After a tooth and nail and, at times, toxic F1 title scrap last year, Max Verstappen's march to a second consecutive title has been the exact opposite. Nauckas takes a look at the factors that have played a role in Verstappen's 2022 domination. ⬇️
The 2022 Formula 1 season has been a campaign of great transformation from the one that came before. This is epitomised in the start of the championship’s new era, with the ground-effects car designs that are already well liked and established.
There are of course similarities, too. The multi-team title fights F1 observers had hoped would return started off restricted to just two of what were already considered to be ‘Class A’ squads. Then, as the year has gone on, it has boiled down to just one top team: Red Bull. The slightest infraction of any racer still leads to bitter and divisive online arguments. But at the same time, F1’s post-pandemic-restrictions boom continues unabated.