2022 Grid
TOP TEAMS
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Valtteri Bottas
Nationality: Finnish Racing Driver
Team: Mercedes
Number: #77
Pole Positions (as of 2023): 15
Podiums: 55
Wins: 9
Fun Fact: Served as a corporal in the Finnish Army
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Stoffel Vandorne (He took the place of 8-time world champion Lewis Hamilton after the 2021 season ended)
Nationality: Belgian Racing Driver
Team: Mercedes
Number: #2
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 2
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: (not true, made up just for this story) Took part in two races and earned two podiums following injuries to McLaren driver Lando Norris after he fell while skiing.
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Charles Leclerc
Nationality: Monégasque Racing Driver
Team: Scuderia Ferrari
Number: #16
Pole Positions: 7
Podiums: 12
Wins: 2
Fun Fact: He was 3 when he first started racing
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Carlos Sainz Jr.
Nationality: Spanish Racing Driver
Team: Scuderia Ferrari
Number: #55
Pole Positions: 2
Podiums: 2
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: Son of 2-time Rally Champion Carlos Sainz Sr.
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Max Verstappen
Nationality: Belgian-Dutch Racing Driver
Team: Red Bull
Number: #33
Pole Positions: 2
Podiums: 50
Wins: 9
Fun Fact: He was actually born in Belgium not the Netherlands
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Sergio Perez
Nationality: Mexican Racing Driver
Team: Red Bull
Number: #11
Pole Positions: 0 (the Red Bull is still wrapped around Verstappen)
Podiums: 1
Wins: 1
Fun Fact: He saved Racing Point's @$$ from getting bankrupted but was kicked out of the team to allow Sebastian Vettel to take his place.
MIDFIELD TEAMS
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Daniel Riccardo
Nationality: Australian Racing Driver
Team: McLaren Mercedes
Number: #3
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 4
Wins: 1 (win 2021 when the McLaren had its Mercedes Engine)
Fun Fact: The only driver on the 2022 grid with an Australian Background
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Lando Norris
Nationality: British Racing Driver
Team: McLaren Mercedes
Number: #4
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 3
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He was the youngest British man to race in F1
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Esteban Ocon
Nationality: French Racing Driver
Team: Alpine F1
Number: #31
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 3
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He made his debut in F1 with Manor in 2016
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Fernando Alonso
Nationality: Spanish Racing Driver
Team: Alpine F1
Number: #14
Pole Positions: 22
Podiums: 97
Fun Fact: Along with Sebastian Vettel, they are the only drivers to have won more than one Driver's Championship
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George Russell
Nationality: British Racing Driver
Team: Jaguar Racing
Number: #63
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He is the only driver on the 2022 grid that has former seasons in F1 and is yet to score a single point.
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William Hunt
Nationality: British Racing Driver
Team: Jaguar Racing
Number: #21
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He was the first driver to DNF in the 2022 Pre-Season Testing.
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Pierre Gasly (god his name is hard to spell)
Nationality: French Racing Driver
Team: Scuderia Alpha Tauri
Number: #10
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 2
Wins: 1
Fun Fact: After Gasly's win at Monza in 2020 he was the first French driver to win a Grand Prix since Olivier Panis won the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix.
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Yuki Tsunoda
Nationality: Japanese Racing Driver
Team: Scuderia Alpha Tauri
Number: #22
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He is the only Japanese F1 driver on the 2022 Grid
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Sebastian Vettel
Nationality: German Racing Driver
Team: Aston Martin
Number: #5
Pole Positions: 57
Podiums: 121
Wins: 53
Fun Fact: Along with Fernando Alonso, they are the only drivers to have won more than one Driver's Championship
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Lance Stroll
Nationality: Canadian Racing Driver
Team: Aston Martin
Number: #18
Pole Positions: 1
Podiums: 2
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: Lance became the 2nd youngest podium-sitter after his Baku 2017 P3
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Nicholas Latifi
Nationality: Canadian Racing Driver
Team: Williams Racing
Number: #6
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: His father is the CEO of Sofina Foods (I believe that is one of William's title sponsors)
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Jack Aitken
Nationality: British Racing Driver
Team: Williams Racing
Number: #9
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He took place in the Sakir Grand Prix in 2020 following Russell going to Mercedes after Lewis Hamilton tested positive for the Coronavirus.
BACK-MARKER TEAMS
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Kimi Raikkonen
Nationality: Finnish Racing Driver
Team: Sauber F1 (since we already have one Alpha I changed Alfa Romeo back to Sauber)
Number: #7
Pole Positions: 18
Podiums: 103
Wins: 21
Fun Fact: Including him, the only three drivers (Vettel, Kimi, and Alonso) that have won a Championship all spent time in a Ferrari F1 car
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Callum Ilott
Nationality: British Racing Driver
Team: Sauber F1
Number: #11
Pole Positions: 0 (there's a reason why Sauber is a backmarker)
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: When Giovinazzi scored his first points of this career his team gave him a haircut
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Mick Schumacher
Nationality: German Racing Driver
Team: MoneyGram HAAS F1
Number: #47
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He is a descendent of famous F1 driver Michael Schumacher
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Nikita Mazepin
Nationality: Russian Racing Driver
Team: MoneyGram HAAS F1
Number: #24
Pole Positions: 0
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Fun Fact: He is the son of Dmitry Mazepin, who is the core shareholder and chairman of the Uralchem Integrated Chemicals Company.
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