With the two World Championship titles sewn up, this is what's left to race for in the final three races of the F1 2022 season...
What’s left to play for over the remaining three races in F1 2022?While Max Verstappen and Red Bull have wrapped up the world titles, there are still plenty of interesting fights to be decided during the final three races of F1 2022.
But fight he did, and win he did, as the Dutch driver came back magnificently to overtake 2022 title rival Charles Leclerc and 2021 title rival Lewis Hamilton to take his 13th victory of the year. However, in terms of percentages and in order to beat Schumacher’s dominance, Verstappen must win all three races to take his win percentage to 72.7% – this would be 0.5% more than what Schumacher managed during his season.With the gap between Ferrari and Mercedes some 53 points separating their second and third places, a swap doesn’t look likely given that Ferrari still seem to have an overall pace advantage on the Mercedes W13.
It’s also worth noting that McLaren are fighting this battle with one hand tied behind their back, due to Daniel Ricciardo’s struggles this season. Lando Norris has scored 109 of McLaren’s 138 points – meaning it’s more like Alpine vs. Norris than it is a true two-car effort. In contrast, Aston Martin have only failed to score on six occasions – three of those being the first three races of the year. While Lance Stroll blotted his copybook with a silly defensive move on Alonso in the United States, he came home in sixth in Singapore – a position that Vettel replicated in Japan and looked certain to do again in the US.
Having been the epitome of consistency in the first half of the season as Mercedes occupied a ‘no-man’s-land’ in third spot, Russell hasn’t looked to be able to quite get in the fight with the Red Bulls and the Ferraris to quite the same level as Hamilton has. If Sargeant fails, Schumacher is surely the lead contender to take that seat, with team boss Jost Capito having previously shown interest in him. However, if Sargeant does nail down a top six championship finish, that door shuts for Schumacher – and he’s left in the hands of Guenther Steiner. A Steiner who has been as non-committal about Schumacher as it’s possible for a team boss to be, as he has openly said there are plenty of options open to them.
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