The 2022 F1 World Championship ends at the F1 Abu Dhabi GP. Both titles had already been won by Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing, but the battle behind them was still fierce.
In the drivers’ ranking, Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) defeated Sergio Perez (Red Bull) to take second place. Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton finished the season in sixth place, his worst season in the championship, after his first season without a pole position and win in his 16-year F1 career.
● It was Max Verstappen’s third win in a row at Yas Marina and the first time in his career that he won the same track three years in a row.
• It was Max Verstappen’s 15th win of the season, matching the combined wins of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna in McLaren’s near-perfect 1988 season.
● The F1 Abu Dhabi GP has produced race winners from pole positions for the eighth consecutive time.
● Ferrari finished second in the drivers’ and constructors’ championships.
• Charles Leclerc’s second place is Ferrari’s best result at Yas Marina since 2018.
● Charles Leclerc had the best result of 4th place in 2019 at the F1 Abu Dhabi GP.
With Sergio Perez finishing 3rd and finishing 3 points behind Charles Leclerc in the final standings, it didn’t make sense for Red Bull to switch positions and score 2 points at the last round in Brazil. It will be.
● Red Bull has yet to achieve a one-two finish in the drivers’ championship.
• Sergio Pérez’s 3rd place finish is his 11th podium of the season, matching the total number of podiums he has won in the last seven seasons.
• Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who finished the race in 4th, moved past Lewis Hamilton to 5th in the Drivers’ Championship, matching his final standings for 2021.
● George Russell achieved his 19th top-five finish in 22 races this year, finishing fifth in the race.
• Lando Norris came home sixth, setting the fifth fastest lap of his career, but could not beat Alpine, who was ranked fourth in the Constructors’ Championship.
● Alpine’s Esteban Ocon finished 7th. This is his best result so far in his six starts at Yas Marina.
● Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll finished 8th. Only once this season has he topped 8th place (Singapore’s 6th place).
• Daniel Ricciardo scored points in his final race for McLaren in ninth place, but has finished in just seven of his 22 races this season.
• Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel finished 10th, scoring points on his 299th and final F1 start.
• Lewis Hamilton’s DNF was Mercedes’ only mechanical retirement of the 2022 season.
● 6th place in the drivers’ ranking is Lewis Hamilton’s worst result in 16 seasons in F1.
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