2022 Formula One World Championship — 73rd running of the Formula One World Championship
Max Verstappen claimed his second F1 title as ground-effect aerodynamics returned for the first time since 1982, reshaping the competitive order.
Key Facts
- Season races
- 22 Grands Prix
- Championship running
- 73rd edition
- Drivers' Champion
- Max Verstappen (2nd title)
- Constructors' Champion
- Red Bull Racing (5th title)
- Last ground effect use
- 1982 (40-year gap)
- Vettel retirement
- Final season for 4-time champion
By the Numbers
Cause → Event → Consequence
Technical regulation changes introducing ground-effect aerodynamics, originally planned for 2021, were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. These sweeping changes aimed to produce closer racing by reducing aerodynamic turbulence and were the most significant overhaul of F1's technical rules in the turbo-hybrid era.
The 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship ran across 22 Grands Prix worldwide. Max Verstappen won his second Drivers' Championship at the Japanese Grand Prix, and Red Bull Racing secured their fifth Constructors' title at the United States Grand Prix, ending Mercedes' dominance of the turbo-hybrid era.
Red Bull Racing became the first constructor other than Mercedes to win the Constructors' Championship in the turbo-hybrid era. Mercedes fell to third, winning only one race, while Sebastian Vettel retired from Formula One and Lewis Hamilton failed to win a race or pole for the first time since his 2007 debut.