2022 - A Look Ahead

[Fortitude]

F1 2022 review: The 5 standout performers on this year's grid.
The 2022 F1 season provided us with plenty of drama, excitement and talking points, with Max Verstappen proving the cream of the crop in the end as he sealed a second world title.
Published: 22 Nov 2022, 15:17
By George Dagless

Time, then, to take a look at the five drivers that perhaps stood out more than anyone else this season and we have to start with the 25-year-old…
Max Verstappen: Is it fair to say we’re watching an all-time great in Max Verstappen? Perhaps it’s too early to judge but if you look at stats and stats alone then it is a conversation that should be had.

Charles Leclerc: Sure, Leclerc finished a distant P2 this year in the end but this was a season that showed he has it in him to win a world championship, make no mistake.
George Russell: Very few teammates outscore Lewis Hamilton so George Russell deserves full credit for doing just that this season.

Lando Norris: If there were any doubts about Lando Norris being a genuine star before, there are surely none now.
Alex Albon: Back in F1 after a year away and back to his very best, Alex Albon might not have a big points tally to write home about but don’t let that suggest he did anything less than a great job for Williams this season.

‘5 standout performers’;

https://www.givemesport.com/88086583-f1-2022-review-the-5-standout-performers-on-this-years-grid


F1 2022 season awards: Best race, most improved driver, biggest shock, and more as Max Verstappen takes title
Max Verstappen won his second F1 world championship, but who else takes home a gong at i’s F1 2022 season awards?
November 21, 2022 7:00 am
By Daniel Austin
Sports writer

This is how i saw the season as a whole…
Driver of the year: 15 wins. Two sprint race victories. Seven pole positions. 454 points. Plenty of records broken. Who else could it be than Max Verstappen?

Team of the year: Red Bull’s strategy team and pit stop crew barely missed a beat across 22 races. They fully deserved to win both championships for the first time since 2013.

Race of the year: British Grand Prix at Silverstone, where a breath-taking race saw Carlos Sainz take his first ever F1 victory ahead of Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton.

Overtake of the year: Sebastian Vettel hunted down Kevin Magnussen on the last lap and harassed him around the outside of every turn, before making the move stick with a daring dash around the high-speed right-hander before the penultimate corner. Superb stuff.

Biggest farce: The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was a joke. The safety of drivers was put at risk as an explosion at an oil facility occurred just six miles from the circuit…

‘Best individual drive of the year, Most improved driver, Most improved team, Biggest disappointment, Biggest controversy, Most shocking moment’;

https://inews.co.uk/sport/formula-one/f1-2022-season-awards-best-race-most-improved-driver-biggest-shock-max-verstappen-red-bull-title-1983519?ITO=newsnow


The final F1 2022 team-mate battle results
08:17 Mon, 21 Nov 2022.
by Fergal Walsh
Motorsport Week

The 2022 Formula 1 season officially came to a close on Sunday evening in Abu Dhabi, with the results finalising the team-mate battles from the 2022 season. Throughout the grid, there were close battles while elsewhere, one driver dominated their team-mate during the year.

In the qualifying head-to-head, Lando Norris from McLaren was the most dominant, as he out-qualified Daniel Ricciardo 20 times from 22 races.
The closest qualifying head-to-head was witnessed at Alpine, with Fernando Alonso just edging Esteban Ocon.

‘2022 team-mate battle results’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2022/11/21/the-final-f1-2022-team-mate-battle-results/


The ten drivers ranked 11-20 in the F1 2022 season
Saturday 26th November 2022 8:30 AM
Jon Wilde

Part one of our driver rankings for the 2022 F1 season focuses on those in the ‘could have done better’ category.

To be fair, in some cases they were hamstrung to an extent by the machinery at their disposal, while others will know improvement is needed in 2023 – if they even have a chance to produce it.

Like an old-school chart show, here, pop pickers, is our countdown from numbers 20 up to 11.

‘Driver rankings’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/drivers-ranked-11-20-f1-2022-season/


F1 drivers react to their amusing 2022 pre-season predictions
25 Nov 2022
Formula 1.

The class of 2022 find out how good they are at guessing the future as their pre-season predictions are revealed.

‘F1 drivers react’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.f1-drivers-react-to-their-amusing-2022-pre-season-predictions.1750488247044125866.html


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/showthread.php?42962-2023-Formula-1-Preview-amp-Review&p=1314189#post1314189

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Formula 1: Ranking every driver's season, including Verstappen, Hamilton & Vettel.
Formula One in 2022 saw a change in regulations, tyre sizes and tracks as Mercedes were usurped at the top of the standings for the first time in eight years.
Published: 21 Nov 2022, 11:01
By Sam Pearce

It was Red Bull’s season in 2022 who will go into the off-season full of confidence and drive to achieve the same results next season, but I’m sure there will be hungry horses and eager Silver Arrows on their tails. With the season now over, we’ve compiled a tiermaker of how all 20 drivers got on this season, ranking them from ‘simply faultless’ to ‘one to forget’.

‘One to forget’: Lewis Hamilton, Nicholas Latifi, Alex Albon, Daniel Ricciardo, Mick Schumacher, Pierre Gasly, Yuki Tsunoda, Lance Stroll.

This is probably the most controversial category on the tiermaker, with plenty of drivers falling into this category. Starting off, we have Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time champion of the world. Any outcome that isn’t winning the title is seen as a failure for someone like Hamilton.

‘Ranking every driver's season’;

https://www.givemesport.com/88086218-formula-1-ranking-every-drivers-season-including-verstappen-hamilton-vettel


PlanetF1’s 10 best drivers from the F1 2022 season
Sunday 27th November 2022 7:00 AM
Jon Wilde

You probably won’t need more than one guess at who tops the class of 2022, but which other drivers can look back at their season with most pride?

The latest F1 campaign did not produce widespread success across the grid, with only five individual race winners, yet there were nine drivers who achieved an average mark of over 7/10 for their performances over the 22 grands prix. Here’s our top 10 countdown.

‘PlanetF1’s 10 best drivers’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/10-best-drivers-f1-2022-season/


From Lewis Hamilton to Pierre Gasly: Five drivers glad the 2022 F1 season is over
Wednesday 23rd November 2022 9:00 AM
Oliver Harden

With Red Bull winning all but five races in 2022 as Max Verstappen claimed his second successive World Championship, there wasn’t much for the other teams and drivers to shout about as the Formula 1 season ended in Abu Dhabi last weekend.

But who will be most relieved that the season is finally over? Here, we pick out the five drivers – from Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes to Alpine-bound Pierre Gasly – glad to see the back of 2022…

‘Five drivers glad the 2022 F1 season is over’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/lewis-hamilton-pierre-gasly-glad-2022-f1-is-over/


Toto Wolff says 2022 didn’t have ‘any more or fewer games’ that a usual F1 season
Wednesday 23rd November 2022 11:45 AM
Michelle Foster

After a season in which porpoising and budget caps created headlines, Toto Wolff says politics in Formula 1 is “quite normal” as team bosses want to “protect” their own teams.

But while it may seem as if this year’s seen more political wrangling off the track than usual, Wolff says that’s not so, the Mercedes motorsport boss saying politics has always been a part of the game. “It’s about protecting your own team” he said as per the Spanish edition of Motorsport.com.

“I think we all do that, trying to stay ahead or protect ourselves or, in a way, understand where [team] policy is going. I think it’s quite normal. I don’t think there are more games or fewer games, everyone lives by their own rules, I think it’s quite normal.”

‘2022 didn’t have ‘any more or fewer games’ that a usual F1 season’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/toto-wolff-2022-no-more-fewer-political-games/


Jolyon Palmer's Analysis: The defining stories of the 2022 F1 season
24 Nov 2022
Formula 1.

Armed with data, former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer analyses the defining stories of the 2022 season, including the new regulations, Red Bull's dominance, Mercedes' woes and Ferrari's comeback.

‘The defining stories of the 2022 F1 season’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.jolyon-palmers-analysis-the-defining-stories-of-the-2022-f1-season.1750409632938814740.html


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/showthread.php?42962-2023-Formula-1-Preview-amp-Review&p=1314189#post1314189

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Conclusions from the F1 2022 season: Max Verstappen unstoppable, Ferrari’s failure and more.
With 22 races completed, the 2022 season was not quite the longest campaign in Formula 1’s history – but with one driver winning 15 of them, it certainly felt like it at times.
Monday 28th November 2022 6:00 AM
Oliver Harden

Max Verstappen and Red Bull were very worthy winners of the World Championship, with the team taking both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles for the first time in nine years. So what did we all learn from F1 2022? Here are our biggest takeaways from the year…

Welcome to the Max Verstappen era. The most terrifying thing about Verstappen’s 2022? This may be just the beginning. With Verstappen and Red Bull well placed to potentially paint an era orange, one of F1’s greatest-ever seasons in 2021 looks increasingly like a bridge between one generation of dominance and the next. But, we will continue to live in hope.

‘Conclusions’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/conclusions-2022-f1-season-max-verstappen-ferraris-failure/


Charles Leclerc singles out his most painful moment of the F1 2022 season.
Charles Leclerc has revealed the loss of a victory at his home race at Monaco was the hardest pill for him to swallow in the 2022 season.
Saturday 26th November 2022 12:00 PM
Henry Valantine

The Ferrari driver had been leading in soaking wet conditions around the Principality in May, but while some drivers went straight from full wet tyres to slicks and others had pitted before him, Leclerc’s stop for intermediates was followed by an extra stop just three laps later for dry tyres.

This dropped the Monégasque driver from the lead down to fourth on the road at his home race, eventually finishing off the podium in an extremely disappointing afternoon which saw him lose a probable home win.

He vented his anger at the move after the race, saying over team radio: “No words. The season is long, but we cannot do that.”

‘No words’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/charles-leclerc-most-painful-f1-2022-moment/


Norris dissatisfied with solitary podium finish: “One isn’t enough”
2022 F1 season
Posted on 25th November 2022, 8:1424th November 2022, 22:10
Written by Ida Wood and Claire Cottingham

McLaren’s Lando Norris says scoring a single podium in 2022 “isn’t enough” for himself or the team. Despite taking home his second highest points haul from a season in his Formula 1 career, and his second highest championship position, by finishing seventh, Norris could not match his achievements of the last two years, including four podiums and a second place in a McLaren team win in 2021.

Norris only finished in the top five in three grands prix out of 22 but took third place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Asked if being the only driver outside of Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes to score a podium meant anything to him, Norris said “a little bit”.

“A podium always means something,” Norris said. “It means something to me, it means something to the team, but one isn’t enough. One is like ‘we got lucky’ – you want to feel like you deserve to be there every time. We deserve to be there for sure, we weren’t quick enough to be there. We were kind of way ahead of where we deserved to be.”

“One isn’t enough”;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/11/25/norris-dissatisfied-with-solitary-podium-finish-one-isnt-enough/


[B]Mercedes explain their ‘table of doom’ which predicted worst tracks for W13
2022 F1 season
Posted on 24th November 2022, 7:1525th November 2022, 9:10
Written by Keith Collantine and Claire Cottingham

Mercedes referred to its internal metrics which predicted which circuits would be best and worst for its problematic W13 as the “table of doom”. The team began the 2022 Formula 1 season well off the pace of eventual champions Red Bull and their early rivals Ferrari. Although the team gradually made progress with the W13, even by the end of the season it found the car worked considerably better at some tracks than others.

This was highlighted over the final two rounds. Mercedes won at Interlagos but one week later at Yas Marina were only the third-quickest team. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff revealed on Saturday the team’s “table of doom” had foreseen that swing in performance.

“We always knew that we need to be prudent and not set our expectations based on the Brazil result,” he told media including RaceFans. “I think that circuit perfectly suited our car and everything ran very, very smoothly. And Abu Dhabi in our ‘table of doom’ was one of the worst tracks.” The team’s chief strategist James Vowles explained the thinking which went into the “table of doom.”

‘W13 as the “table of doom” ’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/11/24/mercedes-explain-their-table-of-doom-which-predicted-w13s-worst-tracks/


How many victory chances did Hamilton have in his first winless F1 season?
2022 F1 season
Posted on 23rd November 2022, 13:0623rd November 2022, 14:05
Written by Keith Collantine

Last weekend Lewis Hamilton ended a Formula 1 season without winning a race for the first time in his career. At the opening race in Bahrain, Hamilton’s Mercedes lost over a second per lap to the race-leading Ferrari and Red Bull. It was clear the W13 wasn’t going to win races any time soon.

But by the mid-point of the season the team were starting to lead grands prix, and on a weekend where the track and conditions suited them, and the stars aligned in their favour, victories finally started to seem possible. So how many chances to win a race did Hamilton have before the end of the season? And how many of those might he realistically have converted?

‘How many victory chances?’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/11/23/how-many-victory-chances-did-hamilton-have-in-his-first-winless-f1-season/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

F1 2022 end-of-season report: Best driver, biggest surprise, most under pressure.
The 2022 F1 season was dominated by Max Verstappen as he secured his second drivers’ title, while Red Bull secured their first as a team since 2013.
29 Nov 2022
Connor McDonagh
Crash.Net

Despite not having the quickest car for most of the season, Verstappen enjoyed a record-breaking campaign. Verstappen won 15 of the 22 races, taking the title with five races to spare at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Ferrari and Charles Leclerc should have made it a closer fight, but a combination of poor reliability and operational errors meant they never stood a chance. There might not have been an exciting battle for the major honours, but there’s still plenty to talk about as we look back on 2022.

‘F1 2022 end-of-season report’;

https://www.crash.net/f1/feature/1017985/1/f1-2022-endofseason-report-best-driver-biggest-surprise-most-under-pressure


Podcast: 2022 F1 season review with Medland, Hughes and Smith.
22 races, 20 drivers and 10 teams — our experts look back over a dramatic 2022 Formula 1 season
November 28th 2022
MOTOR SPORT PODCAST

The season dawned with the launch of a new generation of Formula 1 cars and, 22 races later, saw Max Verstappen crowned world champion after a dominant season.

Relive the thrilling racing, dramatic moments and disappointments of the year, along with the key questions we’re left with after a whirlwind series of races.

Why did Ferrari’s challenge falter — and why won’t the team get the cure that it needs? How did Mercedes turn its season around? And what did Red Bull gain — or lose — from breaching the cost cap?

‘2022 F1 season review’;

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/podcast/podcast-2022-f1-season-review-with-medland-hughes-and-smith?nowprocket=1#


Ross Brawn on a stellar 2022 season, pride at seeing F1 ‘as strong as it’s ever been’ and his next chapter
28 November 2022
Ross Brawn
Formula 1 Managing Director, Motorsport

With the curtain falling in Abu Dhabi, Formula 1’s Managing Director of Motorsports, Ross Brawn, reflects on the 2022 season – which saw the introduction of revolutionary new cars and the second year of a brand-new cost cap – and his time working at Formula 1 with Liberty Media.

We had some great races during the season. We had the slow start from Red Bull; they stuttered a bit at the beginning. Ferrari made a great start and we then we witnessed the Red Bull fightback.

From my perspective the wonderful thing was the close racing, the greater entertainment, the greater heartbeat that we all felt so many times in races – and that was a real reward to me that we saw much better racing this year.

‘Stellar 2022 season’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.ross-brawn-on-a-stellar-2022-season-pride-at-seeing-f1-as-strong-as-its-ever.43dwj2yDBu3Yat85cwz4qL.html


Brawn still unsure what “optimum number” of sprint races is for F1
2022 F1 season
Posted on 28th November 2022, 17:02
Written by Will Wood

The number of sprint races on the Formula 1 calendar will double to six next year but the series’ outgoing managing director of motorsports admits he remains unsure what the ideal number should be.

Ross Brawn is retiring from F1 this off-season, bringing to an end a career of over four decades in the sport. He spent the last five years working with Formula One Management after its takeover by Liberty Media and has introduced major changes to the sporting side of Formula 1 in that time, including the budget cap and sprint races. Three sprint races were scheduled during each of the last two seasons. The format will expand to cover six of the 24 rounds on the 2023 F1 calendar.

Brawn told the official F1 website he isn’t sure how many sprint races F1 should hold in a season. “The sprint was an initiative which seems to have worked,” Brawn said. “We’re expanding to six sprints next year. “I don’t know what will be the optimum number we will settle at long-term. Some argue we should have it at every race. We’ll see if that is how it evolves. The sprint has certainly livened up the whole weekend and gives us a full three days of action.”

“Optimum number”;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/11/28/brawn-still-unsure-what-optimum-number-of-sprint-races-is-for-f1/


F1 drivers take a look back at their 2022 season predictions
Formula 1 predictions are hard to make, which makes it reassuring to see that even the drivers themselves are not all that accurate.
Tuesday 29th November 2022 6:00 AM
Sam Cooper

Regulation changes feature heavily: As we know, F1 drivers possess bundles of self-belief, so the makers of the predictions avoided each driver suggesting they would be World Champion by instead asking them first what racing in 2022 was going to be like.

Charles Leclerc is embarrassed at how boring he was: Leclerc’s season was anything but dull but the Ferrari man was disappointed by just how tame his predictions were. The 25-year-old predicted racing will be “exciting” to which he said “that was a very boring prediction.”

Drivers predict their party places: The drivers were also asked to suggest where they will be celebrating and Yuki Tsunoda and Latifi also took the opportunity to highlight their home races. Fewer f-words, Ferrari World Champions and “Full Send Operation!”
While Magnussen’s prediction of fewer f-words for Haas team boss Guenther Steiner did not prove correct…

‘Look back’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-drivers-look-back-2022-season-predictions/


The drivers who surprised RaceFans readers by beating their team mates in 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted on 28th November 2022, 12:49
Written by Keith Collantine

Red Bull: Prediction: 96% of readers expected Verstappen would finish ahead. Result: Verstappen 454 – 305 Perez
Ferrari: Prediction: 54% of readers expected Sainz would finish ahead. Result: Leclerc 308 – 246 Sainz
Mercedes: Prediction: 69% of readers expected Hamilton would finish ahead. Result: Russell – 275 – 240 Hamilton

‘Beating their team mates in 2022’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/11/28/the-drivers-who-surprised-racefans-readers-by-beating-their-team-mates-in-2022/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

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Haas' Steiner to release book chronicling 2022 season.
Haas F1 boss Guenther Steiner has penned a book that will be released next April that gives a behind-the-scenes view of the US outfit's eventful 2022 season.
01/12/2022 at 13:51
Phillip van Osten
F1i.com

Steiner's book is entitled 'Surviving to Drive' -- a tongue and cheek nod to 'Drive to Survive', the Netflix series on F1 from which the Haas boss gained cult status -- and promises to be "uncompromising and searingly honest, told in Steiner’s inimitable style". Haas' first campaign under F1's new regulations kicked off with a crisis during winter testing, when Russia's invasion of Ukraine compelled the team to severe its ties with sponsor Uralkali and Russian pay-driver Nikita Mazepin.

However, the first half of the team's season was also marked by the costly crashes suffered by Mick Schumacher, that compelled Steiner to mull over a driver change for 2023, a prospect that became effective with Nico Hulkenberg's nomination as Magnussen's teammate for next season.

"I don’t think I could have picked a more active year than this one in terms of documenting some of the many things a team principal has to go through in Formula 1," said Steiner. "I’ve never looked at keeping a diary before and while I like to look forward, it’s been fun to look back over this year proofing this book again and reflecting on the many highs and lows we’ve encountered at Haas F1 Team.”

'Surviving to Drive' -- a tongue and cheek nod to 'Drive to Survive';

https://f1i.com/news/462148-haas-steiner-to-release-book-chronicling-2022-season.html


Guenther Steiner says football managers know nothing about pressure
Haas boss Guenther Steiner became a fan favourite following season one of Netflix's 'Drive to Survive' docuseries.
1 December 2022
by Nick Golding
Formula1News

The book titled ‘Surviving to Drive’ is all about how the fan favourite leads the American team, with the book effectively being a catalogue of diary entries from Steiner during the 2022 season.

Steiner was heavily criticised last season for the way he managed Schumacher, something which will perhaps be delved into in the book. The book is dubbed to take ‘fans on the thrilling rollercoaster of life at the heart of high-stakes motor racing’, through Steiner’s diary entries.

Given Steiner’s description of the book, it’s fair to say that fans are in for a fascinating read. “People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that’s nothing,” a quote from Steiner said. “Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes…”

‘Watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/guenther-steiner-says-football-managers-know-nothing-about-pressure/


Mick Schumacher Crash Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022

@gseric4721
In the 90's, that's career ending, and maybe even a fatality. This has to be one of the most dangerous circuits ever, but it's great to see that F1's safer than it's ever been.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3kxpG9Pb-E


Mick Schumacher crashes into the barriers in Monaco!

@nigelleyland166
That car swung as soon as he lifted, I'd not be surprised if the rear wheel energy recovery system did for him there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k49uz7HraD4


Mick Schumacher crash | FP1 | 2022 Japanese Grand prix

@MickPsyphon1
I'm glad he's ok! Aquaplaning at speed can really shock the hell out of anyone. It's as bad as hitting black ice, which I've done at highway speed. There's literally nothing that you can do when it happens, except wait for the vehicle to stop spinning and come to a halt somewhere safe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt43UoyFErY


Steiner to publish behind-the-scenes book in F1 first.
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner will become the first acting F1 team principal to release a behind-the-scenes book when 'Surviving to Drive' hits the shelves in April next year.
Thursday 1 December 2022 08:46
Sam Hall
GPFans

Transworld Publishers will release the book, which promises to provide a fascinating insight into a rollercoaster year for the team that saw the high of a first pole position in Brazil, and the complications of deciding to part company with both Nikita Mazepin during pre-season and Mick Schumacher at the end of the campaign.

"It's the hard work of everyone on our team that has returned us to the fight in Formula 1 and I can't thank everyone who's a part of Haas F1 Team enough for their efforts and dedication. I hope people enjoy this insight into our 2022 season and hopefully they'll come along for the ride in 2023 when we look to build on this year's success."

Steiner's popularity rose significantly due to his role in the Netflix docu-series 'Drive to Survive', something that is acknowledged in the naming of his book.

'Surviving to Drive';

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/97191/guenther-steiner-haas-f1-book/


Guenther Steiner’s tell-all book ‘Surviving to Drive’ set for release in 2023
Thursday 1st December 2022 9:45 AM
Thomas Maher

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner will release a behind-the-scenes account of the 2022 Formula 1 season, as he publishes his first book during the coming months.

Coming April 2023, Guenther takes readers inside Haas F1 Team for the entirety of the 2022 season in his first book ‘Surviving to Drive’, showing what takes place behind the scenes in running a Formula 1 team.

‘Guenther Steiner’s tell-all book’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/guenther-steiner-tell-all-book-set-for-release-in-2023/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

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Ten things you probably forgot about in F1 2022.
Think you know everything about the 2022 Formula 1 season? Take a look to see if you remember these 10 moments which may have slipped from your brain
December 1, 2022
By Nigel Chiu

Mazepin was meant to drive: Nikita Mazepin kept his seat for 2022 despite a very poor rookie campaign but was forced out of F1 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. VAR in F1: Yes you read that correctly, F1 used a VAR (Video Assistant Referee) system in 2022 which was called the Remote Operations Centre.

Super-sub Hulkenberg: When Sebastian Vettel tested positive for coronavirus on the eve of the Bahrain GP, there was only one person who could replace him, Nico Hulkenberg. Pink Alpine: Alpine unveiled a special pink livery when they launched their car in February as part of their new title sponsor BWT.

Missile strike during Saudi Arabian GP weekend: Second free practice session at the Saudi Arabian GP was delayed after a missile from Yemen’s Houthi rebel group hit an Aramco facility just a few miles away from the track. Norris’ brilliant podium: Lando Norris was the only non-Red Bull, Ferrari or Mercedes driver to stand on the podium which is a fantastic achievment.

‘FOUR more!’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/ten-things-you-forgot-f1-2022/


Podcast: How we picked our top 10 F1 drivers of 2022
10:09 Thu, 01 Dec 2022.
The Race

We explain the reasoning behind our ranking of the top 10 Formula 1 drivers of 2022 in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast. The ranking is based on a combined vote of The Race’s F1 team, with all four appearing on the podcast to explain themselves.

Mark Hughes, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Ben Anderson join Edd Straw to sift through our top 10 and explain some of our more controversial choices. We also pick out the drivers who were close to making the cut and the reasons why they ultimately missed out.

‘How we picked our top 10’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/podcast-how-we-picked-our-top-10-f1-drivers-of-2022/


Video: Why teams can’t escape F1 2022’s big problem
16:52 Wed, 30 Nov 2022.
The Race

Thought Formula 1 – and teams – had conquered porpoising? Think again, even if the big talking point of 2022 became less of a big deal as the season went on.

The reality is that the problems created by the biggest changes to F1’s chassis regulations in world championship history will never truly go away and, even if teams have understood plenty about porpoising, it’s still there waiting to catch them out.

In this video, we’re going to explain why that’s the case, what impact rule changes for 2023 will have and why it’s taking teams so long to understand and simulate a problem that first appeared in F1 more than four decades ago.

‘Can’t escape F1 2022’s big problem (porpoising?);

https://the-race.com/formula-1/video-why-teams-cant-escape-f1-2022s-big-problem/


TECH TUESDAY: The most improved, most innovative, best-developed, and most dominant F1 cars of 2022
29 November 2022
Technical contributors
Mark Hughes and Giorgio Piola

Most Innovative: Ferrari F1-75: Two of the biggest innovations of the season were to be found on the same car, the Ferrari F1-75. Its aerodynamics, with bluff out-washing sidepods and their unique upper surface channel, gave a great combination of floor and rear wing performance.

Most Improved: Haas: Haas went from a solid slowest in 2021 – 3.2% off the qualifying pace – to eighth-fastest and 2% off in ’22. It may sound relatively modest but represented the biggest performance gain on the grid and was the difference between being in their own race detached from the rest of the field to being able to mix it in the midfield, even heading it on occasion.

Biggest in-season development: Mercedes W13: Mercedes’ problematical W13 would routinely be half-a-minute behind the winner in the early-season races as the team struggled to understand and control its aerodynamic porpoising and mechanical bouncing problems. By the penultimate race, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were able to deliver the team a one-two result.

‘Biggest performance advantage: Red Bull at Spa’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.tech-tuesday-the-most-improved-most-innovative-best-developed-and-most.1F3uwrDvInhaiyXemkn6Gw.html


Alpine arrived at first F1 test "in shambles" before 2022 recovery
10:07 Wed, 30 Nov 2022.
Luke Smith
Motorsport.com

Alpine clinched P4 in the standings at the Abu Dhabi season finale, ending the year 14 points clear of McLaren and finishing as the leading midfield team behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.

It marked the team’s best result in the constructors’ championship since 2018, and was a big turnaround from its low-key showing in pre-season testing.

Reflecting on the season, Alpine chief Rossi was impressed by the team’s ability to outdevelop its rivals throughout the year and turn things around, conceding it was not in good shape at the initial pre-season test.

‘Arrived at first F1 test "in shambles"’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alpine-arrived-at-first-f1-test-in-shambles-before-2022-recovery/10406270/


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Toto Wolff found F1 2022 season ‘very hard to cope with’ at times.
Toto Wolff admitted the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix had been a microcosm of Mercedes’ season in some ways, showing it has been “very hard to cope” at certain moments.
18:16 Sun, 04 Dec 2022.
Henry Valantine
PlanetF1.com

Having caught up to Red Bull and Ferrari’s pace to a degree where they earned a one-two finish at Brazil at the penultimate race of the season, Mercedes fell away from the pace again at the finale at Yas Marina.

When asked if the year has been tough on a personal level as well, Wolff added: “Yeah, but I think it’s also a lesson in humility and understanding that sometimes things can go wrong, then I think this year is going to make us strong on the long term.

“We will never stop charging, but my perspective is not on one race, but it’s over five and 10 years or more, and that’s the objective.”

‘Never stop charging’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/toto-wolff-mercedes-difficult-cope-2022-season/


Best F1 driver: 2022 Season Review Awards.
Max Verstappen may have won the 2022 F1 title, but was he the best driver of the year? Vote now
DECEMBER 1ST 2022
AUTHOR Motor Sport


Charles Leclerc: Charles Leclerc demonstrated his potential during his first year with Ferrari in 2019, taking a string of pole positions and scoring his first two grand prix wins at Spa and Monza.

Lando Norris: It’s hard to believe that Lando Norris has only just turned 23, given that he already has four full seasons with McLaren behind him, and has started 82 grands prix.

George Russell: No one could blame George Russell for feeling a little frustrated at having to spend three years at Williams, when two years or perhaps just one should have been enough to prepare him for life at Mercedes.

‘2022 Season Review Awards’;

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/awards/best-f1-driver-2022-season-review-awards


Revisiting PlanetF1’s predictions for the F1 2022 season
05/12/2022, 07:19
PlanetF1.com

It’s that time of year again which all F1 writers dread…looking back at those silly predictions they had forgotten about.

You can read (laugh) at all of our predictions we made back in March here, or just go right ahead and follow the thrilling battle for P1, the podium spots and the haunted wooden spoon.

‘PlanetF1’s predictions for the F1 2022’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/planetf1-f1-2022-predictions-revisited/


FORMULA 1 2022 SEASON REVIEW
11:02 Sat, 26 Nov 2022.
CHARLES CROOK
CitiBlog

To a degree, the 2022 Formula 1 season had the hardest of acts to follow. At the start of the year, new look race-cars and the sport enjoying a popularity resurgence thanks to Netflix’s Drive to Survive and a 2021 season that was dramatic enough on its own terms did provide hope of another fine year.

While Verstappen would win the title in 2022 to add to his 2021 crown, however, it wouldn’t quite be the same kind of fight. Verstappen’s 2022 season will go down as an incredibly dominant one, with the Dutch driver winning 15 out of 22 races as he just got away from all the challengers.

The 2022 Formula 1 season is ultimately a strange case. While it did have a dominant name that crushed the field, the ingredients were there for a better title bout. Red Bull delivered their end of the bargain with a strong car and lead driver, but Ferrari couldn’t match it, and it appears as though after the summer break, Red Bull found a way to maintain a strong advantage whereas Ferrari fell behind.

‘2022 season Review’;

https://citiblog.co.uk/2022/11/26/formula-1-2022-season-review/


Top 10 Team Radio: 2022 Formula 2 season.
02 Dec 2022
Formula 1.

We count down the ten best team radio exchanges from the 2022 Formula 2 season, from Théo Pourchaire's joy in Monza to Enzo Fittipaldi claiming his maiden podium.

‘Stop Talking Mate’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.top-10-team-radio-2022-formula-2-season.1751010178335935428.html


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F1 STARS VERSTAPPEN, VETTEL AND RUSSELL WIN BIG AT 2022 AUTOSPORT AWARDS.
Formula 1's superstars claimed the bulk of the prizes at the fan-voted 2022 Autosport awards.
18:31 Mon, 05 Dec 2022.
Jay Winter
FormulaNerds

Two-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen hasn’t stopped winning after scooping up the fan-voted International Racing Driver of the Year Award for the second time in a row at the 2022 Autosport Awards. Retiring Sebastian Vettel took home the Gregor Grant Award for his lifetime achievements in motorsport, whilst George Russell claimed the Moment of the Year award for his first F1 Grand Prix victory.

Verstappen, who scored a record-breaking 15 wins from 22 races in 2022, took out the award for the best racing driver in 2022. The Dutchman claimed the prize ahead of F1 Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc, IndyCar champion Will Power and Formula E title winner Stoffel Vandoorne. The 25-year-old didn’t attend the ceremony but addressed the award show via a video message.

“Thank you to all the fans who voted for me for the second time in a row, coming alongside my second world title in a row. After a tricky start to the year, it was a real team effort to turn it around. All the hard work of the team, including some people sitting with you at the awards tonight, all deserve a big thank you. Have a good night and see you on the track in 2023.”

‘2022 Autosport awards’;

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/f1s-verstappen-vettel-and-russell-winners-at-2022-autosport-awards/?nowprocket=1


All the F1 winners at the 2022 Autosport Awards, including prestigious trophy for Sebastian Vettel
Monday 5th December 2022 8:30 AM
Michelle Foster
PlanetF1.com

Max Verstappen was the big winner at Sunday night’s Autosport Awards, the 2022 World Champion voted the ‘International Racing Driver of the Year’ by motorsport fans. Verstappen made history this past season, the Red Bull driver setting a new record for the most grand prix wins in a single season, 15, as he romped to a second World title ahead of Charles Leclerc.

Sebastian Vettel signs off with the Gregor Grant Award. The recently retired Sebastian Vettel was also acknowledged at the Grosvenor House on Sunday, named the winner of the ‘Gregor Grant’ award. The award recognises lifetime achievement in motorsport, the four-time Drivers’ Champion known not only for his on-track achievements but his off-track activism.

Russell won the ‘Moment of the Year’ award which is awarded to a standout moment from motorsport. His was his Sao Paulo Grand Prix win, his breakthrough F1 victory. Hamilton, meanwhile, won the ‘British Competition Driver of the Year’ award. Zhou Guanyu was named the ‘Rookie of the Year’, taking that ahead of head of Toyota’s World Endurance champion Ryo Hirakawa, IndyCar podium finisher Christian Lundgaard and F2 race winner Logan Sargeant.

‘All the F1 winners at the 2022 Autosport Awards’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-winners-at-the-2022-autosport-awards/


Horner: Red Bull "firmly had a target on our back" off-track in F1 2022
Christian Horner believes Red Bull “firmly had a target” on its back in Formula 1 this year through the various off-track political battles that faced the team.
Dec 5, 2022, 10:20 AM
By: Luke Smith
Motorsport.com

Red Bull swept to both championships in 2022 as Max Verstappen scored a record 15 victories in a single season to clinch his second drivers’ title.

Sergio Perez finished third in the championship with two wins, helping Red Bull wrap up the constructors’ crown with three races to spare.

But Red Bull’s season was not without its setbacks, most notably when it received a $7 million fine and a cut on its aerodynamic testing for the next 12 months after breaching last year’s budget cap.

‘Target on our back’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/horner-red-bull-firmly-had-a-target-on-our-back-off-track-in-f1-2022/10407981/


Parc Ferme: A [Red] Bullish 2022 Formula 1 review
Sean Stevens
1 December, 2022

The ‘Off Season is upon us, and for columnists like me, it often means an editorial drought of newsworthy events. However, it does allow us to reflect on what has transpired over the previous ten months and consider them in the calmer atmosphere of the winter break. A good place to start would be to look at some of the Teams and Drivers, and where better to kick off than the Formula 1 Constructor and World Drivers Champions of 2022 – Red Bull Racing.

The sum is greater than the parts… We can thank Aristotle for this piece of inciteful wisdom. Simply put, if you placed Max Verstappen in an Alphatauri, he would not have won the World Championship. If you put him in a Ferrari and Charles Leclerc in a Red Bull, Charles may have won the World Championship but probably not so definitively. Max would have registered more poles and wins in the Ferrari than Leclerc.

However, I can’t imagine how Max could ever have coped with driving for Ferrari as they were this year. There would have been a meltdown somewhere, probably involving Jos and a hammer! My point is, it is a combination of factors that aligned to deliver Red Bull and Max’s all-conquering season. None of the individual components could have delivered it on their own.

‘Parc Ferme’;

https://www.grandprix247.com/2022/12/01/parc-ferme-a-bullish-2022-review-red-bull/


Latifi: 2022 my worst season in F1
10:02 Mon, 05 Dec 2022.
by Fergal Walsh
Motorsport Week

Nicholas Latifi has conceded that his 2022 Formula 1 campaign was the worst of his three in the sport. Following the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last month, Latifi parted ways with Williams, bringing an end to his stint with the Grove-based squad.

“I think it’s safe to say it’s been a very up-and-down year,” Latifi said. “My first two years were… I guess what you can expect, as the first two years in Formula 1: a rookie season is a rookie season. Second year, I think there was some really big improvements all across, all around, and I guess this year, as a team, collectively we took a step backwards and I just struggled to get on top of the car.”

“This year I would say ultimately was my worst year out of the three years in what was a crucial year for me to secure the future. So, I think that’s the reality of it. And it just didn’t work out in the end.”

‘Crucial year for me to secure the future’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2022/12/05/latifi-2022-my-worst-season-in-f1/


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'No competition in F1 2022 title race, so why is picking highlights so hard?'
The race results suggest a dull and predictable 2022 F1 season, but Chris Medland recalls a deluge of highlights and excitement in a year that bodes well for grand prix racing
10:50 Wed, 07 Dec 2022.
Author Chris Medland
Motor Sport Magazine

17 races won by one team, 15 of those by the same driver, and a pair of championships that were wrapped up long before the final round. The statistics suggest the 2022 season was a really dull one, but statistics don’t tell you everything, do they?

Feel free to accuse me of recency bias, but the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend was full of excitement given the amazing pole position for Kevin Magnussen, and then George Russell’s impressive performance as Mercedes had the outright fastest car for the one and only time this season.

‘Team of the Year’ shortlist and wondered how a team that started the season with the fastest car, took the most pole positions but failed to fulfill its potential and ended up seeing its team principal leave can end up on there. But Ferrari’s step forward from a year ago was mightily impressive, and it did have races where it legitimately looked like the strongest outfit.

‘A deluge of highlights and excitement’;

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/no-competition-in-f1-2022-title-race-so-why-is-picking-highlights-so-hard?nowprocket=1#


Five times F1 drivers out-performed their midfield machinery in 2022
16:05 Thu, 08 Dec 2022.
Connor McDonagh
Crash.Net

While most of the attention is on the front of the F1 field, there were a number of outstanding performances from drivers in midfield machinery. Here are five of the best from 2022.

Alex Albon – Australia. Alex Albon’s 2022 Australian Grand Prix will be remembered for his incredibly long stint on the hard tyres at the start of the race. Driving the slowest car on the grid, Albon went 57 laps to go from the back of the grid to finish 10th - picking up Williams’ first point of the year.

‘Five times F1 drivers out-performed their midfield machinery’;

https://www.crash.net/f1/feature/1018191/1/five-times-f1-drivers-outperformed-their-midfield-machinery-2022


F1 fans vote for best overtake of 2022 season
08:42 Thu, 08 Dec 2022.
by Fergal Walsh
Motorsport Week

Formula 1 fans have decided on their favourite overtake of the 2022 season via an online poll.

Conducted by the official F1 account on Twitter, the winning overtake was awarded to Sebastian Vettel and his move on Kevin Magnussen on the final lap of the US Grand Prix. Over 31,000 fans took part in the online poll, with 57 per cent of people voting for Vettel’s move.

The other 43 per cent opted for Lewis Hamilton’s double overtake for second place on Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez at Silverstone. Hamilton took advantage of the squabbling that was going on between his rivals to sweep through at the final corner.

‘F1 fans vote for best overtake’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2022/12/08/f1-fans-vote-for-best-overtake-of-2022-season/


Mercedes saw signs of W13’s deep flaws in its first run at launch
2022 F1 season
Posted on 8th December 2022, 18:329th December 2022, 6:19
Written by Keith Collantine

The shortcomings with Mercedes’ W13 which led to their least competitive performance for a decade were detected during the car’s very first run, the team has revealed. The W13 was launched at Silverstone on February 18th. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell drove the car for the first time that day.

The team’s head of trackside operations Andrew Shovlin confirmed that was when the team first realised the W13 was not performing the way they expected it would. “To be honest the signs were there from the very, very early running, even on the filming day that we did at Silverstone,” said Shovlin in a video released by the team.

The depth of the team’s plight became clearer over a pair of three-day tests which followed at the Circuit de Catalunya and Bahrain International Circuit. “We then went for three days in Barcelona and the car was not that competitive,” Shovlin recalled. “But we were expecting a big update that we were going to bring to Bahrain. That was the point that we realised that we had a serious issue, at that Bahrain test.”

‘Signs of W13’s deep flaws in its first run’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/08/mercedes-saw-signs-of-w13s-deep-flaws-in-its-first-run-at-launch/


Exclusive: How Red Bull successfully adapted to F1's 2022 regulations
17:11 Thu, 08 Dec 2022.
Author Michael Butterworth
Co-author Dieter Rencken
RacingNews365

In an exclusive interview with RacingNews365.com, Red Bull Chief Engineer Paul Monaghan explains how his team successfully adapted to F1's new technical regulations for 2022.

Did the team have any doubts it had chosen the right path during pre-season testing? "Within your own four walls, you look at the results, and you make your own judgment on how you proceed to have a car that's good in all disciplines and on all circuits," says Monaghan.

"We took our route, but you go to that first test and you think, 'Okay, have we actually made the right choices? Have we got to revise our choices?' Because it's only relative to the others that you're judged. Were our compromises at the start of the year correct? Not all of them. Did we evolve with it? Yes."

'Okay, have we actually made the right choices? Have we got to revise our choices?';

https://racingnews365.com/exclusive-red-bull-explain-aero-challenges-of-2022-regs


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2022 SEASON REVIEW - get your free digital round-up of an amazing F1 year.
Check out our all-new digital review of the 2022 Formula 1 season, including features on how the radical rule changes mixed things up, the year's fascinating team-mate rivalries
09:33 Sun, 11 Dec 2022.
Formula One - Official Site

‘2022 SEASON REVIEW’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.2022-season-review-get-your-free-digital-round-up-of-an-amazing-f1-year.2Y9ZrAgISW9TJH9ZQUP3IF.html


Motorsport Week’s top 10 drivers of the 2022 F1 season
10:46 Sun, 11 Dec 2022.
by Motorsport Week

The 2022 Formula 1 season came to a conclusion last month, with Max Verstappen rounding out the year with another victory in Abu Dhabi. The Dutchman enjoyed a strong campaign en route to his second title, but some of his rivals also enjoyed a positive year. Motorsport Week’s F1 journalists Phillip Horton and Fergal Walsh list their top 10 drivers of the season.

‘Motorsport Top Ten’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2022/12/11/motorsport-weeks-top-10-drivers-of-the-2022-f1-season/


F1’s paused rivalry echoes around its 2022 celebrations
09:13 Sun, 11 Dec 2022.
By Jack Cozens
The Race

“This year has been really, really enjoyable.” That’s Max Verstappen, speaking about his second Formula 1 world championship title, at the FIA prize-giving ceremony in Bologna on Friday.

It may seem like an obvious statement but there are also parallels to be drawn from those comments, and those from Red Bull team principal Christian Horner about Verstappen’s growth in 2022, and the atmosphere at this year’s gala compared to last year’s, skipped by Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes’ Toto Wolff in the wake of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the way the 2021 title was decided.

It also served as a subtle reminder that needle remains between the two parties. That’s evidenced not just in those Red Bull remarks, which include Horner’s reference to the “heavyweight bout” that was the battle for the 2021 crown, but also in Hamilton’s own recent comments.

“This year has been really, really enjoyable.”;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/f1s-paused-rivalry-echoes-around-its-2022-celebrations/


F1 would end up ‘like WWF’ without the right governance – Ben Sulayem
2022 F1 season
Posted on 10th December 2022, 7:159th December 2022, 23:51
Written by Keith Collantine

The FIA must “be careful” to ensure it regulates Formula 1 correctly and not allow the sport to become “like WWF”, says its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The governing body has faced criticism over its administration of the championship following a series of controversies. At times there have been tensions between the FIA’s enforcement of its rules and F1’s desire to maximise the spectacle.

Ben Sulayem said administering F1 is always challenging and controversy is an inevitable part of it, but stressed the FIA must enforce the series’ rules correctly. “Formula 1, it is the pinnacle,” he said in a press conference at the FIA Gala yesterday. “Always you will find controversy in it, you will find the challenge, the teams are up to the limit there. They always want to find the way to go. So it is a challenging… every hour is challenging there.”

“And it’s healthy. It’s going so good. But you see us, as the FIA, we should also be careful. There is the side of the money, but the governance has to be right also.” He drew a comparison to World Wrestling Entertainment, formerly known as the World Wrestling Federation. “You cannot just have it without the rules,” he said. “You cannot have it without amending it, updating it.”

‘Like WWF!’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/10/f1-would-end-up-like-wwf-without-the-right-governance-ben-sulayem/


What led to F1 2022’s biggest teams’ championship slump
09:18 Sat, 10 Dec 2022.
By Edd Straw
The Race

The recent trend of AlphaTauri having a better car than its Formula 1 constructors’ championship position suggests continued in 2022. But while in previous years it had the performance needed even for an underachieving season to still produce a solid result, that wasn’t the case this year.
And yet, it seemed promising at the start of the year with rival teams casting admiring glances at the AlphaTauri STR03. The consensus was that the team had done a decent job in tackling the new regulations and it was expected to be a strong midfielder.

That wasn’t necessarily a misreading of the situation because the foundations were sound, but unfortunately, the team struggled to build on them. Even then, it had the seventh-fastest car on average pace over the season but could only manage ninth in the constructors’ championship – a drop of three places, its worst position for a decade, with 35 points scored compared to 142 in 2021.

‘Biggest teams championship slump’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/what-led-to-f1-2022s-biggest-teams-championship-slump/


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F1 Debates: Were the 2022 regulations a success?
Four of our writers discuss whether or not the new regulations improved the F1 spectacle in 2022.
December 14, 2022
By Andrew Wright
Total Motorsport

Nigel Chiu: Best we could’ve hoped for. F1’s new regulations definitely worked. Just because the championship wasn’t close doesn’t mean they didn’t. Andrew Wright: They weren’t broken – why try fix them? Last season’s duel was always going to be an impossible act to follow, but that aside, I think the new regulations have disappointed more than they have delivered.

Ed Spencer: Too early to judge. When the new regulations were announced in December 2019, Ross Brawn hailed them as a great leveller for the sport where David could slay Goliath on a weekly basis. His prediction hasn’t aged too well as the pecking order in 2022 stayed relatively the same, giving some paddock judges the view that the regulations have failed.

Adam Dickinson: Time will tell. It’s really hard to not sit on the fence on this one. I absolutely think the regulations were a success in allowing the cars to race closer for longer and we had some really good Grands Prix where that was a key factor in the race.

‘Time will tell’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/f1-debates-2022-regulations-success/


Podcast: Best F1 overtake 2022
December 13th 2022
MOTOR SPORT PODCAST

Williams reserve driver Jack Aitken and F1 commentator Alex Jacques join Chris Medland as they try to decide on the best overtake of the 2022 grand prix season in our review podcast

Hear their expert verdicts on moves that include Lewis Hamilton’s three-wide pass at Silverstone and Sebastian Vettel taking on Kevin Magnussen at the US Grand Prix, then have your say by voting in the Motor Sport Season Review Awards at the bottom of this page before December 22 to have a chance of winning £2,000 Goodwood season tickets.

As well as Hamilton’s and Vettel’s passes, Daniel Ricciardo’s move past two Alpines at the Hungarian Grand Prix, and Charles Leclerc’s perfectly-timed overtake on the brakes at Circuit of the Americas make the shortlist. Scroll down to vote or click to view all of the moments first.

‘Best F1 overtake 2022’;

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/podcast/podcast-best-f1-overtake-2022?nowprocket=1#


F1 FANTASY WRAPPED: The 2022 season in numbers – and your global winner interviewed
13 December 2022
Formula One - Official Site

There were more F1 Fantasy players than ever this season and points being racked up over 22 Grands Prix and three Sprints...
And as we look back at the season, what better time to collate the stats from this season of F1 Fantasy, including the biggest scores, most popular drivers and much more.
Plus, scroll down to read an interview with the winner of the F1 Fantasy Global League, Peter Belck-Olsen!

‘2022 season in numbers’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.f1-fantasy-wrapped-the-2022-season-in-numbers-and-your-global-winner.1MlV0Jy9G26zpxL0Dl4cPU.html


Top 10 battles of the 2022 Formula 1 season
17:49 Tue, 13 Dec 2022.
Formula One - Official Site

Watch our top 10 battles from 2022, including Vettel and Alonso giving it all to the finish line in Japan and the epic five-car battle in Austria.

‘Top 10 Battles’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.top-10-battles-of-the-2022-formula-1-season.1752120026053156129.html


Top 10 Formula 1 drivers of 2022
Wednesday 14th December, 2022 - 5:00pm
By Mat Coch
Speed Cafe

Following the conclusion of the 2022 season, Speedcafe.com’s Formula 1 Editor, Mat Coch, assesses the 2022 grid and ranks his top 10 for the year.

The 2022 Formula 1 season was somewhat less dramatic that the year which preceded it, but just as enthralling.

It marked an all-new era for the sport with new technical regulations and the introduction of the all-important cost cap.

‘Top 10’;

https://www.speedcafe.com/2022/12/14/top-10-formula-1-drivers-of-2022/


Ranking Formula 1’s ten teams on 2022 season: Red Bull, Ferrari and more compared
Wednesday 14th December 2022 7:00 AM
Oliver Harden
PlanetF1.com

It is a truism of sport that the points table never lies – or does it? The 2022 Formula 1 season was one of those occasions when we may beg to differ.

The official story of 2022 is set in stone with Max Verstappen and Red Bull storming to the World Championship, Ferrari fading after a strong start and Mercedes spending most of the time chasing their tails with an uncooperative car.

But how did F1’s 10 teams really compare across the season? Here’s our alternative ranking based on the performance of each team, whether or not they made the most of their equipment and some of the decisions they made along the way…

‘Points table never lies – or does it?’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/ranking-formula-1-teams-2022-red-bull-ferrari/


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Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso: How much damage F1 drivers caused in 2022.
Mick Schumacher‘s topping of the list will come as no surprise to many F1 fans, with his team boss Guenther Steiner even criticising the German’s frequent accidents at the start of the season.
Published: 17 Dec 2022, 10:46
By Matthew Phillips
Give Me Sport10:49

The 2022 Formula One season featured plenty of bangs and crashes throughout, with every single driver suffering a retirement at some point during the season. And so, it begs the question following the season’s conclusion, who racked up the highest bills in terms of repairs and damages?

This very question has been answered by RacingNews365COM on YouTube, who has provided the detailed rankings of drivers’ estimated total repair bills, however, they’re omitting costs for mechanical failures.

So, without any further ado, let’s see who has got their bosses forking out the biggest cheques for repairs at the end of the season.

‘Who racked up the highest bills?’;

https://www.givemesport.com/88095530-hamilton-vettel-alonso-how-much-damage-f1-drivers-caused-in-2022


The much closer F1 team-mate duel that went to waste in 2022
17 Dec 2022, 13:20
By Edd Straw
The Race

Pierre Gasly led the line for AlphaTauri in 2022, but team-mate Yuki Tsunoda closed the gap considerably in his second season in Formula 1 during what proved to be an erratic and trying season for the Red Bull-owned team.

In the races, Gasly was more often the stronger performer – the lead AlphaTauri driver when both finished 10 times compared to Tsunoda six times. But for both, results were hard to come given AlphaTauri’s struggles with the tricky AT03 and the reliability and operational misfortunes that cost it some big results.

AlphaTauri was disappointed with its aerodynamic development rate in 2022, meaning it made less progress on mitigating the generic weaknesses of this new type of F1 car than others – including the weaker front end in slower corners. Gasly often complained about corner-entry understeer that transitioned into oversteer later in the corner, with the struggle to achieve the kind of through-corner balance needed to excel.

‘Duel that went to waste’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-much-closer-f1-team-mate-duel-that-went-to-waste-in-2022/


F1 Laughs at Itself in an Animated Video About the 2022 Season and It's Hilarious
16 Dec 2022, 20:14 UTC
Bogdan Bebeselea
autoevolution

When it comes to the 2022 Formula 1 season, entertainment has come at a premium, at least if we’re talking pure racing. Ferrari looked poised for a championship challenge at the start of the season, only for Red Bull and Max Verstappen to completely dominate the Scuderia.

In an animated video on Formula 1’s YouTube channel, we get to relive some of the best moments of the 2022 season. We can even laugh at Ferrari’s strategy errors that have become a meme throughout this year’s Grand Prix calendar. The short animated video takes a dig at the mistakes made by the Italian team, showing a Ferrari fan with no idea about race strategy being given a contract.

No matter which team each of us supports, we can all get together to enjoy the funny moments that make the sport great. Regardless of how the season went down in the end, humor is something that does not care.

‘F1 Laughs at Itself’;

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/f1-laughs-at-itself-in-an-animated-video-about-the-2022-season-and-it-s-hilarious-206543.html


The 2022 F1 Season Animated!
15th December 2022.
FORMULA 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gSXfbAZQLY


F1 boss 'optimistic' at 'unacceptable divide' ending after Red Bull cruise in 2022
F1 supremo Ross Brawn has reiterated his desire to see closer competition within the sport.
14:28, Fri, Dec 16, 2022
By Liam Llewellyn

F1 managing director Ross Brawn has opened up on his optimism at seeing change in what he previously described as an 'uncacceptable divide' in the sport. "I think we need another season," he said regarding the lack of opportunity for teams outside the top three - which includes Ferrari.

"I think, when you have these new regulations, there's teams that get on top of it. In the 2009 season, which was a new set of regulations, two or three teams were on top of the regulations, and the rest struggled – even some of the big teams.”

“So, I think we need another season. I'm not sure what we do if it continues that way because I think we've put a number of initiatives – the cost cap, the cars and tracks we've tried to help with, the format of racing.” He added: "Everything is now tuned towards trying to maintain the integrity of the sport, but bringing it closer together.”

'Optimistic at unacceptable divide ending’;

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/1710332/F1-chief-Ross-Brawn-Red-Bull-Mercedes-news


Max Verstappen picks out three season lowlights from the F1 2022 campaign
Friday 16th December 2022 9:30 PM
Henry Valantine

It was a season of few lowlights for Max Verstappen, but he pointed to three race weekends which did not go to plan for the now two-time World Champion.

“Monaco, Silverstone… I would go for Singapore. That was just a terrible weekend, everything went wrong,” Verstappen explained on Viaplay’s F1 Talks, quoted on his official website.

“From the set-up of the car on Friday, the issues with running the car, not enough fuel in qualifying and then everything went wrong in the race. Sometimes you just have those weekends. Singapore was a weekend to forget.”

‘Monaco, Silverstone, Singapore’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/max-verstappen-f1-2022-lowlights/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

F1 2022 SEASON REVIEW: A ROLLERCOASTER OF A YEAR FOR MERCEDES.
2022 was a season of mixed feelings and surprise performances for the Silver Arrows
20 Dec 2022, 08:07
Abby Bathurst
FormulaNerds

Car design. At the pre-season testing in Barcelona, porpoising was first mentioned. This then became a prominent problem for Mercedes throughout 2022, particularly at the beginning of the season.

Mercedes’ Retirements. 2022 was initially supposed to hold 23 races. But Russia was taken off the calendar bringing the number down to 22 – still a record-breaking season. Out of all 22 races, Mercedes are the team to have had the least number of retirements.

A race victory, many podiums and a battle for second. Battling for second against Ferrari wasn’t something anybody could have predicted at the beginning of the season. Ferrari started the year off with a strong effort aiming for the championships.

‘ROLLERCOASTER OF A YEAR’;

https://www.formulanerds.com/features/f1-2022-season-review-a-rollercoaster-of-a-year-for-mercedes/?nowprocket=1


GRANDPRIX247.com 2022 F1 Awards Reader Votes.
2022 GRANDPRIX247.com F1 Awards by voting in the survey.
20 December, 2022
NewsDesk
Grand Prix 247

Dear F1 Fans & Readers, please help us with our 2022 GRANDPRIX247.com F1 Awards by voting in the survey below. Your vote counts and will be considered as part of the final revelations which will be published from 29 to 31 December.

In the aftermath of what was a long season, made even ‘longer’ by the fact that the titles were wrapped up by Japan, with races blurred among the 22 rounds, while off-track the news just kept erupting, so please think about your answers wisely so we get a good grasp on what the sentiments of readers, aka F1 fans, are regarding the past season.

Now it’s your turn to tell us what really impressed you, and what didn’t in 2022, F1 related of course. Thanking you in advance for your participation and contribution.

‘F1 Awards Reader Votes’;

https://www.grandprix247.com/2022/12/20/grandprix247-com-2022-f1-awards-reader-votes/


Biggest F1 crashes in 2022
20/12/2022, 11:34
Sky Sports

Relive some of the biggest crashes this year in Formula One, including Nicholas Latifi in Australia, Mick Schumacher in Saudi Arabia and Zhou Guanyu in Britain.

‘Crashes’;

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/f1/12771888/biggest-f1-crashes-in-2022


F1 2022 SEASON REVIEW: HOW OFF-TRACK CHAOS DERAILED ALPINE’S SEASON
Looking into the French team’s season shows just how much they lost as a result of their own errors
20 Dec 2022, 15:05
Katy Roberts
FormulaNerds

Alpine did well to progress on track as the best of the rest, but their season was marred by embarrassing conflict throughout the team.

Whilst the team’s performances were relatively consistent, their year could likely have been more fruitful had their drivers tried to get on with each other.

‘Track Chaos’;

https://www.formulanerds.com/features/f1-2022-season-review-how-off-track-chaos-derailed-alpines-season/?nowprocket=1


F1 2022 SEASON REVIEW: FERRARI’S FALL FROM GRACE
Scuderia Ferrari saw a promising year unravel after a dominant start to the season
15:07 Mon, 19 Dec 2022.
James Phillips
FormulaNerds

It all started so well for Ferrari in 2022. Two wins in the first three races, including a dominant win in Australia. By the season’s summer break, Charles Leclerc was nearly 100 points behind Max Verstappen. How did it fall away so fast?

The knee-jerk reactions of the team have been present throughout the season, showing the Scuderia still has a way to go before it can challenge for a world championship. Cohesion and self-belief will get Ferrari out of the quandary it finds itself in, however, this will require the team to operate similarly to Mercedes and Red Bull. Let’s take a look at how the season started, and how it all ended with the departure of its 2022 Team Principal.

‘Promising year unravel’;

https://www.formulanerds.com/features/f1-2022-season-review-ferraris-fall-from-grace/?nowprocket=1


F1 Secret Santa 2022 – what did the drivers gift each other for Christmas?
14:53 Mon, 19 Dec 2022.
Formula One - Official Site

Watch as the 2022 F1 drivers receive gifts from their Secret Santa, but can they correctly guess who picked their presents?

‘Secret Santa!’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.f1-secret-santa-2022-what-did-the-drivers-gift-each-other-for-christmas.1752647048756133683.html


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

The best 'Value for Money' F1 drivers in the 2022 season.
Formula 1 drivers are paid the big bucks to deliver on track, so which drivers were the best value for money across the 2022 season?
22 December 8:00AM
Author Jake Nichol
Co-author Marnik Kok
RacingNews365

While all the prestige in Formula 1 lies in the Drivers' World Championship, the bills are paid through the Constructors' Championship. Teams entrust drivers nearly 25 times a year to score them the crucial points they need to try and claim an extra position in the Constructors' - which could be worth millions of dollars come the end of the campaign and final tallies are in.

Big money is paid out to ensure the best drivers are in your car, but who were the best 'Value for money' drivers throughout 2022? World Champion Max Verstappen scored the most points ever in a single-season with 454, but thanks to his rather high base salary, others proved slightly more economical.

'Value for Money';

https://racingnews365.com/the-best-value-for-money-f1-drivers-in-the-2022-season


What Went Right (and Wrong!) for Every F1 Team in 2022
It wasn't all Champagne and celebrations for Red Bull; while even Haas had a few bright spots.
23:59 Wed, 21 Dec 2022.
By Phillip Horton
AutoWeek

Formula 1’s season is now in the history books and each team will be reflecting on what went right, and what went wrong, ahead of 2023.

Autoweek takes a look at what they may be dissecting.

'History books and each team will be reflecting';

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/g42297903/what-went-right-and-wrong-for-every-f1-team-in-2022/


Gigafactories, mystery materials and the F1 halo: 5 most-read manufacturing stories 2022
11:52 Wed, 21 Dec 2022.
Professional Engineering

Formula One's lifesaving halo presents unique manufacturing challenges.

High-profile incidents in Formula 1 have reminded fans and drivers that motorsport is still dangerous, despite increasing safety measures. In November 2020, French driver Romain Grosjean had a fiery crash that he was lucky to escape. In September 2021, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton collided, and the Dutch driver’s rear wheel skidded across the Briton’s helmet.

If it hadn’t been for the precision engineering, manufacturing and testing of the halo safety device, a wishbone-shaped structure that is fitted to the chassis of open-wheel racing cars, these incidents could have been life-changing – if not fatal.

‘Formula One's lifesaving halo’;

https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/gigafactories-mystery-materials-and-the-f1-halo-5-most-read-manufacturing-stories-2022


‘It was a very good step forward’ – F1 team bosses reflect on impact of ‘fascinating’ 2022 rule changes
19 December 2022
Formula One - Official Site

Formula 1 team bosses have taken time to assess the major changes to the sport’s regulations for the 2022 season, hailing them as a step in the right direction after an action-packed campaign.

F1 introduced an all-new set of technical regulations this year, including a move to ground effect aerodynamics, revised bodywork and larger tyres, with the aim of generating closer racing and more overtaking opportunities. Reflecting on the changes, and the core goals, Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer said: “I think there [were] a couple of objectives, one of which was to bring the field a bit closer together. I think that’s been partially achieved; I think the racing is a little bit closer.”

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner echoed Szafnauer’s comments, saying: “I think the regulations worked. We have to differentiate between financial regulations and technical. I think financial worked. The teams are closer together, all the teams have scored points this year.” Aston Martin F1 Performance Director Tom McCullough also argued that the rule changes have “done what was set out to be achieved”, while noting how exciting they have been to navigate, and reserving special praise for world champions Red Bull.”

‘F1 team bosses reflect’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.it-was-a-very-good-step-forward-f1-team-bosses-reflect-on-impact-of.4ceIdbdRsyNBR4DbbAA5lE.html


Podcast: Best F1 race 2022
December 20th 2022
Author Motor Sport
Motor Sport Magazine

The 2022 F1 season delivered plenty of wheel-to-wheel racing in front of sell-out crowds, with unexpected twists and challenges regularly rearing their head. But which of the 22 races stands out above them all as the best grand prix of the year? F1 driver-turned-commentator Jolyon Palmer and fellow commentator Jack Nicholls join Chris Medland to look back at the year’s action and assess the races on our season review awards shortlist.

On this year’s shortlist is the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that saw a cat-and-mouse duel between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc; the Spanish Grand Prix where Verstappen spun and had to battle George Russell; the British Grand Prix that brought Carlos Sainz’s maiden win and an epic battle for second; as well as the Hungarian Grand Prix which brought a fight back through the field for Verstappen who started tenth.

Also up for discussion is the best circuit of 2022, with plenty to discuss around the shortlist of Zandvoort, COTA, Suzuka and Interlagos.

‘Best grand prix of the year?’;

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/podcast/podcast-best-f1-race-2022?v=79cba1185463&nowprocket=1


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

22 telling stats on every driver to race in the 2022 F1 season | 2022 F1 season review.
So as 2022 comes to a close, it’s time to look back all 22 drivers and offer a telling stat for each that encapsulates their season during the 73rd running of the Formula 1 world championship.
2022 F1 season review
Posted on 24th December 2022, 7:1523rd December 2022, 20:58
Written by Will Wood
RaceFans

Max Verstappen: Most wins in a season (15), most points ever scored in a single season (454) and first driver in 40 years to match John Watson’s record of multiple victories in a season from tenth or lower on the grid

Sergio Perez: As well as his first pole and taking multiple wins in a season for the first time in his career, Perez managed to score 40% of Red Bull’s total points in 2022 – an increase over 2021, where his share was only 32.45%

Charles Leclerc: Leclerc’s nine pole positions throughout the 2022 season were the most any Ferrari driver has taken since Michael Schumacher secured pole 11 times in 2001. Only Niki Lauda in 1974 took as many poles for Ferrari but failed to win the title

‘22 telling stats on every driver’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/24/22-telling-stats-on-every-driver-to-race-in-the-2022-f1-season/


Poll: F1 race of the 2022 season.
F1 ushered in a new set of aerodynamic regulations for 2022 with the target simple - create more exciting racing by allowing cars to follow more closely.
Friday 23 December 2022 08:55
Ewan Gale
GPFans09:56 Fri, 23 Dec

Whilst Max Verstappen and Red Bull romped to both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships, the racing spectacle was vastly improved across the majority of venues on the calendar.

GPFans has taken a look at which rank as the best of the season, with a chance at the end to vote for your favourite across this Christmas period.

‘Exciting racing’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/98246/poll-f1-race-2022-season/


FIA: No F1 flexi floor cheating in 2022 but trickery was possible.
09:07 Fri, 23 Dec 2022.
Jonathon Noble
Motorsport.com

The middle phase of the 2022 campaign was dominated by the controversy over porpoising, and the impact of a technical directive from the FIA to try to help address the matter. As well as imposing an aerodynamic oscillation metric to limit the bouncing, the FIA also tightened up checks on flexible floors amid suspicions that teams had been using some tricks to run closer to the ground.

These even went as far as suspicions of teams fitting disappearing skid blocks which were manufactured in a way to move up into the car when hitting the ground so they didn’t wear down. This behaviour ensured they passed post-race measurement checks. Reflecting on the season and the porpoising issue, the FIA’s single seater technical director Nikolas Tombazis said he was confident that teams never went as far as deliberately trying to get around the regulations.

However, he says moves to tighten up the floor rules, and change the measurements of the skid blocks, were more aimed at closing up potential loopholes that could be exploited. “Teams clearly always tend to work on the edge of the regulations, and we didn’t think anybody was cheating back then,” he said, when asked by Motorsport.com about how far he reckoned teams had gone amid the skid block suspicions.

‘Trickery was possible’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia-no-f1-flexi-floor-cheating-in-2022-but-trickery-was-possible/10414049/


The worst 10 drivers of the 2022 F1 season
08:50 Fri, 23 Dec 2022.
The Race

Often much debate and online fury are to be had over who the best drivers of any given Formula 1 season were, but deciding who were the 10 weakest drivers can be equally tough.

In the case of the 2022 F1 season, there are plenty of tough decisions to be made when looking at the ‘worst’ 10 drivers of the year.

That’s partly because many of these ‘worst’ drivers had numerous stand-out drives but simply weren’t quite as impressive as the drivers who made our top 10, as you can read here.

‘The Race: ‘worst’ 10 drivers of the year’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-bottom-10-drivers-of-the-2022-f1-season/


F1 2022 silly-season shenanigans - who ended up where.
Following a hectic driver market ‘silly season’ across the past six months, the F1 grid is full of change ahead of the new year.
Friday 23 December 2022 11:05
Ewan Gale
GPFans

GPFans brings you all the information you need on the new and familiar faces.

Pierre Gasly – AlphaTauri to Alpine
Oscar Piastri – Alpine reserve to McLaren
Fernando Alonso – Alpine to Aston Martin
Nico Hülkenberg – Aston Martin reserve to Haas
Nyck de Vries – Mercedes reserve to AlphaTauri
Logan Sargeant – F2 to Williams

‘Silly season’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/98251/f1-2022-silly-season-shenanigans-who-ended-up-where/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

'He's a dead man': Jackie Stewart admits 2022 F1 crash left him terrified.
Jackie Stewart worried an F1 driver had died after a worrying crash earlier this year.
08:20, Mon, Dec 26, 2022
By Luke Chillingsworth
Daily and Sunday Express

Jackie Stewart has admitted he thought Zhou Guanyu could have been killed in his horror crash at the British Grand Prix. Stewart has revealed he thought Zhou was a “dead man” while watching the race at home with his wife over the summer.

The three-time world champion thought it was not possible Zhou would walk away until he saw him exiting the car. The Scot has also praised F1 safety which he helped improve as director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA) in the 1970s.

Speaking exclusively to Express Sport, Stewart explained: “We have a great sport. There’s run-off areas now. Look at the accident we had at Silverstone last year. I was watching that with Helen, my wife, at home and I said 'he’s a dead man’. He couldn't possibly be alive. And next minute he’s out of the car, walking. So that’s wonderful. In our day the accidents that happened, the fires that took place, nobody could get to the driver and they never stopped the race.”

‘Next minute he’s out of the car, walking’;

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/1713267/jackie-stewart-f1-crash-zhou-guanyu-exclusive


WATCH | When Leclerc, Hamilton, Perez conjured the finest F1 overtakes in 2022
11:12 Sat, 24 Dec 2022.
Charlen Raymond
Wheels24

The Formula 1 British Grand Prix is not always the most exciting race on the Formula 1 calendar, but the 2022 edition was like something from an action movie. It started with a massive crash at the start of the race, followed by a relentless onslaught of action as drivers competed for positions, and to be better than the rest. But it was close to the end that things really heated up.

Following another restart that left Ferrari's Charles Leclerc vulnerable on the Hard tyre, Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Mercedes-AMG's Lewis Hamilton were soon ready to topple the man in red. Running on the Softs, Leclerc was always going to be a sitting duck to the two mentioned drivers who were on the much faster tyre, but what transpired left everyone gasping for breath.

First, Perez moved past Leclerc, but the jostle between the two opened the door for Hamilton to assert himself in that fight. It was brilliant as the trio came within inches of each other, yet managed to keep things clean and not touch wheels. But it was Leclerc, on worn tyres, who impressed most, extracting every ounce of performance from his Ferrari as he attempted to keep within range of his rivals. He eventually lost the battle, but gained massive respect for how he drove.

‘Finest F1 overtakes in 2022’;

https://www.news24.com/sport/motorsport/formulaone/watch-when-leclerc-hamilton-perez-conjured-the-finest-f1-overtakes-in-2022-20221222


Christmas quiz: Test you and your family’s knowledge of the F1 2022 season
Sunday 25th December 2022 2:00 PM
Editor
PlanetF1.com

Ready to test how much you remember from the F1 2022 season with your family after your Christmas dinner has settled? We’ve got the perfect quiz for you.

We at PlanetF1.com have peeled through the archives from the season just gone and found some of the moments you may or may not remember from the F1 2022 campaign – so the time has come to put your knowledge to the test.

The questions are listed below and the answers are at the bottom of the page, so you will be able to play along with as many people as you like around the table, or slumped into the chair after too much Christmas pudding. In any case, best of luck to you, some of these are harder than others…

‘Christmas quiz’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-2022-christmas-quiz/


Our highlights of the thrilling 2022 F1 season
25 December 2:00PM
Author RacingNews365 Staff
RacingNews365

The 2022 F1 season gave fans lots of memorable moments, both on and off the track. As the year draws to a close, the RacingNews365.com editorial team have selected their highlights of an action-packed campaign.
Rory Mitchell: The Spanish Grand Prix was hot. An unusual heatwave had appeared over most of Europe early into summer, meaning it hit 35°C on most days. I can remember standing under the grandstand in between the sessions along with everyone else to get shade, and one fan told me they spent the entire race there instead of in their grandstand seat!

I was expecting the normal precession at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, but we actually got one of the most entertaining races of the year. Both Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz spun off bizarrely at Turn 4, enabling George Russell to take second place.

‘Highlights of the thrilling 2022 F1 season’;

https://racingnews365.com/our-highlights-of-the-thrilling-2022-f1-season


F1 penalty points - Who tops Santa's naughty list for 2022?
Sunday 25 December 2022 09:00
Sam Hall
GPFans

Santa has been watching so who made his naughty list this year? Several drivers came close to a ban after flirting with the 12-point mark whilst only three kept their noses clean for the entire campaign. In this respect, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz have their names etched in gold ink on the nice list.

Penalty points are often handed out alongside time penalties or other sanctions and are designed to punish repeat offenders with the more serious sanction of being forced to sit out a race. Topping the naughty list for 2022 is Pierre Gasly.

The AlphaTauri driver amassed 10 points for causing collisions, exceeding track limits, speeding under red-flag conditions and falling too far behind the safety car.

‘Santa's naughty list’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/98277/f1-penalty-points-2022/


Video: What made the RB18 the best car of F1 2022
16:55 Sat, 24 Dec 2022.
The Race

The Red Bull RB18 was not only the best car of 2022, but one of the most dominant Formula 1 cars in history.

Max Verstappen won the drivers’ title with four races to spare and Red Bull took the constructors’ championship with an advantage of 146 points after winning an astonishing 17 out of 22 races.

But what made the RB18 so good? It was down to multiple factors given there’s no such thing as a magic bullet in modern F1.

‘Best car of F1 2022’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/video-what-made-the-rb18-the-best-car-of-f1-2022/


Verstappen voted 2022 Driver of the Year by RaceFans readers
2022 F1 season
Posted on 25th December 2022, 12:0024th December 2022, 16:56
Written by Ida Wood

RaceFans readers have voted Max Verstappen as their top driver of the 2022 Formula 1 season. It is the second year in a row the Red Bull driver has topped our poll.

‘Max Verstappen’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/25/verstappen-voted-2022-driver-of-the-year-by-racefans-readers/


Max Verstappen's 2022 F1 dominance set to be challenged in a year full of intrigue.
Red Bull unlikely to have it their own way as their rivals gather for an almighty effort.
07:34 Sun, 25 Dec 2022.
Byron Young
The National

With hindsight it’s easy to see the 2022 F1 world championship was wrapped up in a great big bow and gifted to Max Verstappen long before this festive season entered people’s minds. But his record 15-win demolition of his rivals belies just how close the competition really was until the last days of August.

And there are abundant signs 2023 will be anything but a cakewalk for the sport’s double champions. But this time pacesetters Red Bull take noticeable handicaps into next year. They will be weighed down by an extra 10 per cent loss in wind tunnel and computerised CAD development time dished out in their overspending punishment from the FIA.

For a sport in which laps are measured to thousands of a second, it’s unlikely that kind of hit can simply be engineered out of the equation, even by their resident design genius, Adrian Newey. And then the growing burden of running their own engine-building operation at Milton Keynes is not to be underestimated as staff numbers double.

‘Rivals gather for an almighty effort’;

https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/f1/2022/12/25/max-verstappens-2022-f1-dominance-set-to-be-challenged-in-a-year-full-of-intrigue/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

The biggest stories from the 2022 F1 season.
From fantastic wheel-to-wheel racing on track to political controversy off it, the 2022 Formula 1 season had it all.
Author Jake Nichol
Co-author Rory Mitchell
RacingNews365

It was a thrilling season on track with some major talking points off it, so RacingNews365 has rounded up the major stories from the 2022 Formula 1 season.

It was a virtuoso performance from World Champion Max Verstappen to secure his second crown with 15 wins from 22 races as he rewrote the record books and cemented himself as the new 'Man to Beat' in Grand Prix racing as Red Bull prised the Constructors' Championship away from Mercedes after eight years.

Meanwhile in the paddock, there was wrangling over Red Bull spending too much and breaking the cost cap, receiving a substantial penalty and a lot of furore over a driver, who at the time, had never driven in an official session.

‘Biggest stories’;

https://racingnews365.com/the-main-talking-points-from-the-2022-f1-season


REVEALED: The F1 team bosses choose their top 10 drivers of 2022.
Formula 1’s team principals have voted Max Verstappen as their number one driver of the year for the second successive season in our annual poll, following the Red Bull driver’s successful defence of his title.
27 December 2022
F1 Correspondent & Presenter
Lawrence Barretto
Formula One - Official Site

Formula 1’s team principals have voted Max Verstappen as their number one driver of the year for the second successive season in our annual poll, following the Red Bull driver’s successful defence of his title.

We asked all 10 team bosses to submit their list of the top 10 drivers of the year, under the proviso that their individual ranking would remain secret.

Drivers were given scores based on the current F1 points system – 25 for the top driver down to one for 10th. Those scores were then combined to create a ranking.

‘F1 team bosses top 10 drivers’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.revealed-the-f1-team-bosses-choose-their-top-10-drivers-of-2022.2glaMF3Vu9RSSBZmjwhCBM.html


What we learned from F1 2022
Tuesday 27 December 2022 10:30
Ewan Gale
GPFans

Max Verstappen followed up his maiden F1 title with an instant renewal as Red Bull cantered to a double championship. Verstappen is a generational talent. If there was any doubt as to the talent of the now two-time champion, Verstappen’s display of utter dominance underlined his superstardom this year.

Mercedes isn’t bulletproof. F1’s new regulations saw the Silver Arrows come back down to earth with a bang - and a few bumps!

Ferrari back with the big guns, but face restraint from same old failings. Without looking at the content of the season, you could be forgiven for suggesting Ferrari enjoyed a positive 22-race run.

‘F1 2022 Observations’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/98349/what-we-learned-f1-2022/


The F1 rankings in which Mercedes beat Red Bull in 2022
27 December 8:00AM
Author Marnik Kok
Co-author Anna Francis
RacingNews365

Numerous engine parts were changed during the 2022 F1 season, leading to various penalties being handed out. But who experienced the highest and lowest number of changes during the campaign?

F1 teams and drivers are allocated a certain number of engine components during a season, with those who exceed this amount being issued with a penalty.

Many penalties were given out during 2022 for those who went above the number of parts listed below:
o Internal Combustion Engine (ICE): 3
o Turbo Charger (TC): 3
o MGU-H: 3
o MGU-K: 3
o Energy Store (ES): 2
o Control Electronics (CE): 2
o Exhaust (EX): 8

‘Check out the full list of engine parts used per driver in 2022 below’;

https://racingnews365.com/the-f1-rankings-in-which-mercedes-beat-red-bull-in-2022


Potent Ferrari’s highs made its 2022 F1 lows more painful
Dec 27 2022
By Edd Straw
The Race

Ferrari’s 2022 Formula 1 season was the ultimate curate’s egg. Judged by Saturdays, it was a triumph, but Sundays were often bitterly disappointing. The disparity imbued Maranello with a sense of failure, leading to the resignation of team principal Mattia Binotto.

Yet there were plenty of positives. After two winless years, it bagged four victories and rejoined the lead group. It also produced a distinctive car that was capable, over a single lap at least, of taking the fight to Red Bull, and produced the most potent power unit.

The downsides were that it left multiple potential victories on the table and made too many mistakes. The reliability problems not only cost results, but also had a knock-on effect on performance given it had to run its engine more conservatively after Baku.

‘Potent Ferrari’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/potent-ferraris-highs-made-its-2022-f1-lows-more-painful/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

Bouncing was ‘breaking our engines’ at start of 2022 – Mercedes.
Mercedes had to overcome engine-related problems this year which were provoked by the serious bouncing problems they encountered with their W13.
2022 F1 season
Posted on 28th December 2022, 18:18
Written by Ida Wood
RaceFans

In a video published by Mercedes, Hywel Thomas, the managing director of its powertrain division, and team principal Toto Wolff discussed the impact of the engines on this year’s form. “At the beginning of the season, the two big things that we had was firstly the power was going to get frozen and it was going to be a hardware freeze,” added Thomas. “And that’s what we were going to be using for the next three years.

“So we had a really big development programme over the whole of last year and through that winter and just trying to make sure we landed that it was a real big effort, a really, really big effort.” But that design had not taken into consideration the severe forces that would be applied due to porpoising – the aggressive bottoming out and bouncing most F1 cars suffered with this year.

“It was becoming very clear that the engines were taking a hell of a pounding,” Thomas explained. “The bottom of the engines. I think when [Wolff] came up to Brixworth last week and saw some of the some of the parts that were off the race engines, it’s quite a surprise to see exactly how hard they were being hit by the ground. And when you see Lewis [Hamilton] and George [Russell] looking a bit uncomfortable getting out of the cars, the PUs were doing much the same.”

‘Breaking our engines’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/28/bouncing-was-breaking-our-engines-at-start-of-2022-mercedes/


How our 2022 F1 predictions stood up
16:56 Thu, 29 Dec 2022.
The Race

Who will be champion? “Half-right or half-wrong?” asked Mark Hughes of his prediction that Verstappen would win the drivers’ title and Mercedes the constructors’. Where will Mercedes finish? Unsurprisingly, the eight-time constructors’ champion’s fall from the summit to third place, as it struggled to get a handle on its capricious W13, was something that caught most people out.

How many races will Russell win? Tied in a considerable way to Mercedes’ expected level of performance, predictions of how many races Russell would win proved, by and large, well wide of the mark. How many teams will win races? For anyone hoping the new rules era would level the competitive playing field, 2022 might have been a disappointment as the top-three teams regularly dominated the top six positions – even when Mercedes found itself adrift of Ferrari and Red Bull.

Who will have the better year – Alonso or Vettel? This was the category in which our writers had most success – even if the question lends itself to some subjective interpretation. Who’ll be the most surprising intra-team duel victor? Considering this was arguably the most open-ended question, it’s perhaps little surprise that there was limited success in our predictions.

‘2022 F1 prediction standings’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/how-our-2022-f1-predictions-stood-up/


GrandPrix247 2022 Best Looking Car of the Year: Ferrari F1-75
30 December, 2022
NewsDesk
Grand Prix 247

It’s awards season! The time of year when we at GrandPrix247 look back on the 2022 Formula 1 season and choose who gets one of our awards. Our best-looking car of the year? Ferrari’s F1-75.

The F1-75 started its life as a seriously fast car, arguably the fastest on the grid, that is until Red Bull’s RB18 caught up with it, but on one lap pace, the F1-75 remained the car to beat, giving Ferrari 12 pole positions in 2022, while Red Bull’s RB18 was on pole eight times.

‘Ferrari’s F1-75 twelve pole positions, Red Bull’s RB18 eight pole positions’;

https://www.grandprix247.com/2022/12/30/grandprix247-2022-best-looking-car-of-the-year-ferrari-f1-75/


The best races of the 2022 F1 season
29 December 6:00PM
Author Rory Mitchell
Co-author Anna Francis
RacingNews365

After an action-packed year, RacingNews365.com looks back on some of the most exciting Grands Prix of the 2022 Formula 1 season. With a jam-packed 22-race schedule, the 2022 F1 season was not short of action on the track. Spanish Grand Prix. Even though it was one of many wins to add to Max Verstappen's record-breaking tally in 2022, the Spanish Grand Prix still delivered an intriguing outcome.

British Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz's first win in F1 came in eventful style at Silverstone, with the race having to be restarted following a shocking crash for Zhou Guanyu – who thankfully escaped unharmed – at the first corner. Austrian Grand Prix. On Red Bull's home territory, it was clear that the Ferrari were the superior package in terms of race trim.

Hungarian Grand Prix. Hungary usually produces classics when there are changing conditions, as was evidenced by the shock pole by George Russell on Saturday. Brazilian Grand Prix. There were early signs of the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend being one to remember when Kevin Magnussen secured a surprise pole position in Friday's qualifying.

‘RacingNews365 best races’;

https://racingnews365.com/the-best-races-of-the-2022-f1-season


FIA over-reacted to ‘porpoising’ concerns after Baku – Symonds
2022 F1 season
Posted on 29th December 2022, 7:1528th December 2022, 22:46
Written by Keith Collantine
RaceFans

Formula 1’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds believes the sport’s governing body went too far in its bid to reduce ‘porpoising’ after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. “I think they overreacted a bit after Baku,” he told Auto Motor und Sport. “In Baku we saw the worst impact because a team tried something that didn’t work and then went public quite loudly.”

“Had they not intervened, the problem would have been solved. Most teams now understand how to control bouncing.” As the season progressed teams such as Mercedes increasingly mastered their porpoising problems. However it remained a factor at some circuits, including Yas Marina, scene of the season finale.

‘A team tried something that didn’t work and then went public quite loudly’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/29/fia-over-reacted-to-porpoising-concerns-after-baku-symonds/


GrandPrix247 2022’s F1 Driver Farewells
29 December, 2022
Paul Velasco
Grand Prix 247

Sebastian Vettel: Falling Out Of Love With F1. First and foremost we say farewell to Sebastian Vettel. In his heyday the German was one of the greatest drivers of his generation, winning four F1 World Championships in a row, in a Red Bull team that was built around him, is a testament to that.

Daniel Ricciardo: A Shocking Fall From Grace. The fall from grace by Dan the Man was one of the most unexpected and painful experiences witnessed in F1; the fact that McLaren paid him to end his contract earlier a year earlier than expected was a real slap in the face, exacerbated by the fact that his replacement is ‘no-name-brand’ Oscar Piastri.

Nicholas Latifi: Won’t be missed. Latifi’s career in F1 will be remembered for triggering one of the most unsavory incidents in Formula 1 history, when he spun his car in the dying moments of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, prompting ‘that’ safety car period… Mick Schumacher: Victim of Terrible Management. If ever there was an F1 career that was badly managed, a case study of inevitable failure, it must be Mick Schumacher.

‘F1 Driver Farewells’;

https://www.grandprix247.com/2022/12/29/grandprix247-2022s-driver-farewells-welcomes-f1/


Records smashed and winning runs wrecked: The 2022 F1 season in stats
2022 F1 season review
Posted on 30th December 2022, 7:5530th December 2022, 9:29
Written by Will Wood
RaceFans

The 73rd season in the Formula 1 world championship was a record-setting one in a variety of ways with new all-time benchmarks set and some long-running sequences coming to an end.

Record breakers. Max Verstappen soared to unparalleled heights in 2022. First timers. The 2022 season saw no fewer than four drivers enjoy their first pole positions of their career. Sequence endings. The end of the 2022 season meant that a series of records ceased with it. Odds and ends. In total, there were 34 drivers who participated in at least one official grand prix session in 2022 – the most since 2014 (36).

‘Smashed and wrecked’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/30/the-records-set-and-broken-in-the-2022-formula-1-season/


Every F1 driver’s best moment of 2022
Dec 29 2022
By Edd Straw
The Race

Every driver had their share of highs and lows during the 2022 Formula 1 season, albeit with some having more of one than the other.

As the end of the year approaches, The Race has picked out the best moment for each of the 20 F1 regulars this year.

‘The Race: Every F1 driver’s best moment of 2022’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/every-f1-drivers-best-moment-of-2022/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

How well do you remember the 2022 F1 season? It’s the Big Formula 1 Quiz of the Year!
Our staff writers have taken a magnifying glass to the campaign gone by with a whopping 45 questions spanning winter testing to the season finale and everything in between.
20 December 2022
Formula One - Official Site

So get going with the quiz below and see how well you remember the 2022 season – and don’t forget to share your score...

‘Big Formula 1 Quiz of the Year!;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.how-well-do-you-remember-the-2022-f1-season-its-the-big-formula-1-quiz-of.2vK6BAMYl32Zgg3FA5iPHK.html


Revealed: Which drivers gained and lost the most on the first lap in F1 2022?
Saturday 31st December 2022 11:00 AM
Jamie Woodhouse
PlanetF1.com

Looking at how the drivers performed on lap one during F1 2022, it is happy reading for the likes of Esteban Ocon, but tough for Valtteri Bottas.

How a driver gets away off the line obviously can be crucial in determining their position once they cross it again to finish the race, with overtaking improved but still not always simple in 2022, especially when it comes to battling in the midfield with that pesky ‘DRS train’.

Unsurprisingly then, it is here where the first-lap kings can be found, as well as the stragglers.

‘Gained and lost the most on the first lap’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-2022-drivers-positions-gained-lost-first-lap/


Every F1 driver’s worst moment of 2022
10:50 Sat, 31 Dec 2022.
By Edd Straw
The Race

During a 22-race Formula 1 season, every driver will have their bad moments. Whether it’s a poor weekend or a terrible misjudgement on-track, even the best in the world will have their regrets.

As a companion to our earlier article selecting every driver’s high point, The Race has picked out the worst moment for each of the 20 F1 regulars this year.

‘Every F1 driver’s worst moment’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/every-f1-drivers-worst-moment-of-2022/


F1 2022 - the 10 teams ranked
Saturday 31 December 2022 12:00
Sam Hall
GPFans

Red Bull clinched its first F1 constructors' championship since 2013 but which other teams were standout performers? The end-of-season standings naturally paint a realistic picture of the season and the true performance of a team.

But in F1, car performance, driver performance and, indeed, team performance all make a huge difference. With this in mind, which teams do the GPFans panel believe shone the brightest this past year and which has work to do going into the new season?

‘The 10 teams ranked’;

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/98639/f1-2022-10-teams-ranked/


FORMULANERDS’ TOP 10 MOMENTS FROM F1 2022
Which moments really got us out of our seats and screaming at our TVs during the 2022 F1 season?
17:17 Sat, 31 Dec 2022.
Dalila Zanardo
FormulaNerds

The latest F1 season was full of brilliant racing, amazing venues, bold overtakes and more, but what better way to say goodbye to the year than to go back and remember some of our favourite moments from the 2022 season? Here then is a list of wild moves, new winners, and heart-warming moments on track.

‘TOP 10 MOMENTS’;

https://www.formulanerds.com/features/formulanerds-top-10-moments-from-f1-2022/?nowprocket=1


RaceFans’ complete 2022 Formula 1 season review
2022 F1 season review
Posted on 31st December 2022, 16:5231st December 2022, 17:44
Written by Will Wood
RaceFans

As 2022 takes the chequered flag and a new year begins, there’s no better time to look back at the year that was on RaceFans. From the biggest stories of the year to all of RaceFans’ exclusive interviews and our driver rankings list for Formula 1, F2, F3, Formula E and IndyCar, there’s is plenty to look back on as 2022 comes to an end.

‘RaceFans: The biggest stories of 2022’;

https://www.racefans.net/2022/12/31/racefans-complete-2022-formula-1-season-review/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

5 Biggest Disappointments of the 2022 F1 Season.
The 2022 Formula 1 season, now firmly in the rear-view mirror, often left a bad taste in the mouths of both competitors and fans.
Jan 5, 2023
By Phillip Horton
AutoWeek

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc wasn't the only one left scratching his head after another Formula 1 season often filled with more questions than answers.

Here's five of the season's biggest disappointments that left both those involve and fans scratching their heads looking for answers:

1. Ferrari, Mercedes Offered Little Challenge to Red Bull
2. Big Three Dominance Was Too Much
3. The Fall of Daniel Ricciardo
4. Williams Disappoints ... Once Again
5. Questionable Officiating

‘Biggest Disappointments’;

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/formula-1/g42396870/5-biggest-disappointments-of-the-2022-f1-season/


F1 fans choose their favourite race from 2022 season
12:04 Thu, 05 Jan 2023.
by Fergal Walsh
Motorsport Week

The results of an online poll in which Formula 1 fans voted for their favourite race of the 2022 season have been revealed. It highlighted the British Grand Prix as the best race of the year, which took 34 per cent of the total votes.
The event from Silverstone saw Carlos Sainz take his first pole position on Saturday before he converted his advantage into a maiden victory the following day. The race started in dramatic fashion when Zhou Guanyu was flipped upside down following contact from George Russell.

‘Favourite Race’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/01/05/f1-fans-choose-their-favourite-race-from-2022-season/


Free preview: F1 TV's Radio Rewind at the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix
05 Jan 2023
Formula One - Official Site

Watch a short version of F1 TV's awesome Radio Rewind series from the 2022 Monaco Grand Prix. Sign up at F1TV.com to get closer to the F1 action than ever before.

‘Free preview’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.free-preview-f1-tvs-radio-rewind-at-the-2022-monaco-grand-prix.1754177857049685267.html


F1 driver salaries: How much money did each driver earn in 2022?
4 Jan 2023
Lewis Larkam
Crash.Net

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are the highest-earning F1 drivers, but how much is the rest of the grid reportedly paid?

‘F1 driver salaries’;

https://www.crash.net/f1/feature/1002554/1/how-much-money-does-every-f1-driver-earn


Nico Rosberg believes F1 2022 was far from boring despite Max Verstappen dominance
Saturday 7th January 2023 6:30 PM
Sam Cooper
PlanetF1.com

Nico Rosberg believes the 2022 F1 season was far from boring even if it was dominated by just one man, Max Verstappen. “For me, the year of F1 was so awesome. It was such a great season,” Rosberg said in a video on his YouTube channel.

“Even though one guy dominated so much, it didn’t really make it boring. It was just so interesting all the time, so exciting, so many things changing – it was great.”

“I think the rule changes really worked very well, to make overtaking easier – we can confirm that. They’ve done a great job with that, led by Ross Brawn, so thank you Ross and team for the effort on that.”

‘Far from boring’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/nico-rosberg-f1-2022-far-boring-max-verstappen/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

Explained: Why the FIA has sacked both of F1’s 2022 race directors.
Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas shared the race director role in 2022, after Michael Masi was sacked at the end of the previous year.
13 January 2023
by Jack Devonport
Formula1News

The FIA president has now suggested in a recent interview that neither Freitas or Wittich will continue as race director in 2023, claiming that he believes that there are always better options out there being trained by the FIA.

But what caused Wittich and Freitas to lose their jobs? There are two major incidents from last season that can be pinpointed to explain why two new race directors will be appointed ahead of next season. The Japanese Grand Prix saw Freitas sidelined from his role after a recovery crane was deployed onto the track in extreme wet conditions, before the drivers had returned to the pitlane.

Not only was the extremely dangerous, but it was also at the exact circuit where Jules Bianchi tragically lost his life after colliding with a recovery vehicle. As for Wittich, the US Grand Prix in Austin proved to be the nail in the coffin as his handling of Fernando Alonso’s accident with Lance Stroll was nothing short of shambolic.

‘FIA has sacked both of F1’s 2022 race directors’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/explained-why-the-fia-has-sacked-both-of-f1s-2022-race-directors/


Mercedes’ ‘chain reaction’ of errors cost 0.3-0.4s at start of F1 2022
Friday 13th January 2023 2:00 PM
Toby Miles
PlanetF1.com

Mercedes’ 2022 title challenge was doomed before it began, after one dodgy data set sent the W13 down a losing path, according to the German team’s technical director. Drivers up and down the grid were complaining of porpoising issues but the Mercedes men seemed to have the worst, brain-rattling ride – with Hamilton leaving the cockpit in particularly severe pain after the Azerbaijan GP.

That’s when the spotlight turned to Mercedes’ radical commitment to a slimline sidepod design. The Silver Arrows had gone in search of more downforce but ended up bouncing along the straights, forcing them to carve away at the floor and sacrifice performance. In the impossibly complicated business of constructing an F1 car, even a fractional mis-step can cost positions. Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott explains: “What we were aiming for with the car, we had that going for us initially,” the British engineer told Motorsport.com.
“Then something came out of a simulation that moved us to go in a slightly different direction with the car. “It’s easy in hindsight to shout ‘if we had made a different decision at that point, we would have finished in a completely different position’. But that there was something wrong with the data was just very hard to see at the time.

‘Chain Reaction’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/mercedes-errors-cost-tenths-f1-2022/


2022 Hindsight: The Mercedes AMG F1 W13
12:18 Wed, 11 Jan 2023
By Stewart Mitchell
Racecar Engineering

Mercedes AMG F1 had a rude awakening to the new era of Formula 1 in 2022. Mike Elliott, the team’s technical director, explained the challenge and how the team approached the problems and looks ahead to the future.

‘It’s easy to say we had a tough time when we went through the eight previous Formula 1 world championships, winning them all, and we’re no longer in that position,’ says Mike Elliott, technical director of Mercedes AMG Formula 1, on the team’s 2022 performance.

‘We’re bound to think it’s not brilliant. However, looking at a wider context, the 2022 regulations intended to mix up the field and improve the show. In that way, Formula 1 achieved those outcomes.’

‘2022 Hindsight’;

https://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/2022-hindsight-the-mercedes-amg-f1-w13/


Mercedes surprised F1 2022 concept loophole was only found by them
Friday 13th January 2023 8:30 AM
Jamie Woodhouse
PlanetF1.com

Mercedes expected to be alone with their unique zero-pod design for the W13, but not in finding the loophole that led to it.

The 2022 Technical Regulations presented all the teams with a blank sheet of paper when it came to designing their challengers for the start of this new era, and Mercedes, on a run of eight Constructors’ titles in succession, went off the beaten path with their solution.

Largely eliminating the traditional sidepod area and leaving only narrow inlets, Mercedes’ innovative design for their W13 was termed the ‘zero-pod’ concept, a design which certainly sent early shockwaves through the paddock.

‘F1 2022 concept loophole’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/mercedes-surprised-f1-2022-concept-loophole/


Alfa Romeo targets quicker rate of F1 updates after mid-2022 slump
Jan 12, 2023, 10:05 AM
By: Luke Smith
Motorsport.com

Alfa Romeo is targeting a quicker production rate for its updates in Formula 1 this year to avoid a repeat of its mid-2022 slump compared to its midfield rivals. Alfa Romeo benefitted from being the only team that had got close to the weight limit under the new regulations, allowing it to pick up 51 points in the opening nine races courtesy of Bottas and rookie teammate Zhou Guanyu.

Between the British Grand Prix at the start of July and the end of the season, Alfa Romeo scored just four more points - the lowest tally of any team. Alfa Romeo head of trackside engineering Xevi Pujolar felt the shift in the pecking order came ahead of the summer break, coinciding with teams making weight savings and bringing update packages more regularly that meant it "looked like we were falling backwards."

"Close to the shutdown, probably their rate of development or the rate of bringing packages to the track, it was a bit higher than our one," Pujolar told Motorsport.com. "I think we were developing at the same rate, but we were not able to produce at the same rate. And that's what we have seen, our packages arrived a bit later. For sure, now, our aim for next season is to try to bring or speed up on that side, to be more aligned with the competition.”

‘Mid-2022 slump’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/alfa-romeo-targets-quicker-rate-of-f1-updates-after-mid-2022-slump/10419802/


2023 Formula 1 Preview & Review.
25/11/2022, 07:20
Motorsport Forums

https://www.motorsportforums.com/sho...89#post1314189

[Fortitude]

F1 2022: The biggest stories of the season.
Take a look back at some of the defining moments and stories of the 2022 Formula 1 season.
20 Jan 2023
Formula One - Official Site (Video)

‘Biggest stories’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/video.f1-2022-the-biggest-stories-of-the-season.1755545414028626059.html


Who were the fastest drivers in F1 2022?
10:41 Mon, 30 Jan 2023.
Motorsport.com

Who was the fastest driver in 2022? Everyone has an opinion, but what does the stopwatch say? Obviously, differing car performance has an effect on ultimate laptime – but it’s the relative speed of each car/driver package that’s fascinating and enlightening says ALEX KALINAUCKAS

We’re aware that any attempt to rank Formula 1’s drivers in order of speed will provoke an emotional response in some quarters, especially the deafeningly partisan echo chamber that is social media. So we set out clear rules for this exercise based on arithmetic? and rigour rather than subjectivity and sentiment.

Formula 1 is a complex business and there are many parameters? to consider when assessing outright race pace in the current era.? To be clear, we only considered races where the top times were set on dry tyres, so unfortunately Japan had to be excluded.

‘Rules for this exercise based on arithmetic and rigour’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/who-were-the-fastest-drivers-in-f1-2022/10426181/


Verstappen pinpoints 'very rare' 2022 F1 victory
21 January 2023, 9:10AM
Author Jake Nichol
RacingNews365

Max Verstappen has elaborated on what he views as his most dominant performance during the 2022 F1 season, with the Dutchman believing that one race was a particularly "rare" event. World Champion Max Verstappen believes his crushing performance in the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix was "rare" in modern Formula 1.

Verstappen's tally of 15 wins and 454 points in the standings were both new records in 2022 as he claimed a second world title, with the Belgian GP at Spa in August the fourth in a run of five straight victories. Although he qualified on pole by a healthy margin, the Red Bull driver started in 14th thanks to engine grid penalties.

However, by Lap 12, he was in first place. He assumed the lead once again six tours later after making his required pit-stop and went onto win by almost 18 seconds from teammate Sergio Perez. He was also over a minute clear of main title rival Charles Leclerc, who could only manage sixth having started one place behind Verstappen on the grid

‘Most dominant performance’;

https://racingnews365.com/verstappen-pinpoints-very-rare-2022-f1-victory


What difference did F1's fastest pitstops of 2022 make?
11:42 Mon, 23 Jan 2023.
Motorsport.com

While a quick pitstop can make all the difference to the outcome of a Formula 1 race, most team managers say consistency is more important than pure speed. MATT KEW analyses the fastest pitstops from last season to see which ones – if any – made a genuine impact

Pit crews relentlessly rehearse their craft. After all, it's far more logical for teams to save 0.5s every time the tyres need changing rather than risk a prang by asking their driver to find that time on track. But are these practice efforts in vain, or can the slickest of stops define somebody's day?

We've rated the fastest stops from 2022 according to the impact they had on the driver's race, where one signifies no meaningful difference and 10 denotes game-changing transformation. The spread of results certainly shows speed isn't everything…

‘Pit crews relentlessly rehearse their craft’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/what-difference-did-f1s-fastest-pitstops-of-2022-make/10423737/


Mercedes were ‘surprised’ no other team found F1 2022 concept loophole
17 Jan 2023
Lewis Larkam

Mercedes were “surprised” their rivals did not find the loophole that enabled them to come up with their radical sidepod concept for F1 2022.

Following a major overhaul to F1’s aerodynamic regulations, Mercedes shocked the paddock by going completely down their own route and adopting a ‘zero sidepod’ solution that differed greatly to Red Bull and Ferrari’s designs.

Mercedes went on to endure a difficult season with their troubled W13 challenger, winning just one race as they slipped to third place in the F1 constructors’ standings after an unprecedented streak of eight consecutive world titles.

‘Surprised their rivals did not find the loophole’;

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1019121/1/mercedes-surprised-no-other-team-found-f1-2022-concept-loophole


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10 things we learned about the F1 2022 season from Drive to Survive Season 5.
Its concocting of fake rivalries in particular has left many loyal fans (including the World Champion) fatigued and frustrated and there are some who suspect F1’s relationship with Netflix may be nearing the end of the line.
27 Feb 2023 6:00 AM
Oliver Harden
PlanetF1.com

Being paid to binge watch Netflix’s Drive to Survive is a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Despite its transformational impact on Formula 1’s popularity over the last five years, the docuseries has a controversial reputation among those long bitten by the racing bug.

Team bosses saw right through Toto’s infamous rant. It was extensively reported at the time that the team principals’ meeting in Canada, where Toto Wolff had a meltdown over porpoising, would prove the highlight of Season 5 and it did not disappoint. After Hamilton admitted that he “nearly just pulled in” during a very uncomfortable ride in Baku, Wolff warns his fellow team bosses are “playing a dangerous game” and that he will “come after” them if a car ends up in the wall.

What was less extensively reported was that many of his rivals shared the view that Wolff was merely playing up to the cameras, his rant seemingly out of character and taking them by surprise. “Hang on, are we playing up to the cameras here?” Horner asks, before urging Wolff to “change your f****** car.”

‘Concocting of fake rivalries’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/10-things-we-learned-drive-to-survive-season-5/


'Dead man walking' — Why Mick Schumacher's Haas F1 career was doomed from early 2022
February 24th 2023
Author James Elson
Motor Sport Magazine

The new Drive to Survive Season 5 has revealed how early in last season that Mick Schumacher was put under serious pressure to keep his Haas F1 seat. The young German struggled for performance throughout the season, with team owner Gene Haas saying early in the season that the son of F1 legend Michael was in “dead man walking territory” courtesy of his poor performances.

“****ing hell,” is team boss Guenther Steiner’s Saudi reaction when talking to owner Haas in the latest instalment of Drive to Survive. “We give him a year to learn, what does he do on the second day? He ****ing destroys the car, just because the other guy is faster.”

“Do you know how much I have to listen to Gene?” Steiner later says during the Azerbaijan weekend to a Haas team member as he also feels the heat. “Gene doesn’t hate anything more than someone crashing a car.” The team boss’s colleague then suggests “getting rid” of Schumacher.

‘He ****ing destroys the car, just because the other guy is faster’;

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/single-seaters/f1/dead-man-walking-why-mick-schumachers-haas-f1-career-was-doomed-from-early-2022/?v=79cba1185463&nowprocket=1


Carlos Sainz feels he could have won 2022 title in a 2021-style F1 car
22 Feb 2023 3:00 PM
Jamie Woodhouse
PlanetF1.com

If those pesky ground-effect cars had not come to be, then Carlos Sainz would have fancied himself as an F1 2022 title contender. “Obviously last year I had difficulties with a car that required a special driving style,” said Sainz, as per Motorsport-Magazin.com. “Although I think it was too late, I still adapted.”

“I’m trying to start better this year and adapt to the conditions of the car. There are things I want to get better at. For example, consistency, that used to be my strength, I have somewhat given up the consistency that made me so strong at McLaren and in my first year at Ferrari.”

“I feel more confident and better prepared after last year. I know now what it’s like to fight at the front and what I have to do to do it. To be honest, I wasn’t ready with last year’s car. With the style of the 2021 car, I could have won the World Championship. Last year I was not in a good position, it happens.”

‘With the style of the 2021 car, I could have won’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/carlos-sainz-win-2022-title-2021-car/


Piastri makes candid admission on 2022 F1 season
McLaren rookie Oscar Piastri feels hungrier for his F1 chance after spending a year on the sidelines, but the Australian admits that there will be an element of rust heading into the year
February 13, 2023
By Ed Spencer
Total Motorsport

“I think so. You know, obviously, as a racing driver, I want to be racing all the time. So taking a year out of racing was not ideal,” said Piastri to selected media, including Total-Motorsport.com.

“I tried to make the most of what I had, trying to learn as much as I could about the F1 environment outside of driving and trying to learn as much as I could.”

“I learned some things that I wouldn’t necessarily have learnt anywhere elsewhere last year, but definitely, I’m looking forward to getting stuck in again and going racing.”

‘Candid admission’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/f1-oscar-piastri-mclaren-2022-year-out/


REVEALED: Who was the highest-paid F1 driver in 2022?
Lewis Hamilton is in talks to extend his Mercedes contract, which currently expires at the end of this season.
23 February 2023
by Jack Devonport
Formula1News

Lewis Hamilton’s contract talks with Mercedes may be one of the worst kept secrets in Formula 1 history, with both Hamilton and his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff being very open about the process.

The seven-time world champion’s contract expires at the end of this year and despite previously stating that he had no intentions to race into his 40’s, Hamilton is set to extend his current deal.

As a seven-time world champion, it would be expected that Hamilton is the highest earner on the current F1 grid, but this is not the case, by quite some margin.

‘REVEALED’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/revealed-who-was-the-highest-paid-f1-driver-in-2022/


Verstappen and Red Bull nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards after commanding 2022 F1 display
20 February 2023
Formula One - Official Site

Max Verstappen and Red Bull are in the running for some early 2023 silverware after receiving nominations for the upcoming Laureus World Sports Awards – reflecting their F1 championship double last year.

After an initial challenge from Ferrari, Verstappen and Red Bull ultimately stormed to both world titles under F1’s 2022 rules reset, with the Dutchman taking 15 wins from 22 races and the team racking up 17 in total.

In recognition of their efforts, Verstappen has been nominated for the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year crown, and Red Bull for the Laureus World Team of the Year accolade. The Laureus World Sports Awards were first held back in 2000 and are regarded as one of the most prestigious prize-giving ceremonies across the sporting world.

‘Nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards’;

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-and-red-bull-nominated-for-laureus-world-sports-awards-after.1tEAQdY7wWIrNbpsXdVxys.html


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Steiner: Sacking Schumacher �not nice� but you �can�t beat up a dead horse'.
“I just sat down with him and explained that we needed to bring the team forward with an experienced driver,” Steiner said.
13th March 2023, 14:29
by Fergal Walsh
Motorsport Week

Guenther Steiner has opened up on the decision to axe Mick Schumacher from the Haas team at the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season. “It is part of the job. It is not a nice thing to do. I don’t enjoy it but you just have to be professional about it.”

“Dealing with a Schumacher is not easy, as you can imagine. He was grown up about it. He wasn’t happy. I would say he saw the writing on the wall. He is a clever kid. He had two years.”

“We didn’t get where we wanted to and I had to make some changes. You cannot beat up a dead horse.”

‘Part of the job’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/03/13/steiner-sacking-schumacher-not-nice-but-you-cant-beat-up-a-dead-horse/


Haas boss Guenther Steiner on Netflix’s Drive To Survive: “I’m not an actor” - “not ashamed” of Mick Schumacher criticism
11 Mar 2023
James Dielhenn
Crash.Net

Guenther Steiner insists Netflix’s Drive To Survive “needs to” show the “most tricky” moments but he has refused to backtrack over his comments about Mick Schumacher.

The fifth series of the F1 show, filmed last season, showed multiple examples of the Haas team principal criticising his own driver and making plans to replace him, which eventually he did do.

Many of Steiner’s private comments about Schumacher - such as “you cannot buy it or develop [talent]” - demonstrated the ruthlessness required to lead a successful F1 team.

‘Ruthlessness’;

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1021905/1/steiner-netflix-i-m-not-actor-not-ashamed-schumacher-criticism


Guenther Steiner’s treatment of Mick Schumacher at Haas still bothers uncle Ralf
12 Mar 2023 3:00 PM
Sam Cooper
PlanetF1.com

Ralf Schumacher has continued to criticise Haas boss Guenther Steiner for the way he treated Schumacher’s nephew, Mick. With the latest series of Drive to Survive devoting an episode to Haas, Ralf Schumacher again criticised Steiner, admitting that while Mick did make mistakes, he expected “a grown man to treat a young man differently.”

“Mick was slow and made mistakes,” Schumacher told Formel1.de. “And as a driver you have to deal with the fact that the team criticises it. I have absolutely no problem with criticism and Guenther Steiner should lead his team as he wants and thinks is right.”

“I just have to say that I expect a grown man to treat a young man differently. I think the young man could have been motivated better. When you see that now, you can imagine even more how difficult it was for Mick and what Mick did at his age. In a team where you have the feeling that you are not wanted and you are actually going up against the sack, Mick has done a great job. The future will show whether he is good enough at the end of the day.”

‘Motivated better’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/guenther-steiner-treatment-mick-schumacher-haas-ralf/


Mick Schumacher won’t be watching Drive to Survive: ‘That’s a personal choice’
04 Mar 2023 8:00 AM
Michelle Foster
PlanetF1.com

Mick Schumacher didn’t watch the Drive to Survive episode entitled ‘Like Father, Like Son?’ in which his former team boss Guenther Steiner is heard berating him to Gene Haas after his “f***ing” Jeddah crash.

Steiner was caught on camera speaking with Haas team owner Gene Haas about his driver’s crash. “Gave him a year to learn and what does he do in the second race? He f****** destroys the car just because the other one is faster,” raged the Italian. Haas replied: “Have a little talk with Schumacher. He’s getting in over his head.”

Five races later when he crashed in Monaco, another hefty repair bill on the line, Haas told Steiner that it “needs talent, you can’t develop talent” before adding “that is the dead man walking area.” Steiner replied: “If he doesn’t pull his trousers up, he will be soon.”

‘Mick Schumacher won’t be watching, Guenther Steiner berating him to Gene Haas’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/mick-schumacher-wont-be-watching-drive-to-survive/


Steiner reveals ‘thick skin’ after years in F1’s Piranha Club
Thursday 2nd March, 2023 - 1:00pm
By Ian Parkes
Speedcafe

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has conceded to developing “a thick skin” from his many years of fighting on F1’s political battleground. Given his longevity in the sport, Steiner is now regarded as one of the more influential figures, belonging to a group of people that over time has affectionately become known as ‘the Piranha Club’ given that only the strongest survive.

Asked whether he enjoyed the political machinations, Steiner said: “It doesn’t do anything for me. It’s part of the job. If you cannot deal with it…I wouldn’t say you enjoy it but you know it’s part of the job and you do it. Once you start to enjoy negative things, then you’re quite a sad person, and I’m not a sad person.”

“You deal with it as part of your job and you are always trying to get the best out of it.” Declaring it to be a developed skill as the years go by, Steiner added: “Your skin gets very thick after a while. It’s like ‘Oh, right, come on, boy. Here we go, let’s play now.”

‘Thick skin’;

https://www.speedcafe.com/2023/03/02/guenther-steiner-f1-thick-skin/


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Russell: 2022 Brazil win led Mercedes down the wrong path.
George Russell reckons his maiden Formula 1 win at the Brazil Grand Prix last year potentially led Mercedes down the wrong path with its 2023 car.
07:58 Sat, 18 Mar 2023.
by Taylor Powling
Motorsport Week

After a season spent largely trailing Red Bull and Ferrari, Mercedes ended last year on a high by the sight of Russell leading home Lewis Hamilton for a 1-2 at the penultimate round in Sao Paulo. The promising progression from its early-season troubles led to Mercedes opting to retain its radically different zero sidepod concept for this year.

However, a below-par showing in Bahrain – where its W14 car was only the fourth quickest in the field – resulted in team boss Toto Wolff declaring a change in philosophy would be required. “With regards to Brazil, yeah, perhaps Brazil, did lead us down a bit of a wrong path because we did feel like we were improving as a team, that we were going in the right direction,” he claimed.

‘The wrong path’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/03/18/russell-2022-brazil-win-led-mercedes-down-the-wrong-path/


Verstappen highlights 2022 Australian GP as Red Bull turning point
05:16 Fri, 31 Mar 2023.
by Taylor Powling
Motorsport Week

Max Verstappen has detailed how his nightmare Australian Grand Prix 12 months ago provided the key turning point in Red Bull’s season.

While Verstappen and Red Bull comfortably collected both titles in 2022, the Dutch driver’s failure to finish in Melbourne marked his second retirement within the opening three races, leaving him a huge 46 points behind Charles Leclerc.

Aside from the Austrian outfit’s RB19 struggling with reliability, performance and an overweight car was also a concern for the eventual champions. Prior to his retirement Verstappen had been unable to live with the pace of Ferrari’s F1-75 in the hands of Leclerc, who went on to achieve a grand slam.

‘2022 Australian GP turning point’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/03/31/verstappen-highlights-2022-australian-gp-as-red-bull-turning-point/


Aston Martin on why Melbourne 2022 horror show was the ‘best moment’ for team
22 Mar 2023 7:00 PM
Henry Valantine
PlanetF1.com

Aston Martin team principal Krack admitted it was a tough part of the year for the team, but in a way it also helped galvanise them to make steps forward later on in the season. “It was a very difficult moment, but I think it was also the best moment for us as a team,” Krack said, as per Motorsport-Total.com.

“Because we all sat down together after what happened and talked in a normal voice. It would have been quite easy to completely fall apart as a team, but we really stuck together and decided that we would work our way out of it. From that point of view, that’s actually been the highlight of last year for me.”

‘Melbourne 2022 horror show’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/aston-martin-melbourne-2022-motivation/


Formula 1 merchandise sales double in 2022, are up over 1,000% in five years
09 Mar 2023 11:00 PM
Sam Cooper


Formula 1’s explosion in popularity has translated into merchandise sales with one of the biggest retailers reporting a 1,000% increase since 2018. It is no secret that the popularity of Formula 1 has risen dramatically since Liberty Media took over in 2016, with the United States being successfully targeted as an area for expansion.

But it is not just the US where popularity is growing with many circuits finding their ticket allocations sold out and a growing demand for the sport across the world. One way for fans to interact with the sport is to buy merchandise and a major retailer has reported triple digit growth in F1 sales in a single year.

‘Formula 1 merchandise’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/formula-1-merchandise-sales-double/


2022 outings made F1 return possible – Hulkenberg
17:29 Sun, 12 Mar 2023.
by Rob Kershaw
Motorsport Week

Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg concedes that he likely would not have returned to the grid this season had it not been for his appearances with Aston Martin last year.

Hulkenberg lost his Renault seat to Esteban Ocon ahead of the 2020 season, but returned to Racing Point – whom he raced for in its Force India days – as a reserve.

In the covid-hit campaign, he subbed in three times for Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll, before filling in for Sebastian Vettel in the opening two rounds of last season when his compatriot also fell ill.

‘2022 outings’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/03/12/2022-outings-made-f1-return-possible-hulkenberg/


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Schumacher caused $2 million in damage in one season at Haas – Steiner.
In the round-up: Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says the bill for damage caused by Mick Schumacher last season was $2 million (£1.6m).
RaceFans Round-up
Posted on 10th April 2023, 0:0111th April 2023, 11:58
Written by Keith Collantine
RaceFans

Haas dropped Schumacher at the end of the year due to concerns over the costs of his crashes over the course of the year. His position was in doubt following a heavy impact in qualifying at Jeddah and another substantial crash in Monaco. Late in the year Schumacher crashed again after leaving the pits to perform a practice start in wet conditions during first practice at Suzuka. In his forthcoming book, an extract of which was published last weekend by The Times, Steiner is quoted saying that crash alone cost the team $700,000 (£563,000).

“It happened on the foking in-lap,” says Steiner in his book. “On the in-lap! Sure, it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits. We lose a car after five minutes and now have to build another. I cannot have a driver who I am not confident can take a car around safely on a slow lap. It’s just foking ridiculous. How many people could we employ with $700,000?”

“It happened on the foking in-lap”;

https://www.racefans.net/2023/04/10/racefans-round-up-10-04-6/


Schumacher crash on ‘slow lap’ in Japan was final straw, says Steiner
11:49 Tue, 11 Apr 2023.
Kieran Jackson Formula 1 Correspondent
The Independent

Schumacher was dropped by Haas after two years and a final season which included high-cost shunts. Gunether Steiner has revealed that a crash on a ‘slow lap’ in Japan last October was the final straw as he dropped Mick Schumacher from a race seat at Haas.

Schumacher joined Haas as a rookie in 2021 but only scored his first points last year at Silverstone as he struggled for consistency, particularly in 2022 compared to team-mate Kevin Magnussen. The 24-year-old, son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, also cost his team a lot of money in repairs after high-cost shunts in Saudi Arabia and Monaco.

But it was a crash on an ‘in-lap’ at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka which sent team boss Steiner over the edge, as he reveals in his new book Surviving to Drive. “It happened on the f****** in-lap,” Steiner said.

‘Schumacher crash on ‘slow lap’, final straw’;

https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/mick-schumacher-guenther-steiner-haas-b2317702.html


Steiner hints at moment Haas lost confidence in Schumacher
18:22 Mon, 10 Apr 2023.
by Taylor Powling
Motorsport Week

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has indicated that Mick Schumacher’s practice crash in Japan last year was the moment he finally lost confidence in the German. Steiner has now recalled his bewilderment and frustration at such an incident occurring when his ex-driver wasn’t even pushing the limits on a timed lap.

“It happened on the in-lap!” Steiner said to The Times about Schumacher’s Japan incident. “Sure it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits.”

‘Steiner HINTS at moment’;

https://www.motorsportweek.com/2023/04/10/steiner-hints-at-moment-haas-lost-confidence-in-schumacher/


'I cannot have that' – Steiner pinpoints moment he decided to DROP Mick Schumacher
Monday 10 April 2023 10:37
Harry Smith
GPFans

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has pinpointed the moment when the knew he wouldn't retain Mick Schumacher, citing an incident at the Japanese Grand Prix as the tipping point for the German. Steiner was very public in his criticism of Schumacher throughout the 2022 season after major shunts in Jeddah and Monaco cost the Haas team dearly.

Speaking to The Times about Schumacher's Japanese Grand Prix crash, Steiner exclaimed: "It happened on the in-lap! "Sure it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits. We lose a car after five minutes and now have to build another."

'I cannot have that';

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/105330/guenther-steiner-mick-schumacher-haas-f1-team/


Steiner unrepentant over casting out Schumacher
09/04/2023 at 15:35
Andrew Lewin
F1i.com

"We lose a car after five minutes and now have to build another. I cannot have a driver who I am not confident can take a car around safely on a slow lap. It’s just ridiculous. How many people could we employ with $700,000? And I have to now find that money.” Reports suggest that in total, Schumacher's mishaps cost the team $2 million leading to Steiner's oft-cited quote “you cannot beat up a dead horse” about the driver.

“I think that was said in the heat of the moment," he admitted. "If you say something when you are racing, it’s very emotional and people forget that, you know? It’s one of those things.”

Steiner is the subject of a new profile interview for The Times newspaper this weekend, as he promotes his new book entitled Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1, described as "an exhilarating account of a year" which will be published on April 20.

‘UNREPENTANT’;

https://f1i.com/news/471275-steiner-has-no-regrets-about-casting-out-schumacher.html


Wolff: Michael Schumacher’s presence would have changed Haas treatment Mick Schumacher
April 8, 2023
By Joe Ellis
Total Motorsport

Mick Schumacher was let go by the American team at the end of the 2022 season in favour of Nico Hulkenberg. Toto Wolff believes Haas team principal Gunther Steiner would have treated Mick Schumacher differently had his dad been around.

Michael Schumacher, a seven-time Formula 1 world champion, has been suffering from health problems ever since a skiing accident in 2013 and has not been to an F1 race since then. Mick had to fight his way to F1 without his dad’s presence at the track but he was axed from Haas at the end of 2022 after two insignificant years in favour of Nico Hulkenberg.

“I can only say that his parents did nothing wrong in raising him,” Mercedes team principal Wolff told the German newspaper, Blick. “And I affirm that if Michael had accompanied his son during the two years of Haas, Steiner would not have dared to treat Mick like this.”

‘Michael Schumacher’s presence’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/wolff-michael-schumachers-presence-would-have-changed-haas-treatment-mick-schumacher/


Toto Wolff: Haas ‘wouldn’t dare’ treat Mick Schumacher the same with Michael by his side
05 Apr 2023 8:15 AM
Michelle Foster
PlanetF1.com

Toto Wolff agrees with Ralf Schumacher that had Mick’s father Michael been at the track, his former Haas team boss Guenther Steiner would’ve treated him better.

With Steiner informing Schumacher on the eve of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that Haas would not be renewing his contract, instead signing 35-year-old Nico Hulkenberg. His uncle Ralf Schumacher, vocal in his criticism of Steiner’s handling of his nephew, claimed that never would have happened had Michael been present.

“I believe,” he told F1-Insider, “and this bothers me the most: If my brother had been there, Guenther Steiner would have behaved differently. I just think Michael’s presence would have been enough. But again, everyone does what they want.” Wolff agrees with that sentiment.

‘Wouldn’t dare’

https://www.planetf1.com/news/toto-wolff-haas-mick-michael-schumacher/


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Mick Schumacher's Haas nightmare in full detail as Michael's son cost £1.7m in crashes.
In Steiner’s new book ‘Surviving to Drive’, he revealed that £550,000 worth of damages were caused in just one incident - when Schumacher crashed during FP1 at the Japanese Grand Prix.
15:40, Thu, Apr 13, 2023
By Jack McEachen
Daily and Sunday Express.

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has detailed the extent of damage that Mick Schumacher caused during the 2022 season after being involved in several crashes. The 24-year-old son of legendary F1 driver Michael Schumacher was not retained by Haas at the end of the year, having cost the team an exorbitant £1.7million due to his accidents.

The German spun off the track on Turn 7 in difficult conditions during an in-lap that left his boss dumbfounded and furious. “It happened on the f****** in-lap,” Steiner said in the book. “On the in-lap! Sure, it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits.”

‘F****** in-lap’;

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport/1757939/F1-news-Mick-Schumacher-Haas-crash-Michael-Guenther-Steiner-Mercedes


Guenther Steiner tears into Mick Schumacher in ‘Surviving to Drive’ book
13 Apr 2023 3:30 PM
Sam Cooper
PlanetF1.com

Guenther Steiner has admitted Mick Schumacher’s crash in Monaco was the first time he had doubts about his driver. “And now we get on to Mick,” the Haas boss wrote. “Jeezoz [sic], where do I start?”

“The first time a driver writes off a car in a season due to human error, you have to forget about it. It’s just one of those things and at the end of the day, s**t happens sometimes. The second time it happens you think ‘hang on, something’s not right here.’ The cost and the effect it has on our chances of scoring points is one thing but what about the dangers to the driver and other people? Nobody ever mentions that.”

‘Something’s not right’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/gunether-steiner-mick-schumacher-monaco-criticism/


'We keep f***ing wrecking them... or should I say ONE driver does!': Mick Schumacher is SAVAGED by Haas boss Guenther Steiner in new tell-all book... as he reveals axed German's crashes last season cost them £1.7MILLION!
• Mick Schumacher's crashes last season led to an exorbitant bill for Haas
• The 24-year-old has been savaged by his former boss at Haas in a new book
• Schumacher is now trying to rebuild his Formula One career with Mercedes
Published: 06:35, 14 April 2023
By Nathan Salt For Mailonline
Mail Online

There is no love lost between Mick Schumacher and his former boss at Haas Guenther Steiner and the executive has now savaged the young driver in his new book. Schumacher was dropped by Haas at the end of the 2022 season and has since taken a backwards step to become a reserve at Mercedes behind Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

The 24-year-old son of legendary former F1 driver Michael found life tough at Haas, particularly with avoiding the barriers. Steiner has now revealed exactly how much Schumacher cost the team in crash damages.

The arrival of Schumacher at Haas in 2021 was seen as a major coup given the star power attached to his family name but it soon turned into a loveless marriage between the young driver and Steiner. Speaking of the costly mistake in Japan - which saw Schumacher spin off at Turn 7 at Suzuka in tricky weather conditions - Steiner remains livid. 'It happened on the f*****g in-lap,' Steiner wrote…

'We keep f***ing wrecking them... or should I say ONE driver does!';

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/formulaone/article-11971821/How-Mick-Schumacher-cost-Haas-season-crashes.html


Mick Schumacher furiously slammed by ex-F1 boss as Michael's son racks up £1.7m bill.
The son of the legendary Michael Schumacher raced at Haas during the 2021 and 2022 F1 campaigns, but it was an expensive two years for the team before he was released.
10:04, 14 Apr 2023
By Fraser Watson Sports Trends Writer

In his new book titled Surviving to Drive, the Italian has accused the 24-year-old of racking up a huge £1.7 million in repair bills, amid the budget cap for all teams being cut. And it was the incident in Suzuka which seemingly irked him most.
According to the Express, he in his book he singled out the spin on Turn 7, which he claimed cost £550,000 alone: "It happened on the f*****g in-lap," he wrote. "On the in-lap! Sure, it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits.

"We lose a car after five minutes and now have to build another. I cannot have a driver who I am not confident can take a car around safely on a slow lap. It's just f*****g ridiculous. How many people could we employ with $700,000 (£550,000)? And I have to now find that money."

‘Furiously slammed by ex-F1 boss’;

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/mick-michael-schumacher-haas-f1-29708455


What Haas being ‘back to normal’ in F1 actually means
Apr 13 2023
By Edd Straw
The Race

Haas has got “back to normal” this year, in the words of its Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner. Now that Haas is back to normal, it’s proved itself to be a good, effective, solid F1 team. The primary challenge for this year is to produce more consistent updates given last year was focused on one major package in Hungary.

If it can do that then there’s no reason it can’t do better than last year’s eighth in the constructors’ championship – as based on current form that appears to be the worst-case scenario.

Haas still has a long way to go to convince it can be anything more than a midfielder even in the cost cap era. But it’s at least proved decisively that, even when things are back to normal, it’s capable of holding its own in the mid-pack.

‘back to normal’;

https://the-race.com/formula-1/what-haas-being-back-to-normal-in-f1-actually-means/


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[Fortitude]

Guenther Steiner on Ralf Schumacher relationship: ‘It no longer exists’.
“The relationship no longer exists and I don’t need a new one either. I choose my friends myself and who I want to talk to. That’s how I’ve always been and that’s how it will stay.” Guenther Steiner.
18 Apr 2023 7:30 AM
Jamie Woodhouse
PlanetF1.com

The verbal clashes between Haas boss Guenther Steiner and Ralf Schumacher over the past two seasons have seemingly taken a major toll on relations between the pair. Asked by RTL/n-tv and Sport.de about this situation with Ralf, Steiner replied: “I don’t have a problem, I have to do my job. I think the problem lies with someone else, not with me.

That’s why I’m not worried about it and I don’t have to go there. “The relationship no longer exists and I don’t need a new one either. I choose my friends myself and who I want to talk to. That’s how I’ve always been and that’s how it will stay.”

Steiner confirmed that he has no interaction with Mick now either, albeit not purely by design. “He’s at the other end in the pit lane now, so we see each other very rarely,” Steiner said with a smile. “If he wants to talk to me: okay. If he doesn’t want to talk to me, it’s okay too. I have to respect that and I’m okay with that.”

‘It no longer exists’;

https://www.planetf1.com/news/guenther-steiner-ralf-schumacher-relationship/


Lewis Hamilton given blunt message on Abu Dhabi heartbreak in Haas chief's tell-all book
Mirror Sport has read Guenther Steiner's new F1 book Surviving To Drive, which is out later this week, and in which the Haas chief gives an inside look at the 2021 title race fall-out
10:39, 17 Apr 2023
By Daniel Moxon F1 Writer

Guenther Steiner explains his true feelings about the controversial end to the 2021 Formula 1 title race in a new book which hits the shelves later this week.
"After the race I had a few days visiting my mother and every person I saw in the town wanted to know what I thought. 'Why are you asking me?' I said. 'I was too busy concentrating on a Russian who didn't finish the race and a German who was in fourteenth position'.

"What do I think, then? Well, it was certainly very confusing. I remember sitting on the pit wall listening to the orders from the race director and thinking, 'What the hell is happening here?' At the time it didn't stack up to me, but at the same time I didn't know all the facts. It was very entertaining, though. Poor Toto [Wolff, Mercedes team principal] almost had a f***ing heart attack!”

"Look, at the end of the day, both teams have won a world championship and good for them. Red Bull won the drivers' and Mercedes the constructors'. I'd take either of those. Mercedes didn't protest, so off we go. We move on."

“Poor Toto almost had a f***ing heart attack!”

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/hamilton-verstappen-abu-dhabi-steiner-29728867


‘Poor Toto’: Guenther Steiner shares controversial opinion on Lewis Hamilton ‘robbery’
Guenther Steiner's book 'Driving To Survive' goes on sale later this week.
17 April 2023
by Nick Golding
Formula1News

Formula 1 fans will be rushing to the shops later this week, as Haas team principal Guenther Steiner’s book is set to hit the shelves. ‘Surviving To Drive’ reportedly starts with Steiner’s view on the 2021 season finale, according to Mirror Sport, who have read the book early.

It was on that day that former F1 race director Michael Masi made multiple ‘human errors’, which effectively saw Lewis Hamilton lose an unprecedented eighth world title. Steiner states in his book that he found the entire situation “very confusing” but that ultimately the sport has to just “move on”, with Mercedes having opted against protesting the result.

“If I had a dollar from every person who has asked for my opinion on what happened between Lewis and Max in Abu Dhabi over the past six days, I’d be able to poach Adrian Newey!” Steiner jokes in his book. “Not that I would. He’s far too exciting for me.”

‘A dollar from every person’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/poor-toto-guenther-steiner-shares-controversial-opinion-on-lewis-hamilton-robbery/


Haas boss Guenther Steiner opens up on sacking Russian F1 driver Nikita Mazepin following Ukraine invasion
Monday 17 Apr 2023 1:45 pm
Callum McAvoy
Metro.co.uk

Haas F1 boss Guenther Steiner has detailed the moment he had to sack Russian driver Nikita Mazepin following the start of the war in Ukraine. Just weeks before the start of the 2022 season, Russia invaded Ukraine, leaving Hass and Steiner in a difficult situation as not only did they have a Russian driver but also a Russian title sponsor in the form of Urakali.

‘I went to my office for a board meeting. They wanted to know what I thought, as team principal, so I told them. “Drop the Uralkali branding”, I said. “Change the livery to white and tell the whole f***ing world that is what we have done”.

‘If we retained Uralkali as a sponsor and had them on our livery we’d be crucified by the media, the fans and the FIA. It would be suicide and I’ve got enough on my plate!’

‘We’d be crucified’;

https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/17/f1-haas-boss-guenther-steiner-opens-up-on-sacking-nikita-mazepin-following-ukraine-invasion-18625000/?ito=newsnow-feed


Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner review: Haas boss takes aim in F1 2022 diary
17 Apr 2023 9:00 AM
Sam Cooper
PlanetF1.com

If there is one adjective that sums up Guenther Steiner’s new autobiography entitled ‘Surviving to Drive’, it is straight-talking. The 280-page diary, which takes its name from the Netflix series that propelled Steiner from just another team principal to fan favourite megastar, is billed as an “unobstructed view of what really goes on behind the scenes” of a Formula 1 team – and it was quite the season for Steiner and his Haas outfit.

The term “foking”, used frequently throughout, seems to have been partially invented as a result of the infamous “he does not fok smash my door” line from the Netflix series that has adorned many a T-shirt, but also as a way to avoid an uncomfortable question from the publisher as to why there was over 100 swear words within the book. For those afraid Steiner’s voice had been watered down though, fear not as there are plenty of s**ts to make up for it.

Once Mazepin has been dealt with, the book moves on to what becomes the overriding theme: Mick Schumacher. The relationship between Steiner and Schumacher is one of the most analysed in Formula 1. Steiner maintains his innocence throughout, instead taking aim at the German media and Ralf Schumacher who is referred to only as “Mick’s Uncle”, making him into F1’s version of Voldemort.

“Mick’s Uncle”;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/surviving-to-drive-guenther-steiner-review/


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Guenther Steiner says Christian Horner and Toto Wolff ‘want to kill each other’.
Steiner notes in his new book, ‘Surviving to Drive’, how the pair have such a strong feud that it impacted a dinner between team bosses and Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali.
19 April 2023
by Edward Hardy
Formula1News

“I bet he’s careful about the seating plan,” Steiner explained. “He’s not daft. Christian will be at the opposite end to Toto.” Wolff hasn’t shied away from hitting out at Horner, recently claiming in an interview that the Red Bull team principal is “obsessed” with him, stating that he is living “rent-free” in Horner’s head.

“I said earlier that the thing that stops us from killing each other is that, despite us working for different teams, we are all working for, and all care about, Formula 1. Toto and Christian are a case in point. Sometimes in the moment I think they probably do want to kill each other, the same as I would sometimes like to kill the little s*** who questions our relationship with Ferrari.”

“At the end of the day, though, we are all in this together and as much as I disagree with what this guy thinks, just like Christian will disagree with Toto sometimes and vice versa, we have to remember that ultimately we all sit under the same tree. If we didn’t remember that, we’d be kicking the s*** out of each other all the time.”

‘Strong feud’;

https://formula1news.co.uk/guenther-steiner-says-christian-horner-and-toto-wolff-want-to-kill-each-other/


Christian Horner and Toto Wolff's true relationship explained in new F1 book
Mirroring the rivalry between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen which descended into anarchy towards the end of 2021, Red Bull chief Horner and Mercedes boss Wolff also have their own feud
09:06, 19 Apr 2023
By Daniel Moxon F1 Writer
The Mirror

In Surviving to Drive, out later this week, the Haas chief tells of how his job works on a day-to-day level. Written in the style of a diary, he writes about events that are happening at the time and offers his own views on those stories.

Guenther Steiner provides some insight into the real relationship between Formula 1 rival team bosses Christian Horner and Toto Wolff in his new tell-all book.

In an entry dated Friday, April 22, 2022, Steiner writes about a dinner that he and the other team bosses were invited to in Imola by F1 chief Stefano Domenicali. "I bet he's careful about the seating plan," the Haas chief quips. "He's not daft. Christian will be at the opposite end to Toto."

‘Careful about the seating plan’;

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/horner-wolff-relationship-netflix-steiner-29748098


Guenther Steiner responds to Toto Wolff's criticism of Mick Schumacher treatment at Haas
Last Updated: 19/04/23 5:45pm
By Jonathan Green
Sky Sports

Toto Wolff alleged Guenther Steiner would have treated Mick Schumacher differently had Michael Schumacher been accompanying his son to races; Steiner opens up about managing Mick Schumacher at Haas before he was dropped for Nico Hulkenberg at the end of last season In his new book, Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1, Haas team principal Steiner details how Schumacher cost the team in excess of $2m (£1.6m) from crashes in Saudi Arabia, Monaco and Japan.

In his book, Steiner frequently refers to criticism he received from the German media about his handling of Schumacher and the 58-year-old feels that had an impact on his driver's performance. "I think they tried to put pressure on to keep Mick and blame all the team and I don't think that was good for Mick," Steiner told the Sky Sports F1 Podcast.

"In the end, they didn't actively try to divide us but that's what they did. I think he didn't feel good when he heard the things talked about me and I didn't feel good coming from their side. In the end, they tried to divide us. This is not good for Mick, even if they try to do this because in the end the team decides who is going to drive the car and not the driver which car he is driving. There is no point to upset a team about a driver because you want to say 'Guenther didn't take care enough of Mick and how I do things'.”

‘No point to upset a team’;

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/32133/12861116/guenther-steiner-responds-to-toto-wolffs-criticism-of-mick-schumacher-treatment-at-haas


Haas chief Steiner's scathing assessment of Schumacher: 'Where do I start?'
19 April 2023
Ben Issatt
Inside Racing

Guenther Steiner has written a scathing criticism of former driver Mick Schumacher, in a new book on Thursday called 'Surviving to Drive', detailing a year in the life of the Haas team boss during the 2022 Formula 1 season. The Italian was also struck but what he saw as a lack of acknowledgement by Schumacher about the impact of his crashes. “I’m not saying that nobody else at the team makes mistakes. We all do. This isn’t good enough though," Steiner argued.”

"Mick seems unable to appreciate the gravity of the situation at least publicly, which is also worrying. He talks like it’s just one of those things and there is no fault anywhere. If you fok up, admit that you foked up, apologise and then try and improve. That’s what he needs to do. Although I’d prefer it if he just stopped crashing.”

“Mick’s excuse for the crash [in Monaco] was that in order for him to go faster, he has to take bigger risks and this is one of the occasions when taking a bigger risk didn’t work out. That might be a reason for the crash but it’s not an excuse. What does he want? Permission for me to carry on taking risks during races that he can’t cope with? He may as well ask me for permission to drive!”

‘Scathing assessment’;

https://www.insideracing.com/formula-1/16704-haas-chief-steiner-s-scathing-assessment-of-schumacher-where-do-i-start


Guenther Steiner on Mick Schumacher fallout: We were 'divided' | Mick was treated fairly
20th April 2023, 06:10
Sky Sports

Haas boss Guenther Steiner says he and his former driver Mick Schumacher were 'divided' amid reports that the pair have fallen out. Steiner also insists Schumacher was treated fairly while with the team.

‘We were divided';

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/12861158/guenther-steiner-on-mick-schumacher-fallout-we-were-divided-mick-was-treated-fairly


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[Fortitude]

Guenther Steiner tells Chris Evans about taking readers inside his Formula 1 team with his new book, Surviving to Drive.
Legendary Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with cinch to talk about his first book.
12:07 Thu, 20 Apr 2023.
Virgin Radio UK

Despite finding notoriety amongst racing fans for his appearances in the Netflix documentary Drive To Survive, Geunther admitted: “I didn't see any of the series. I never saw an episode.” Admitting that he didn't know how popular the series had become, the F1 star said that it was on a flight to Australia that he “realised that it had picked up”

Because: “People on the aeroplane said, ‘I just watched the show and I cannot believe that you're real’, ‘Yeah, I'm real. I'm on the aeroplane here!’ It was really funny for me.” On speaking his mind, Geunther told Chris: “Mr. Haas, he's a very outspoken man. And as long as you don't offend people, I wouldn't say you're free to say what you want to say, but he gives a lot of freedom.

“Obviously, you shouldn't offend people. But Formula 1 got very sterile, maybe 20 years ago, everything seemed too controlled, too vetted, every word needs to be controlled by seven people. I think with Mr. Haas, that doesn't happen. Sometimes he asks me, ‘Did you really need to say that?’, but that's the only comment he makes. He's not telling me what to say and what not to say.”

“You're real”;

https://virginradio.co.uk/the-chris-evans-breakfast-show-with-cinch/104129/guenther-steiner-chris-evans-new-book-surviving-drive-year-inside-formula-1


Book review: Gunther Steiner's Surviving to Drive
13:09 Thu, 20 Apr 2023.
By: Stefan Mackley
Motorsport.com

Having made himself a household name in Drive to Survive, Haas F1 team principal Gunther Steiner is now offering another way to get to know him better. We take a look at his new book, which takes that Netflix series title and flips it on its head

It's fair to say that a star was born when Gunther Steiner uttered words to that effect on an early season of Drive to Survive. Just as much as the Netflix documentary has propelled Formula 1 into the limelight and helped it amass a new following, so too it has done the same for the Haas F1 team principal. T-shirts emblazoned with his face and catchphrases have cropped up across the globe on F1's travels, and the Italian is almost as much of a celebrity as some of the drivers.

It was perhaps inevitable, then, that he published a book, which is aptly titled Surviving to Drive: A year inside Formula 1. Firstly, and very unsurprisingly, reader discretion is advised since there are so many expletives – a Steiner trademark, which, along with his sudden outbursts and forthright comments, have made him a star.

‘T-shirts emblazoned’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/book-review-gunther-steiners-surviving-to-drive/10458645/


Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner review: Haas boss takes aim in F1 2022 diary
17 Apr 2023 9:00 AM
Sam Cooper
PlanetF1.com

The 280-page diary, which takes its name from the Netflix series that propelled Steiner from just another team principal to fan favourite megastar, is billed as an “unobstructed view of what really goes on behind the scenes” of a Formula 1 team – and it was quite the season for Steiner and his Haas outfit.

While a suite of new regulations, which Haas sacrificed their 2021 season to prepare for, should have been their big focus, instead Steiner and co. were forced to navigate the fallout of a European nation invading its closest neighbour.

Once Mazepin has been dealt with, the book moves on to what becomes the overriding theme: Mick Schumacher.

“Unobstructed view”;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/surviving-to-drive-guenther-steiner-review/


“Surviving to Drive” by Guenther Steiner reviewed
F1 reviews
Posted on 16th April 2023, 10:0018th April 2023, 10:16
Written by Keith Collantine
RaceFans

Has Drive to Survive raised the profile of any individual in Formula 1 more than Haas team principal Guenther Steiner? Steiner’s plain-spoken, unfiltered and often profane reactions to his team’s fluctuating fortunes certainly helped him become the unlikeliest break-out star of the series. But how well does that style come across in book form?

In Surviving to Drive (you can see what they did there) Steiner retells the story of the 2022 season, adding in snippets of his backstory. This is all told in some approximation of his mannerisms familiar from a dozen DTS memes – in other words, heavy on the expletives, including over 300 uses of ‘fok’. That averages out at more than one per page.

The limitations of the style would be tolerable – just – if Surviving to Drive brought compelling new insights into the goings-on at Haas last year. But it adds little to what was reported over the course of 2022 and too often lapses into bland explanations of aspects of the season unrelated to the team.

‘Reviewed’;

https://www.racefans.net/2023/04/16/surviving-to-drive-by-guenther-steiner-reviewed/


Extent Schumacher cost Haas in 2022 crashes revealed in new book
10 April 3:10PM
Author Rory Mitchell
RacingNews365

Mick Schumacher lost his seat at Haas in 2022 to Nico Hulkenberg, after a string of crashes cost the team a lot of money at the start of the season.

Guenther Steiner claims Mick Schumacher cost Haas $2 million in crash damage during the 2022 Formula 1 season.

In an extract of his new book Surviving to Drive the Haas Team Principal makes an honest assessment of some of the drivers, including Schumacher who he says cost the team $700,000 during his in-lap crash at last years Japanese Grand Prix.

‘$2 million’;

https://racingnews365.com/extent-schumacher-cost-haas-in-2022-crashes-revealed-in-new-book


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200,018 views on this thread this morning...

It broke the magical 200,000 barrier, some time in the night, between the 23rd June 2024 and the 24th June 2024...