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It was always likely to happen, of course: a driver of Max Verstappen’s calibre would come along and not only perform a world championship masterclass, but also crash through an F1 record defined by excellence: that of the sheer number of wins in a season. There are those who point out, churlishly, that this was a growing possibility given the expansion of the season in recent years. Yes, there were only 18 races when Michael Schumacher racked up 13 wins in 2004; and, similarly yes, 19 when Sebastian Vettel equalled the record in 2019. Max nailed his 13th win this year in race 19 but, aside from the bare statistics, 2022 has felt less grindingly inevitable in terms of outcomes than either 2004 or 2013, in which both record-setting drivers…

PISTONS: LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD Among the many innovations brought to the sport during the last season was an element of ‘show and tell’. Formula 1 engineers are, by nature, extremely secretive. Many would say overly secretive. However there are many fans who take a keen interest in the technical aspects of the cars and follow their development avidly. The show and tell requires each team to disclose to the FIA the changes it’s made to its cars. The FIA then collates and publishes this while the team has to put its cars, and a reluctant engineer, on display to journalists before the cars run on Friday. Of course most of the development that takes place during the season is concerned with aerodynamics and the changes made are generally quite…

Tyrrell won the 1971 championship with a team of 19 people – in total. The list of employees included Ken, his wife Norah (secretary/timekeeper/lap scorer) and Eric Baker (accountant). The rest, from Derek Gardner (design director) to Robin Coleman (transporter driver and racing mechanic), had done all that was necessary to build and run cars capable of winning seven of the 11 grands prix. The final victory at Watkins Glen had been important for two reasons: a $267,000 prize fund made the US GP the richest by far in F1; and a maiden win for François Cevert not only earned Tyrrell $50,000 but also signalled the Frenchman’s continuing rise as a serious contender. The competitiveness of Elf Team Tyrrell might have seemed set to continue through 1972, but its fifth…

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JUSTIN HYNES Justin explains why Max Verstappen’s path to a second world title wasn't as simple and straightforward as it appeared (p34) ANTHONY ROWLINSON A previously unpublished interview with Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, courtesy of our former editor, makes an interesting read (p44) LUKE SMITH A two-year stint as Fernando Alonso’s team-mate was one of the subjects Luke brought up in his chat with Esteban Ocon (p56) JAKE BOXALL-LEGGE Autosport’s technical editor details exactly what the snappily titled Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric is, and why it’s important (p52)…

Q1 Which was the last team, before Mercedes, to get two drivers onto the Abu Dhabi podium? Q2 George Russell has led three races in 2022 (pre-Brazilian GP). Which three are they? Q3 Which is the only race so far in 2022 where all 20 cars are classified finishers in the official results? Q4 Graham Hill won five Monaco GPs from 1963 to 1969. Which two drivers won the race in 1966 and 1967, the two years Hill didn’t win it? Q5 How many times has Daniel Ricciardo finished third in the drivers’ championship? Q6 Who am I? I started 163 GPs from 1983 to 1993 for Arrows, Benetton, Williams, Ligier and Jordan, winning three times and claiming a single pole. Q7 True or false: Brawn won more races in…

@_markgallagher MATESCHITZ: A TRUE FORCE FOR CHANGE When Dietrich Mateschitz arrived in Milton Keynes to address the beleaguered staff of Ford’s unloved Jaguar Racing team in November 2004, he wrote the opening chapter of a remarkable story. One in which the group of people who stood in front of him that morning would be transformed into world beaters. Christian Horner was two months away from being made team principal, Adrian Newey would not be lured to the fold for another year, but Mateschitz knew precisely what he wanted. I’ve often regretted not recording his speech. He gave the staff a vision of what they would become as Red Bull Racing, the values for which Red Bull stood, how his passion for F1 dated back to the time when, in his…

You started your 100th grand prix in Mexico. Was it a milestone that you felt coming or did it go by quickly? I never stopped to think about it. In that time I’ve driven for two teams and, if I think back to my first grand prix, I think I’ve grown a lot. At the same time it feels like yesterday, I remember very well the emotions before the debut in Australia in 2018, to be there on that grid was a dream come true. Do you still have moments when you say to yourself ‘I’m a Ferrari driver’ or is it all normal to you by now? Every now and then I like to tell myself I’m lucky to be where I am. It’s a quick thought, because immediately…

@benedwardstv CAN FERRARI SOLVE ITS ABU DHABI HEX? Spectacular and distinctive aerial images are always a key part of Formula 1 TV coverage; one such eye-catching view in Abu Dhabi features the huge red roof of Ferrari World, a theme park adjacent to the Yas Marina Circuit. Inspired by the double curve of Ferrari’s GT cars, one section of the roof carries the famous Prancing Horse logo which overlooks the hairpin of the circuit at Turn 5; the handsome animal had a good view of Max Verstappen overtaking Lewis Hamilton on the last lap in 2021 to wrap up the Max’s first title. That roof didn’t exist when the first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix took place in 2009 but there wasn’t much for Ferrari fans to get excited about: both…

Much has changed since October 2015, when AMG boss Tobias Moers first decreed that a Formula 1-engined road car would be the only properly fitting way to celebrate the AMG brand’s 50 years in business. But while a prototype was ready for the Frankfurt Motor Show in the anniversary year – 2017 – further deadlines, not least the 2020 launch date, came and went as the hybrid supercar endured a thorny and protracted development phase. In the interim, Moers, the Mercedes-AMG One’s father and keenest advocate, has been headhunted by Aston Martin, where he lasted two years before being given the boot by Lawrence Stroll when the company’s share price remained in the doldrums. Word is that the demanding and hard-to-please firebrand had rubbed a few too many people up…

On Christmas Day 2020, a special gift from his son awaited Hendrik de Vries, a Renault dealership owner and an amateur racing driver from the Netherlands. Nyck, who shares his father’s passion for racing, had realised one of his lifelong dreams just a couple of weeks before the holidays, by taking part in official Formula 1 testing for young drivers – and in title-winning machinery, too. Nyck made sure his dad would have something to remember a day that was so special for both of them. “After my first season in Formula E I got given the rookie test with Mercedes for the first time, and I was super-excited and happy… because I thought I was never going to drive a Formula 1 car,” recalls the man who will be…

SORRY, BUT WE CAN’T FULLY CONFIRM the outcome of the 2022 F1 world championships just yet. The FIA Petty Cash Delegate is still examining the figures, and this may take some time. There seems to be a discrepancy in Red Bull’s accounts, under the heading ‘Common Stock’ and concerning hay claimed by Mr and Mrs Horner for horse riding while posing on Netflix. The FIA has also had Mr Verstappen produce a petrol receipt from Esso Express, West Coast Highway, Singapore, requesting a refund for reduced mileage during qualifying. Speaking of refuelling, the catering column on Ferrari’s Capital Expenditure apparently shows another tactical error by the Italians as the figure for pasta purchase is way up on last year, and not in line with a poor wheat harvest in Emilia…

facebook.com/gpracingonline NOTHING IS CLEAR IN THE FIA’S MIRROR You’ve almost got to admire the FIA for the timing of its unintentional bait-and-switch. Here we all were, worried about how the governing body would punish Red Bull for overspending in 2021 – would the penalties be too lenient and therefore undermine the sanctity of the cost cap? But the true absurdity came in the attempts to decide the comparatively small-fry issue of seventh place in the United States Grand Prix. With this, the FIA stuck to form this year by seeking to produce clarity and consistency, only to bring about the exact opposites. As a recap, Fernando Alonso was demoted eight places to 15th at Austin courtesy of a 30s penalty. This followed Haas lodging a complaint because Fernando had been…