2022 was a year of frustration for Mercedes, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, as they had to get to grips with the shock of not being the best team on the grid. Following so much domination in the hybrid era, it was a huge surprise to the team to have slipped so far behind both
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The 2022 season would have come as a shock to the system of Lewis Hamilton, as the seven-time world champion was forced to adjust to battling outside of the podium places. Red Bull and Ferrari got off to a lightening quick start under the new regulations that came into play at the start of the
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McLaren were expected to take advantage of the major regulation changes that came into effect at the start of 2022, with many tipping the team to become regular podium challengers following a strong end to 2021. Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo’s difference in form was one of the key reasons that the team were unable
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2022 was a remarkable year for Red Bull, as the team finally claimed their first Constructors’ Championship since 2013, after a dominant campaign which saw Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez win 17 races between them. Verstappen incredibly claimed 15 of those himself, something which saw the Dutchman break the record for most wins in a
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2022 was, without a doubt, Red Bull’s season, with the Austrians having been imperious for virtually the entire campaign. The Milton Keynes-based outfit ultimately claimed the Constructors’ Championship with ease, their first since 2013, the year before the hybrid generation of Formula 1 started. On their way to a well-deserved crown, Max Verstappen and Sergio
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Never in Red Bull’s wildest dreams would they have thought that they would not only win the 2022 constructors’ championship, bringing Mercedes’ eight-year reign to an end, but they would beat the Silver Arrows by a stunning 244 points. It seemed in pre-season testing that Mercedes had chosen to go down a different development path
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After ending the 2021 season in eighth place, following a second half of the season that saw point scoring performances from both Nicholas Lafifi and George Russell, it was hoped that Williams would be able to carry their momentum in 2022. Unfortunately for the team, the teams that the beat in 2021, Haas and Alfa
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McLaren were one of the teams tipped to take strides forward when the new regulations were introduced at the beginning of the 2022 season, however the team got off to a miserable start in Bahrain before recovering to eventually finish fifth. A late charge from the team, helped by a slight resurgence from Daniel Ricciardo,
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Nicholas Latifi was tipped to fill the shoes of George Russell in 2022, as the Canadian had seemed to come on leaps and bounds the year prior while working with the Brit. As it turned out, Latifi was almost immediately pushed into the shadow of new Williams signing Alex Albon, leaving the team no choice
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Formula 1 teams usually adopt one of two models with their driver pairing: they take one two very similar drivers to build a strong team, such as Ferrari with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, or they acquire a championship contender and a wingman, such as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. Mercedes have switched between the
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