F1 Trackside View: December 2022

Max Verstappen’s utter dominance of the 2022 season saw him claim the world title with four races still to come, even if, as ever, the FIA didn’t make things simple...

Max Verstappen at Japanese Grand Prix

Numerous F1 world champions have been crowned at the Japanese Grand Prix and so it proved in 2022 for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen – 113 points ahead of team-mate Sergio Pérez with 112 points still available

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Race report
Rain at the Singapore and Japanese grands prix  couldn’t dampen Verstappen’s victory

Word on the beat
Latest on the driver changes for 2023, Korean GP rumours and Porsche’s F1 push

Tactical analysis
Quick thinking was needed as conventional tyre strategies were cast aside in the wet

News in brief
Points confusion, power to the broom and Valtteri Bottas’s Alfa disappearing act

Tech insight
Aero upgrades on the floor continue
– and were particularly effective for Alpine

Johnny Herbert
Our columnist breaks the news to Max that he’s F1 world champion – sort of…