Sergio Perez looked a bigger challenger to Max Verstappen over the opening races of the season – but then the world champion clicked with Red Bull’s latest chassis.
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Vote for your 2022 Formula 1 Driver of the Year
Debates and Polls
Posted onWhich Formula 1 driver impressed you the most with their performance throughout the 2022 season? Cast your vote in our annual Driver of the Year poll.
Lower scores for half of drivers in final F1 22 driver ratings
Gaming
Posted onHalf of the Formula 1 drivers who contested the majority of last season have had their performance ratings cut in the final update for F1 22.
The drivers who surprised RaceFans readers by beating their team mates in 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted onBefore the 2022 season began RaceFans readers named which drivers would out-score their team mates. Here’s which they got right – and wrong…
How many victory chances did Hamilton have in his first winless F1 season?
2022 F1 season
Posted onLewis Hamilton has completed a Formula 1 season without winning a grand prix for the first time in his career. But how many races could he have won?
Sainz, Leclerc and Shwartzman fill top three for Ferrari in final F1 test of 2022
F1 2022 post-season testing
Posted onFerrari’s drivers filled the top three positions in Formula 1’s single day of post-season testing at Yas Marina Circuit on Tuesday.
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix driver ratings
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen put in another peerless performance but others impressed too. For the final time in 2022, here are RaceFans’ driver ratings.
No driver can match Verstappen in the same car right now – Horner
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen has improved his performance to a level which his team principal Christian Horner doubts any rival could match, even in the same car.
Driver line-up set for final F1 test of 2022 season
2022 F1 season
Posted onFormula 1’s final day of on-track running will take place at Yas Marina tomorrow. Here’s which drivers are expected to take part.
F1’s 2023 driver line-up is complete as Williams confirm Sargeant
2023 F1 season
Posted onSix Formula 1 teams have changed their driver pairings for 2023 including Williams, who were the last to confirm their line-up.
Verstappen smokes his rivals one last time as Vettel goes out fighting
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix review
Posted onMax Verstappen closed the book on a historic season for Red Bull with victory in Abu Dhabi, while Sebastian Vettel’s final grand prix proved a dramatic one.
Vote for your 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onWho was the best driver during the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onOne-stop strategies paid off for Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, but Sebastian Vettel suspected his cost Aston Martin sixth place in the championship.
Verstappen says holding up Leclerc to help Perez would not have been “fair”
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen says it would not have been fair for him to hold up Charles Leclerc in an effort to help his team mate take second place in the championship.
Verstappen says 2022 dominance will be “hard to replicate” after 15th win
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onAfter taking his fifteenth win of the season in Abu Dhabi, Max Verstappen says that he knows Red Bull’s success will be difficult to repeat.
Verstappen dominates Abu Dhabi GP as Leclerc resists Perez for runner-up spot
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix summary
Posted onMax Verstappen expertly managed his pace to turn a one-stop strategy into victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc.
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix championship points
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen leads the drivers championship by 146 points from Charles Leclerc after the final races of the season.
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race result
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen has won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez.
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in pictures
F1 Pictures
Posted onThe 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina in pictures.
As Red Bull hold all the cards up front, the finale’s best fights are in the midfield
2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix pre-race analysis
Posted onRed Bull have their first front row lock-out for four years and look set to dominate. But there are other fights to follow in Sunday’s finale.