2022 Mexico City Grand Prix
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Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Race details[1]
Date	30 October 2022
Official name	Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022
Location	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.304 km (2.674 miles)
Distance	71 laps, 305.354 km (189.738 miles)
Weather	Partly cloudy
Attendance	395,902[2]
Pole position
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Time	1:17.775
Fastest lap
Driver	George Russell	Mercedes
Time	1:20.153 on lap 71
Podium
First	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Second	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Third	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT
Lap leaders

The 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio de la Ciudad de México 2022) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 30 October 2022 at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico. The race was the 20th round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship and marked the 22nd edition of the Mexican Grand Prix, which was run under the name Mexico City Grand Prix for the second time. It was won by defending champion Max Verstappen, who was followed by Lewis Hamilton in second and Sergio Pérez in third.

The event was held across the weekend of the 28–30 October. It was the twentieth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship.

Going into the weekend, both the Drivers' and Constructors' titles had already been decided at the Japanese and United States Grands Prix, respectively. Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 124 points from Charles Leclerc, second, and 126 from teammate Sergio Pérez, third. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari by 187 points and Mercedes by 240 points.^[3]

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.^[4] Pietro Fittipaldi, Logan Sargeant, Liam Lawson and Nyck de Vries drove for Haas in place of Kevin Magnussen, for Williams in place of Alexander Albon, for AlphaTauri in place of Yuki Tsunoda, and for Mercedes in place of George Russell, respectively, during the first practice session.^[5][6][7][8] Jack Doohan drove for Alpine in place of Esteban Ocon in the same session, making his Formula One practice debut.^[9]

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.^[10]

Aston Martin's Lance Stroll carried a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round, the United States Grand Prix.^[11]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:19.222	1:18.566	1:17.775	1
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.583	1:18.565	1:18.079	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:19.169	1:18.552	1:18.084	3
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	1:19.706	1:18.615	1:18.128	4
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:19.566	1:18.560	1:18.351	5
6	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:19.523	1:18.762	1:18.401	6
7	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:19.505	1:19.109	1:18.555	7
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.857	1:19.119	1:18.721	8
9	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	1:20.006	1:19.272	1:18.939	9
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:19.945	1:19.081	1:19.010	10
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.279	1:19.325	N/A	11
12	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:20.283	1:19.476	N/A	12
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:19.907	1:19.589	N/A	13
14	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	1:20.256	1:19.672	N/A	14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:20.293	1:19.833	N/A	191
16	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	1:20.4192	N/A	N/A	15
17	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:20.4192	N/A	N/A	16
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:20.520	N/A	N/A	203
19	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.859	N/A	N/A	17
20	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:21.167	N/A	N/A	18
107% time: 1:24.710
Source:[12][13]

• ^1 – Kevin Magnussen received a five-place grid penalty for exceeding his quota of power unit elements.^[14]
• ^2 – Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel set the identical lap time. Schumacher was classified ahead of Vettel as he set the lap earlier.^[12]
• ^3 – Lance Stroll received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the previous round.^[11]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	71	1:38:36.729	1	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+15.186	3	18
3	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-RBPT	71	+18.097	4	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	71	+49.431	2	131
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	71	+58.123	5	10
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+1:08.774	7	8
7	3	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap2	11	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	70	+1 lap	10	4
9	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	8	2
10	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	6	1
11	10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri-RBPT	70	+1 lap	14
12	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	17
13	24	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	12
14	5	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	16
15	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	70	+1 lap	20
16	47	Mick Schumacher	Haas-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	15
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	70	+1 lap	19
18	6	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	69	+2 laps	18
193	14	Fernando Alonso	Alpine-Renault	63	Engine	9
Ret	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-RBPT	50	Collision damage	13
Fastest lap: George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:20.153 (lap 71)
Source::[13][15][16][failed verification]

Notes

• ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.^[16]
• ^2 – Daniel Ricciardo received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^{[15][failed verification]}
• ^3 – Fernando Alonso was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.^[15]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Max Verstappen* 416 1 2 Sergio Pérez 280 1 3 Charles Leclerc 275 4 George Russell 231 1 5 Lewis Hamilton 216 Source:[17]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Red Bull Racing-RBPT* 696 2 Ferrari 487 3 Mercedes 447 4 Alpine-Renault 153 5 McLaren-Mercedes 146 Source:[17]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Competitors in bold and marked with an asterisk are the 2022 world champions.