Formula 1 has announced its calendar for the 2022 season. At 23 races it is the longest ever and remains subject to being approved by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council. The biggest change to the expected calendar is the removal, for the third year running, of the Chinese Grand Prix, with Imola stepping in to host its third Grand Prix in three years.
The new rules were supposed to be in place for 2021, but the financial constraints put in place by the pandemic made it nigh-on impossible for teams to stomach the costs of developing completely new cars, and the change was pushed back to 2022.
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Position
Driver
Team
Points
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
125
2
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
116
3
Sergio Pérez
Red Bull
110
4
George Russell
Mercedes-AMG
84
5
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
83
6
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes-AMG
50
7
Lando Norris
McLaren
48
8
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo
40
9
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
30
10
Kevin Magnussen
Haas
15
11
Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren
11
12
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
11
13
Fernando Alonso
Alpine
10
14
Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri
6
15
Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin
5
16
Alex Albon
Williams
3
17
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
2
18
Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo
1
19
Mick Schumacher
Haas
0
20
Nico Hulkenberg
Aston Martin
0
21
Nicholas Latifi
Williams
0
Updated 16:15 Wednesday 19th May 2022. Formula 1 has announced the Russian GP will not be replaced and that the 2022 season will now comprise only 22 races. The race was set to take place in Sochi on 25th September, but following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24th February, F1 teams, the FIA and F1 agreed the race would not go ahead.
Updated 12:10 Friday 25th February 2022. The 2022 Russian Grand Prix has been cancelled. The move came after a day of pressure on F1 from teams and drivers following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On Thursday evening (24th February) F1 teams met with Formula 1 and the FIA to discuss the situation and it was decided that it would be “impossible” to hold the Grand Prix Russia in the current situation.
Nor announcement has been made as to whether it will be replaced with a new event.
Race
Date
Event
Country
Location
1
20th Mar.
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
2
27th Mar.
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah
3
10th Apr.
Australian Grand Prix
Australia
Albert Park, Melbourne
4
24th Apr.
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Italy
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
5
8th May
Miami Grand Prix
USA
Miami International Autodrome
6
22nd May
Spanish Grand Prix
Spain
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
7
29th May
Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco
Monaco
8
12th Jun.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Azerbaijan
Baku City Circuit
9
19th Jun.
Canadian Grand Prix
Canada
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
10
3rd Jul.
British Grand Prix
UK
Silverstone
11
10th Jul.
Austrian Grand Prix
Austria
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
12
24th Jul.
French Grand Prix
France
Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
13
31st Jul.
Hungarian Grand Prix
Hungary
Hungaroring, Budapest
14
28th Aug.
Belgian Grand Prix
Belgium
Spa-Francorchamps
15
4th Sep.
Dutch Grand Prix
Netherlands
Zandvoort
16
11th Sep.
Italian Grand Prix
Italy
Monza
17
CANCELLED
Russian Grand Prix
Russia
Sochi Autodrom
18
2nd Oct.
Singapore Grand Prix
Singapore
Marina Bay Street Circuit
19
9th Oct.
Japanese Grand Prix
Japan
Suzuka International Circuit
20
23rd Oct.
US Grand Prix
USA
Circuit of the Americas, Austin
21
30th Oct.
Mexican Grand Prix
Mexico
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City
22
13th Nov.
Brazilian Grand Prix
Brazil
Interlagos
23
20th Nov.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
UAE
Yas Marina Circuit
As in 2021 the season will begin in Bahrain at Sakhir with a night race, before the short trip across the Arabian peninsula to Jeddah for the second Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Australian round, the traditional opening race, has moved to the calendar’s third spot, to allow for more time to prepare following Australia’s strict Covid-19 restrictions.
The teams will then face a series of global treks, flying from Australia to Italy in late April before heading across the Atlantic to Miami for the first ever Miami Grand Prix, then returning to Europe for the Spanish Grand Prix in early May.
The European season will then be punctuated by a return to Canada in June before the British Grand Prix moves to an early-July date before Austria. The summer break follows the Hungarian Grand Prix on 31st July then a pair of triple headers will send the teams around the world. The Belgian, Dutch and Italian grands prix are back-to-back and then the Russian, Singapore and Japanese races also come one after the other.
The Japanese Grand Prix takes a traditional October slot before the second race of the season in the United States of America runs back-to-back with the Mexican Grand Prix. The season will finish with the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi races, ending the season a full month earlier than 2021.
A spokesperson for F1 said: “The 2022 season follows an unprecedented two years for Formula 1 in which the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in revised calendar of 17 races in 2020 and 22 races in 2021 – a huge achievement given the international nature of the sport.”
Updated 17:00 Monday 14th February 2022. F1 has announced that three Sprint Races will take place in the 2022 season. There were a trio of experimental Sprints in 2021, which saw the grid set for the Sunday race by a 100km sprint on Saturday, with the top three sprint finishers getting championship points.
Sprints in 2022 will differ slightly, with points now paid to the top eight finishers and the official pole position being claimed by the faster driver in the Friday session. The grid for the main Grand Prix on Sunday will still be set by the finishing positions on Saturday.
This year’s trio of Sprint races will take place at Imola, the Red Bull Ring and Interlagos.
Updated 15:00 Thursday 23rd September 2021. The organisers of the much-delayed F1 Miami Grand Prix have announced that the city’s debut event will take place in May 2022 as intended. The race is expected to be the first of two dates in the US in 2022, with the Circuit of the Americas likely to host its usual round later in the season.
The Miami Grand Prix’s date of 6th-8th May 2022 will mean a bit of a logistical headache for teams, who are expected to have to swing through the Middle East and China to begin the season before the journey to Miami ends the flyaway rounds. They will then likely need to return to Europe for back-to-back rounds in Spain and Monaco.
“We’ve worked hard to create a track with great racing and a venue with unparalleled fan experiences,” said Tom Garfinkel, managing partner of the Miami Grand Prix.
“There has been tremendous enthusiasm and anticipation for this event, and we’re happy to be able to announce the date so that people can start planning for it.”
The 2022 calendar is set to be announced in October after a meeting of the World Motor Sport Countil (WMSC).
Updated 17:00 Wednesday 22nd September. F1’s CEO Stefano Domenicali has confirmed that the 2022 F1 calendar will be announced on October 15th after a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC).
Speaking to CNN the former Ferrari boss confirmed that the plan for 2022 was to hold a 23-race season, one more than will be held in 2021. The original plan for the current season had been for a 23 race calendar, but Covid-19 pandemic pressures have forced a reduction to the current figure of 22.
Domenicali also confirmed that the ’22 season will finish earlier than this season, which will end in Abu Dhabi on December 12th. The 2021 season currently has a space for another race in November. It is thought that this race will be at Qatar, but an announcement is expected soon.
Updated 11:00 Friday 10th September 2021. The 2022 British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone has become the first race on the calendar to get a provisional date after the BRDC – which owns Silverstone – announced it would take place on 1st-3rd July 2022.
The date is a move back to the British F1 round’s more traditional early-July slot, having taken place two weeks later in 2021 on 18th July.
Over 140,000 fans were able to attend the British Grand Prix this year, one of the first major motorsports to take place with fans in the UK, following the Goodwood Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard the weekend before, and Silverstone will be hoping for a repeat in a sunny July slot in 2022.
The full provisional calendar is expected to be announced in the next few weeks, with complications delaying the announcement as organisers try to sort out both the complex 2022 schedule and rearrange races in 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Grand Prix
Circuit
Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park, Melbourne
Austrian Grand Prix
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Baku City Circuit
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
Belgian Grand Prix
Spa-Francorchamps
Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
Chinese Grand Prix
Shanghai International Circuit
Dutch Grand Prix
Zandvoort
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet
Hungarian Grand Prix
Hungaroring, Budapest
Italian Grand Prix
Monza
Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka
Mexico City Grand Prix
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City
Miami Grand Prix
Hard Rock Stadium Circuit
Russian Grand Prix
Sochi Autodrome
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Jeddah Street Circuit
Sao Paul Grand Prix
Interlagos, Sao Paulo
That leaves the Abu Dhabi, Emilia Romagna, Monaco, Portuguese, Spanish, Styrian, Turkish and United States Grands Prix without confirmed deals for 2022. While we can probably expect the Styrian Grand Prix not to return, should the calendar not need filling with double rounds, the Emilia Romagna and Portuguese Grands Prix may hope to remain, although without extra budget appearing it would be difficult to expect them to be back. The same situation is true for the Turkish Grand Prix, which stepped in to replace Australia in 2021.
Of the remaining races Monaco, Abu Dhabi and Spain are almost certain to return and there seems little appetite to leave the US with a single race, so the Circuit of the Americas will probably hold a race again.
Although no indication has been given of the structure of the 2022 calendar, it is now expected that Australia will not host the opening round after a two-year absence. Melbourne’s race had hosted the first race of each F1 season since 1996 except one, but has been missing from F1’s season for two years. Organisers admitted recently that they did not expect to open the season in 2022.
We expect F1 2022 to begin in Bahrain before the Chinese Grand Prix, and then head for the usual European F1 season, beginning in Spain and Monaco in Spring. Canada will most like provide a break from the European rounds either before or after the British and French grands prix while the Hungarian race will most likely precede the mandated summer break.
The second portion of the 2022 F1 calendar will most likely start with the Belgian and Italian GPs before the Formula 1 circus heads away from Europe to the Americas. While no actual dates have been given for the US and Miami grands prix (should COTA return) it’s expected that they will sit at least a few months away from each other on the calendar.
With F1’s head Stefano Domenicali confirming that the calendar is not going to expand beyond the 23-race calendar that was originally scheduled for 2021, there may be some nervous moments for the races currently without deals, before the first provisional calendar comes out in a few weeks’ time. As soon as that F1 calendar is announced, usually around F1’s summer break, we’ll bring you the full rundown right here on GRR.
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