2022 was a year that will always haunt Mercedes and remind them of one simple thing; they aren’t as invincible as they once were. The hybrid era has been an incredibly dominant period for the Germans, with the side having claimed eight consecutive Constructors’ Championships from 2014-2020, and six consecutive Drivers’ Championships from 2014-2020. 2022,
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Max Verstappen’s dominant 2022 campaign couldn’t have been any more different to how he claimed his maiden title in 2021, with the Dutchman having faced little competition this year. For the vast majority of the season, Charles Leclerc was unable to maintain his title challenge, with Verstappen having simply been far superior. The 25-year-old claimed
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Lewis Hamilton’s time with Mercedes has been more successful than he could ever have hoped for, as the Brit currently sits on seven world championship titles with plenty of time to win a record breaking eighth. Hamilton’s winning run came to an end in 2021 when Max Verstappen beat the 37-year-old to the championship in
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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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Toto Wolff is one of the most successful team principals of all time in Formula 1, so it makes sense that the Austrian would see similarities between himself and the greats of other sports. Pep Guardiola was spotted by Martin Brundle on his grid walk in Abu Dhabi, and was also filmed deep in conversation
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Team principal ‘silly season’ is underway, with shock announcements coming out of Formula 1 teams on a seemingly daily basis over the winter break. Mattia Binotto was publicly defended by Ferrari, only to resign days later and Fred Vasseur has now left Alfa Romeo to replace the Swiss as team principal of the Scuderia. Andreas
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The FIA have not had much luck with regards to the race director role in recent years, as they were forced to sack Michael Masi at the end of the 2021 season, and then chose to sack one of their two 2022 race directors following the controversial Japanese Grand Prix earlier this year. Masi was
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Formula 1 has been perhaps more chaotic than ever before off-circuit in 2022, with the action continuing to take place even during the winter break. This year has seen one of the craziest driver silly seasons in recent memory, with a whole heap of changes having taken place. The 2022 edition of silly season was kickstarted by
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Mercedes’ struggles were one of the biggest surprises of 2022, as the team got off to a slow start under the new regulations that came into effect at the start of the year. The new era of Formula 1 started with Mercedes already looking significantly off of the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari while
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2022 was truly a miserable season for Mercedes, as the Germans had to watch on as their eight-year reign of being Constructors’ Champions came to an embarrassing end. The Silver Arrows have been the masters of the hybrid era since 2014 and have always remained on top even following slight regulation changes; however, the new
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