Red Bull could not have wished for a better start to the new era of Formula 1, as both Mercedes and Ferrari encountered major issues, allowing the energy drink giants to cruise to both championships. Despite Max Verstappen and the team having both titles wrapped up by the time Formula 1 headed to Sao Paulo,
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2022 looked set to be an almost flawless year for Red Bull, as the energy drink giants wrapped up both championships with races to space and were in the hunt for their first one-two in the drivers’ championship. Sergio Perez was locked in a tight battle with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc for the runner up spot
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Going into the final two rounds of the 2022 season, Red Bull had the chance to round of a perfect season, adding the team’s first ever one-two finish in the drivers’ championship to their already dominant year. Sergio Perez found himself in a close battle with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc going into the latter end of
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has hailed Max Verstappen’s 2022 campaign as “the best” he’s ever seen in F1, with the Frenchman labelling it as “99-percent perfect”. Verstappen has been imperious this season, with the Dutchman having claimed a second consecutive Drivers’ Championship with relative ease, given that he won 15 races in 2022. Verstappen’s 15 wins
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he is asked “multiple times in a day” to support a new community or campaign, with the 37-year-old being known as a public activist who fights relentlessly for diversity and inclusion. Whilst the Brit has long been an activist, his work was really put into the spotlight following
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has claimed that Max Verstappen’s dominance over Sergio Pérez isn’t because of the car potentially suiting the Dutchman more, something that the Mexican has hinted at. 2022 was a remarkable season for Verstappen, as he claimed an easy second consecutive Drivers’ Championship, following little challenge from Charles Leclerc and Pérez.
MoreMax Verstappen enjoyed a sensational 2022 campaign, with the Dutchman having claimed a second consecutive World Championship with relative ease. However, ex-F1 driver Hans-Joachim Stuck has accused the Dutchman of having a “lack of discipline”. Stuck’s comment is in reference to the Brazilian Grand Prix, which was the penultimate round of the most recent season.
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Winning races has typically come easily for Mercedes during the hybrid era, with the Silver Arrows having claimed well over a hundred wins since 2014. Despite their experience of winning, though, nothing could prepare them for how emotional winning a race in 2022 would be, following all their difficulties. This season was like no other
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Whilst 2022 was a year with little to celebrate for Mercedes, as they endured their most difficult season yet in the hybrid era, team principal Toto Wolff still managed to do something he’s never done in his time as the German’s team principal. Since taking on the role in 2013, Wolff has been present at the
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Despite all the obvious difficulties that Mercedes faced in 2022, the team can at least be proud of how George Russell and Lewis Hamilton worked together throughout the campaign, where they extracted the most from the poor W13. Given that it was Russell’s first season at Mercedes, the British driver performed valiantly all year and
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