![]() Leclerc and Carlos Sainz made their fair share of mistakes at big moments which only worsened the team's woes through the year. The team cannot shoulder all the blame, though. Binotto's job appears to be hanging by a thread now and it is clear big changes are needed if Ferrari wants to be a champion any time soon. Team boss Mattia Binotto infamously declared there was no reason the team couldn't win the final 10 races of the season, only for the team not to win any of them. The team made many baffling strategy calls and its radio communications with drivers became a source of comedy at the end of the season, with Leclerc especially sounding fed up with things at recent events. Not long after those two early wins, Ferrari's season imploded. What went wrong: Strategy, car reliability, driver errors - the list is long. Although the season did not end with the championship win many had hoped, Ferrari has set a good baseline for future seasons and is not as far from contention as in previous years. ![]() Building a more competitive car than the all-conquering Mercedes outfit was a feather in the cap and it did manage to secure second in the championship. The team had clearly made good decisions in the preceding year in terms of car design, after two years woefully off the pace following its private settlement with the FIA for running an illegal engine in 2019. Ferrari's car was the cream of the crop in winter testing and started with two Charles Leclerc wins from three races early on. Team harmony is now a big question-mark and the whole saga may set up an interesting situation if Verstappen needs Perez's help in a tighter championship fight next season. ![]() Red Bull took the blame, but the damage was done. It made Verstappen look petulant and disrespectful and, worst of all, made the team look powerless to control their superstar driver. ![]() Then there was Brazil, where Verstappen refused a simple request to help his dutiful teammate Sergio Perez in his bid to finish second in the drivers' championship. Red Bull was already due to have the lowest allocation of any team, having won the championship, raising the possibility it could struggle to keep pace with the development of Ferrari and Mercedes next year. Red Bull was hit with a $7 million fine and will lose 10 percent of its aerodynamic testing allowance next year. The team's 2021 budget cap overspend cast a shadow over the achievement of winning both F1 titles for the first time since 2013. What went wrong: Optics and reputational damage. Early reliability issues threatened the team's championship challenge in the early weeks of the year but once the team was on top of those problems, it never looked back. The world champions had to deal with engine supplier Honda officially withdrawing from F1, but later struck a deal to continue using one of the best power units in F1 until the end of 2025. Red Bull out-developed and out-strategised its rivals throughout the year and continually underlined the strength of the whole F1 operation - head of strategy Hannah Schmitz was one of the heroes of the team's campaign. With Verstappen on board the team's future looks incredibly bright. Verstappen's ability to continually raise the bar was impressive and it is hard to argue against him being the best driver in F1 right now. Max Verstappen was on another level this year and looked as good as any dominant champion in F1's recent history, winning a record 15 of the team's 17 victories. Here we look at the best and worst of every team's season, in championship order. Red Bull took the championship, but all 10 teams had at least one good thing to shout about, as well as moments that didn't go to plan, across the season. What went right and what went wrong for every F1 team in 2022 You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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