The Italian Grand Prix 2022 was the 16th round of the 2022 F1 season, and took place at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy, during the weekend of the 9th to the 11th of September.
Max Verstappen won the race after starting in the 7th position, followed by Charles Leclerc, who originally had the pole position, and George Russell completing the podium.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
There were a total of 28 pit stops during the race.
The most popular pit stop windows were:
- Laps 18-19: 7 stops
- Laps 46-48: 8 stops
The fastest pit stop was Sergio Pérez's, stopping the clock at 23.299 seconds during his pit stop on lap 42, while the slowest one was was Kevin Magnussen's, who stopped the clock at 30.164 seconds, 6.865 seconds slower than Pérez, during his pit stop on lap 24.
These times include the time the driver spent going through the pit lane, as well as the actual time he stopped for the mechanics to work on his car.
Strategy
The race was not obvious in terms of pit stop strategy, with different teams and different drivers choosing to make anywhere from 1 to 3 stops.
The race winner, Max Verstappen, was on a 2 stops strategy.
1 stop
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6Lance Stroll
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3Pierre Gasly
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1Guanyu Zhou
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13Daniel Ricciardo
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3Esteban Ocon
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1Nyck de Vries
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14Lewis Hamilton
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5Mick Schumacher
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2Valtteri Bottas
2 stops
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7Sergio Pérez
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5Nicholas Latifi
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6Yuki Tsunoda
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1George Russell
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-Kevin Magnussen
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6Max Verstappen
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14Carlos Sainz
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4Lando Norris
3 stops
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1Charles Leclerc
Excluding those drivers who could not finish the race, those on a 1 stop strategy gained 2.71 positions on average, the ones on a 2 stops strategy gained 2.88 positions on average, while those on a 3 stops strategy lost an average of 1 positions.
This difference in possitions gained, together with a deeper nalaysis of each strategy, reinforces the conclusion that a 2 stops strategy was the best option.
It is important to note that this might not always be the case for other races held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, as the conditions might change from year to year, in terms of wheel degradation, accidents, safety cars, etc.
Incidents
There were some incidents during the race, with 4 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Daniel Ricciardo, who had an oil leak on lap 45, Lance Stroll, and Sebastian Vettel, both suffered an engine malfunction, and Fernando Alonso, who had a loss of water pressure on lap 31.
Oil leak
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Daniel RicciardoLap 45
Engine
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Lance StrollLap 39
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Sebastian VettelLap 10
Water pressure
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Fernando AlonsoLap 31
Qualifying
Charles Leclerc managed to get the pole position by 0.145 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:20.161. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Max Verstappen.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and 11 out of the 14 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. It therefore comes as no surprise that 7 out of the 9 drivers that took place in Q3 were able to improve their times.