Racing: 2022 Formula 1 Season

[JoVel]

Driver lineup

Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	George Russell
Red Bull	Max Verstappen	Sergio Perez
Ferrari	Carlos Sainz	Charles Leclerc
McLaren	Lando Norris	Daniel Ricciardo
Alpine	Fernando Alonso	Esteban Ocon
AlphaTauri	Pierre Gasly	Yuki Tsunoda
Aston Martin	Sebastian Vettel	Lance Stroll
Williams	Nicholas Latifi	Alex Albon
Alfa Romeo	Valtteri Bottas	Guanyu Zhou
Haas	Mick Schumacher	Nikita Mazepin

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Driver moves from 2021 to 2022

George Russell: Williams -> Mercedes
Alex Albon: Red Bull reserve -> Williams
Valtteri Bottas: Mercedes -> Alfa Romeo
Guanyu Zhou: F2 -> Alfa Romeo
Antonio Giovinazzi: Alfa Romeo -> Formula E
Kimi Räikkönen: Alfa Romeo -> Retirement

Calendar as of January 5th

Round	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Bahrain Grand Prix *	Bahrain International Circuit	20 March
2	Saudi Arabian Grand Prix	Jeddah Corniche Circuit	27 March
3	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit	10 April
4	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix *	Imola Circuit	24 April
5	Miami Grand Prix	Miami International Autodrome	8 May
6	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	22 May
7	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	29 May
8	Azerbaijan Grand Prix	Baku City Circuit	12 June
9	Canadian Grand Prix *	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	19 June
10	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	3 July
11	Austrian Grand Prix *	Red Bull Ring	10 July
12	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	24 July
13	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	31 July
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorcamps	28 August
15	Dutch Grand Prix *	Circuit Zandvoort	4 September
16	Italian Grand Prix	Monza Circuit	11 September
17	Russian Grand Prix	Sochi Autodrom	25 September
18	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit	2 October
19	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka International Racing Course	9 October
20	United States Grand Prix	Circuit of the Americas	23 October
21	Mexico City Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez	30 October
22	São Paulo Grand Prix *	Interlagos Circuit	13 November
23	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit	20 November

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* sprint race weekend

Some key notes about the calendar:

- Introduction of the Miami Grand Prix in May
- Last race at the Jeddah Circuit, as the Saudi Arabian GP moves to Qiddiya in 2023
- Last race at the Sochi Circuit, as the Russian GP moves to Igora Drive in 2023
- No Qatar GP in 2022, but it'll return to the calendar in 2023.
- Australian, Canadian, Japanese and Singapore GP to return after a two year Covid break.
- Two races in the US for the first time since 1984.


Read about the significant regulation changes here.

10 things you need to know about the all-new 2022 F1 car | Formula 1®

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[MXD]

@JoVel , you may want to add the info regarding Sprint Races too (via asterisk or whatever -- it's your post, after all).

Barhein, Imola, Gilles-Villeneuve, Red Bull Ring, Zandvoort, Interlagos

 

[JoVel]

@JoVel , you may want to add the info regarding Sprint Races too (via asterisk or whatever -- it's your post, after all).

Barhein, Imola, Gilles-Villeneuve, Red Bull Ring, Zandvoort, Interlagos

... not gonna lie, I completely forgot they were a thing.

 

[MXD]

... not gonna lie, I completely forgot they were a thing.

I would've liked to forget it, too.

... They even managed to put one at what's possibly the second worst circuit to do so (Imola)

 

[AintLifeGrand]

yawn.. wake me up
when the Rolex 24 and Indycar season starts

 

[Kane One]

yawn.. wake me up
when the Rolex 24 and Indycar season starts

Solid contribution

 

[AlanHUK]

Might not see Hamilton this season:

Hamilton is "disillusioned" with F1, his Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has said, as a result of last year's title-deciding race.
Hamilton lost the championship to Red Bull's Max Verstappen after FIA race director Michael Masi did not apply the rules correctly in a late safety-car period.
Insiders say Hamilton has lost trust in the governing body as a result.

Unhappy Hamilton undecided on F1 future

 

[hockey20000]

dont blame hamilton if he doesnt come back they legit screwed him at the end of season..

 

[Khelandros]

 

[Kane One]

What happened at the end of last year was the purest form of karma. Both he and Bottas ruined two of Verstappen’s races. The season should have been over weeks before.

Plus literally every time Max and Lewis are in a corner, it’s always randomly determined that Max pushed off Lewis, with no consistency whatsoever. Then at the start of Abu Dhabi, Lewis runs off the track, and “gave back the advantage” yet he ended up with a wider gap there even was before.

I don’t believe any of these stories anyway about Lewis contemplating quitting, but if these are true, then cry me a f***ing river.

 

[JoVel]

He's not gonna be retiring. It was the same stupid rumors last off season that he'd hang them up based on absolutely nothing.

As long as the 'evidence' of Hamilton contemplating retiring is him unfollowing people on Instagram, there's nothing to be taken seriously yet.

 

[JoVel]

Red Bull juniors' fight to the AlphaTauri seats in 2023 will be an interesting watch in the upcoming F2 season. Five RB juniors on the gird; Hauger, Daruvala, Lawson, Vips and Iwasa. In a dream scenario (for the RB juniors that is) Gasly moves up to Red Bull in 2023 and Tsunoda continues to struggle, leaving two seats open.

 

[MXD]

It's... Very early for Iwasa in F2.

 

[JoVel]

BWT gonna ruin another good looking livery.

 

[Khelandros]

If it gets the pink off the Aston, then its a win.

 

[Khelandros]

Fantastic:
Raikkonen glad to leave "fake things" in Formula 1 behind

The highlight:
Asked what things made no sense to him, Raikkonen replied: "All kinds of bullshit that goes around. We know it, but nobody says it. Things that I don't think that even should be."

 

[Beech]

I need help. The 2022 car has a bottom side Venturi air channels. Is there an opening below to create suction to enhance down force? Is there an expansion afterwards to drop the down stream pressure?

Does anyone have access to technical info. Maybe design sketches?

 

[Cruor]

23 races is borderline crazy, I wonder when all the support staff/mechanics/etc start speaking out. Good to see F1 branch out and seize on the NA market though. Looks like Drive to Survive on Netflix brought in a lot of younger and more diverse fans.

 

[JoVel]

23 races is borderline crazy, I wonder when all the support staff/mechanics/etc start speaking out. Good to see F1 branch out and seize on the NA market though. Looks like Drive to Survive on Netflix brought in a lot of younger and more diverse fans.

It'd probably take a strike from a large amount of mechanics and other staff from multiple teams to make a difference. Not much leverage in the position they're in.

But I agree. Races used to feel much more special than what they do now. In my mind the sweet spot is somewhere around 18-20 races a season. But you know what they say. Cash is king.

 

[Khelandros]

There is probably a bump in pay with the extra weekends.

 

[DaveG]

I would've liked to forget it, too.

... They even managed to put one at what's possibly the second worst circuit to do so (Imola)

No kidding, didn't even really care much for them if they were going to be one-offs, I'm legitimately annoyed that they're not only coming back but increasing. Not that qualifying doesn't have its own issues but it's still better than sprint qualifying by a mile.

 

[Albatros]

Races used to feel much more special than what they do now. In my mind the sweet spot is somewhere around 18-20 races a season. But you know what they say. Cash is king.

I always thought 20 was clearly too many already, back when there were 16 races each year it never felt like any more would be better. When they made it 17 it was still whatever, but with 18 and 19 in subsequent years it already started to give the impression of diluted value.

 

[MXD]

18 felt like the sweet spot to me.

This is probably as good a moment as any other to reiterate that this post relates to F1.

 

[JoVel]

 

[AintLifeGrand]

Hamilton will not be missed. He would get smoked in Indycar