2022 Bahrain Grand Prix
| 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 1 of 22 in the 2022 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | ||||
| Date | 20 March 2022 | |||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 | |||
| Location |
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain | |||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | |||
| Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 miles) | |||
| Distance | 57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 miles) | |||
| Weather | Clear | |||
| Attendance | 98,000 | |||
| Pole position | ||||
| Driver | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:30.558 | |||
| Fastest lap | ||||
| Driver | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:34.570 on lap 51 | |||
| Podium | ||||
| First | Ferrari | |||
| Second | Ferrari | |||
| Third | Mercedes | |||
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Lap leaders | ||||
The 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022) was a Formula One race that was held on 20 March 2022 at the Bahrain International Circuit. Contested over 57 laps, it served as the season opener of the 2022 Formula One World Championship and was the eighteenth running of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc won the race after starting from pole position, his first win since the 2019 Italian Grand Prix. He led all but two laps and scored a hat-trick with pole, race win, and fastest lap, falling just short of a grand slam. His teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. finished in second with Lewis Hamilton in third, as reigning champion Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez both retired from podium positions with fuel problems late in the race. It was Ferrari's first win and 1–2 finish since the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix. The race also saw the debut of Zhou Guanyu, who became the first Chinese driver to race in Formula One and the first to score points.