Event: Dutch Grand Prix
Track: Zandvoort circuit

First Free Practice Results 2022 Dutch F1 Grand Prix

George Russell

Weather: dry  23°C
Tarmac: dry  33°C
Humidity : 43%
Wind : 1.0 km/h N
Pressure: 1014 bar

Packed grandstands again already at the start of first practice before the 2022 Dutch F1 Grand Prix.

After 15 minutes home driver Max Verstappen set the quickest lap time on the timesheet with a 1:14.714 min on hard tyres. A few moment later Verstappen stopped the RB18 on the track after turn 3 and told his Red Bull team that his gearbox had broke down. A red flag period was used to recover the RB18.Max

When the session restarted Fernando Alonso was the first who tried out a set of soft tyres around Zandvoort and went a full second faster than Verstappen.

Halfway 2022 Dutch F1 GP first practice the top 10 order was: 1. Carlos Sainz (1:12.845 | S), 2. Lando Norris (+0.084s | S), 3. Daniel Ricciardo (+0.232 | S), 4. Fernando Alonso (+0.788s | S), 5. Sergio Pérez (+0.862 | S), 6. Mick Schumacher (+1.318s | S), 7. Esteban Ocon, 8. Alex Albon (+1.721s | S), 9. Verstappen (+1.869s | H) and 10. Kevin Magnussen (+2.110s | S).

With fifteen minutes to go Sainz still was quickest and George Russell has improved to P3 with the Mercedes and  later even improved to P1 with a 1:12.455 with the softs. Later on his teammate Lewis Hamilton also moved up the order and was second fastest +0.240s behind Russell.

McLaren also looks quick out of the box with Norris on P 4 and Ricciardo on P5. It will be interesting to see if the will keep this up in FP2 later today.

The quickest lap time of last year's FP1 was a 1:11.500 min, set by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes W12.

FP1 Times Table 2022 Dutch GP

P No Driver Team Time 1st Gap Laps Tyres
1 63 George Russell Mercedes 1:12,455 28 🔴S
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:12,695 +0,240s 27 🔴S
3 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:12,845 +0,390s 29 🔴S
4 4 Lando Norris McLaren 1:12,929 +0,474s 31 🔴S
5 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:13,077 +0,622s 30 🔴S
6 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:13,127 +0,672s 29 🔴S
7 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:13,416 +0,961s 29 🔴S
8 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:13,633 +1,178s 30 🔴S
9 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:13,963 +1,508s 32 🔴S
10 23 Alex Albon Williams 1:14,063 +1,608s 28 🔴S
11 47 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:14,163 +1,708s 28 🔴S
12 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:14,257 +1,802s 29 🟡M
13 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:14,405 +1,950s 30 🔴S
14 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:14,474 +2,019s 27 🔴S
15 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:14,500 +2,045s 27 🟡M
16 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1:14,534 +2,079s 17 🔴S
17 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:14,630 +2,175s 30 🔴S
18 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:14,695 +2,240s 21 🔴S
19 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:14,714 +2,259s 7 ⚪H
20 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:15,122 +2,667s 32 🔴S

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