2022 United States Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the 2022 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas on 23 Oct 2022 for Red Bull, from 2nd on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and Charles Leclerc third. Pole position: Carlos Sainz.

Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 50 of 56, from Lewis Hamilton; the lead changed hands 8 times in all. There were 2 safety-car periods (laps 18 to 22, laps 23 to 26). Verstappen stopped 2 times, on laps 13 and 35; 15 of 17 finishers made 2 stops, and the median first stop was lap 13. The fastest lap was George Russell's, 1:38.788 on lap 56. 17 of 20 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Max Verstappen led the championship with 391 points, 124 ahead of Charles Leclerc, with 3 rounds left.

Date

23 Oct 2022

Circuit

Circuit of the Americas, Austin, USA

Round

19 of 22

Winner

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Tyre compounds

C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source

Pole position

Carlos Sainz (1:34.356)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 19 drivers: Charles Leclerc qualified 2nd, started 12th; Max Verstappen qualified 3rd, started 2nd; Sergio Pérez qualified 4th, started 9th; Lewis Hamilton qualified 5th, started 3rd; George Russell qualified 6th, started 4th; Lance Stroll qualified 7th, started 5th; Lando Norris qualified 8th, started 6th; Fernando Alonso qualified 9th, started 14th; Valtteri Bottas qualified 10th, started 7th; Alexander Albon qualified 11th, started 8th; Sebastian Vettel qualified 12th, started 10th; Pierre Gasly qualified 13th, started 11th; Guanyu Zhou qualified 14th, started 18th; Yuki Tsunoda qualified 15th, started 19th; Kevin Magnussen qualified 16th, started 13th; Daniel Ricciardo qualified 17th, started 15th; Esteban Ocon qualified 18th, started from the pit lane; Mick Schumacher qualified 19th, started 16th; Nicholas Latifi qualified 20th, started 17th. 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 13, 35), stints of 13, 22, 21 laps

2nd

Lewis Hamilton: 2 stops (laps 12, 34), stints of 12, 22, 22 laps

3rd

Charles Leclerc: 2 stops (laps 18, 35), stints of 18, 17, 21 laps

Finishers

1 stop: 1 · 2 stops: 15 · 3 or more: 1

First stops

median lap 13 of 56

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