2022 Belgian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 28 Aug 2022 for Red Bull, from 14th on the grid; Sergio Pérez was second and Carlos Sainz third. Pole position: Max Verstappen.

Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 18 of 44, from Carlos Sainz; the lead changed hands 4 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 2 to 5). Verstappen stopped 2 times, on laps 15 and 30; 16 of 18 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 13. The fastest lap was Max Verstappen's, 1:49.354 on lap 32. 18 of 20 starters were classified; 2 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 284 points, 93 ahead of Sergio Pérez, with 8 rounds left.

Date

28 Aug 2022

Circuit

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium

Round

14 of 22

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source

Pole position

Max Verstappen (1:43.665)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 20 drivers: Max Verstappen qualified 1st, started 14th; Carlos Sainz qualified 2nd, started 1st; Sergio Pérez qualified 3rd, started 2nd; Charles Leclerc qualified 4th, started 15th; Esteban Ocon qualified 5th, started 16th; Fernando Alonso qualified 6th, started 3rd; Lewis Hamilton qualified 7th, started 4th; George Russell qualified 8th, started 5th; Alexander Albon qualified 9th, started 6th; Lando Norris qualified 10th, started 17th; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 11th, started 7th; Pierre Gasly qualified 12th, started from the pit lane; Guanyu Zhou qualified 13th, started 18th; Lance Stroll qualified 14th, started 9th; Mick Schumacher qualified 15th, started 19th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 16th, started 10th; Nicholas Latifi qualified 17th, started 11th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 18th, started 12th; Yuki Tsunoda qualified 19th, started from the pit lane; Valtteri Bottas qualified 20th, started 13th. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 15, 30), stints of 15, 15, 14 laps

2nd

Sergio Pérez: 2 stops (laps 14, 27), stints of 14, 13, 17 laps

3rd

Carlos Sainz: 2 stops (laps 11, 25), stints of 11, 14, 19 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 16 · 3 or more: 2

First stops

median lap 13 of 44

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2022 standings