 1:54.006 | 1:51.573 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 22 | data-sort-value="tsu" | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 1:55.314 | 1:53.848 | 1:51.983 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 63 | data-sort-value="rus" | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:54.633 | 1:54.012 | data-sort-value="11" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | ||
| 12 | 18 | data-sort-value="str" |  Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:55.629 | 1:54.211 | data-sort-value="12" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 11 | |
| 13 | 47 | data-sort-value="sch" | Haas-Ferrari | 1:55.736 | 1:54.370 | data-sort-value="13" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 12 | ||
| 14 | 5 | data-sort-value="vet" | Sebastian Vettel | 1:55.602 | 1:54.380 | data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 13 | ||
| 15 | 24 | data-sort-value="zho" |  Zhou Guanyu | 1:55.375 | 1:55.518 | data-sort-value="15" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 14 | ||
| 16 | 77 | data-sort-value="bot" |  Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 1:56.083 | data-sort-value="16" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | data-sort-value="16" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 15 |
| 17 | 3 | data-sort-value="ric" |  Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:56.226 | data-sort-value="17" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | data-sort-value="17" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 16 |
| 18 | 31 | data-sort-value="oco" | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:56.337 | data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 17 |
| 19 | 23 | data-sort-value="alb" |  Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:56.985 | data-sort-value="19" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | data-sort-value="19" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 18 |
| 20 | 6 | data-sort-value="lat" | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 1:57.532 | data-sort-value="20" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | data-sort-value="20" align="center" style="background: silver" | N/A | 19 |
| 107% time 2:00.971 | ||||||||||
| Source:[12] [13] | ||||||||||
The race was held on 2 October. It was due to start at 20:00 local time, before being delayed to 21:05 due to thunderstorms.[15] The race started with all cars on the intermediate tyres. Sergio Pérez took the lead from Charles Leclerc into turn 1, while Carlos Sainz Jr. passed Lewis Hamilton into third place. Max Verstappen dropped to twelfth place on lap 1, before recovering to ninth by lap 7 when a safety car was triggered following a collision between Nicholas Latifi and Zhou Guanyu, forcing both to retire. Following the restart, Verstappen advanced to seventh, being unable to overtake Fernando Alonso until Alonso's retirement on lap 21 due to an engine failure. Alonso's retirement caused a virtual safety car, leading to Mercedes pitting George Russell for dry medium tyres. An additional two virtual safety car periods followed, the first when Alexander Albon struck the wall, resulting in the loss of the front wing and his retirement due to damage, and the second after Esteban Ocon suffered an engine failure. On lap 33, after running in fourth since the start of the race, Hamilton went into the wall at turn 7. He was able to re-join the track just behind Lando Norris, defending against Verstappen.
As Russell's pace improved, setting fastest laps, the rest of the field switched to slick tyres (Pierre Gasly being the first on lap 34). Due to Hamilton's accident, he additionally had to change his front wing, dropping him to ninth. Yuki Tsunoda crashed out at turn 10 on lap 36, triggering a second safety car. Having stayed out of the pits for an additional lap, this allowed the two McLarens of Norris and Daniel Ricciardo to pit for slick tyres with Norris maintaining fourth position and Ricciardo moving up to sixth. Upon the restart, Pérez continued to lead from Leclerc and Sainz. In an attempt to overtake Norris into turn 7, Verstappen locked up, initially falling to eighth, then requiring an extra pitstop for fresh soft tyres. This briefly placed Verstappen in last until a minor collision between Russell and Mick Schumacher, resulting in both pitting for soft tyres. After leading the majority of the race, Pérez was challenged by Leclerc for the lead. Despite Leclerc gaining DRS assistance and coming within two tenths of a second behind Pérez, he was unable to retake the lead of the race. After recovering to his starting position, Verstappen overtook Sebastian Vettel on the final lap to take seventh. Pérez, having widened his lead to 7.595 seconds late in the race, claimed his fourth career victory and first in Singapore, ahead of Leclerc in second, and Sainz in third. Russell set the fastest lap on lap 54, but finished outside of the point scoring positions.
Pérez was investigated for two separate breaches of article 55.10 of the sporting regulations - falling more than ten lengths behind the safety car, receiving a warning for the first offense, and a five-second time penalty for the second, due to repeating the offence after being warned not to.[16] This reduced his lead to 2.595 seconds, but did not affect his race win. Because both Alonso and Ocon retired during the race, while Norris and Ricciardo finished fourth and fifth, this promoted McLaren to fourth in the Constructors' Championship ahead of Alpine. Additionally, Vettel's finish in eighth and his teammate Lance Stroll finishing in sixth, promoted Aston Martin to seventh in the Constructors' Championship.[17] Latifi received a five-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix, for causing the collision with Zhou on lap seven.[18]
| Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | data-sort-value="per" | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 59 | 2:02:20.238 | 2 | 25 | |
| 2 | 16 | data-sort-value="lec" | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 59 | +2.595 | 1 | 18 | |
| 3 | 55 | data-sort-value="sai" | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 59 | +10.305 | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | 4 | data-sort-value="nor" | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 59 | +21.133 | 6 | 12 | |
| 5 | 3 | data-sort-value="ric" | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren-Mercedes | 59 | +53.282 | 16 | 10 | |
| 6 | 18 | data-sort-value="str" | Lance Stroll | 59 | +56.330 | 11 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 1 | data-sort-value="ver" | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-RBPT | 59 | +58.825 | 8 | 6 | |
| 8 | 5 | data-sort-value="vet" | Sebastian Vettel | 59 | +1:00.032 | 13 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 44 | data-sort-value="ham" | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 59 | +1:01.515 | 3 | 2 | |
| 10 | 10 | data-sort-value="gas" | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 59 | +1:09.576 | 7 | 1 | |
| 11 | 77 | data-sort-value="bot" | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | 59 | +1:28.844 | 15 | ||
| 12 | 20 | data-sort-value="mag" | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 59 | +1:32.610 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 47 | data-sort-value="sch" | Haas-Ferrari | 58 | +1 lap | 12 | |||
| 14 | 63 | data-sort-value="rus" | George Russell | Mercedes | 57 | +2 laps | |||
| data-sort-value="15" | Ret | 22 | data-sort-value="tsu" | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri-RBPT | 34 | Accident | 10 | |
| data-sort-value="16" | Ret | 31 | data-sort-value="oco" | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 26 | Engine | 17 | |
| data-sort-value="17" | Ret | 23 | data-sort-value="alb" | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 25 | 18 | ||
| data-sort-value="18" | Ret | 14 | data-sort-value="alo" | Fernando Alonso | Alpine-Renault | 20 | Engine | 5 | |
| data-sort-value="19" | Ret | 6 | data-sort-value="lat" | Nicholas Latifi | Williams-Mercedes | 7 | 19 | ||
| data-sort-value="20" | Ret | 24 | data-sort-value="zho" | Zhou Guanyu | 6 | Collision | 14 | ||
| Fastest lap George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:46.458 (lap 54) | |||||||||
| Source:[19] [20] | |||||||||
| Driver | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen* | 341 | ||
| 2 | Charles Leclerc* | 237 | ||
| 3 | Sergio Pérez* | 235 | ||
| 4 | George Russell | 203 | ||
| 5 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 202 | ||
| Source:[22] | ||||
| Constructor | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Red Bull Racing-RBPT* | 576 | ||
| 2 |  Ferrari* | 439 | ||
| 3 | Mercedes | 373 | ||
| 1 | 4 | McLaren-Mercedes | 129 | |
| 1 | 5 | Alpine-Renault | 125 | |
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