What went right and what went wrong for every F1 team in 2022

The 2022 Formula One play is implicit -- Red Bull took the title but each 10 teams had astatine slightest 1 bully happening to outcry about, arsenic good arsenic moments which didn't spell to plan, crossed the season.

Here we look astatine the champion and worst of each team's season, successful title order.

1. Red Bull

What went right: Pretty overmuch everything. Max Verstappen was connected different level this twelvemonth and looked arsenic bully arsenic immoderate ascendant champion successful F1's caller history, winning a grounds 15 of the team's 17 victories. Verstappen's quality to continually rise the barroom was awesome and it is hard to reason against him being the champion operator successful F1 close now. With Verstappen connected committee the team's aboriginal looks incredibly bright. The squad operated astatine a apical level too. Red Bull out-developed and out-strategised its rivals passim the twelvemonth and continually underlined the spot of the full F1 cognition - caput of strategy Hannah Schmitz was 1 of the heroes of the team's campaign. The satellite champions had to woody with motor supplier Honda officially withdrawing from F1, but aboriginal struck a woody to proceed utilizing 1 of the champion powerfulness units successful F1 until the extremity of 2025. Early reliability issues threatened the team's title situation successful the aboriginal weeks of the twelvemonth but erstwhile the squad was connected apical of those problems, it ne'er looked back.

What went wrong: Optics and reputational damage. The team's 2021 fund headdress overspend formed a shadiness implicit the accomplishment of winning some F1 titles for the archetypal clip since 2013. Red Bull was deed with a $7 cardinal good and volition suffer 10 percent of its aerodynamic investigating allowance adjacent year. Red Bull was already owed to person the lowest allocation of immoderate team, having won the championship, raising the anticipation it could conflict to support gait with the improvement of Ferrari and Mercedes adjacent year. Then determination was Brazil, wherever Verstappen refused a elemental petition to assistance his dutiful teammate Sergio Perez successful his bid to decorativeness 2nd successful the drivers' championship. It made Verstappen look petulant and disrespectful and, worst of all, made the squad look powerless to power their superstar driver. Red Bull took the blame, but the harm was done. Team harmony is present a large question-mark and the full saga whitethorn acceptable up an absorbing concern if Verstappen needs Perez's assistance successful a tighter title combat adjacent season.

2. Ferrari

What went right: Returning to the front. Ferrari's car was the pick of the harvest successful wintertime investigating and started with 2 Charles Leclerc wins from 3 races aboriginal on. The squad had intelligibly made bully decisions successful the preceding twelvemonth successful presumption of car design, aft 2 years woefully disconnected the gait pursuing its backstage colony with the FIA for moving an amerciable motor successful 2019. Building a much competitory car than the all-conquering Mercedes outfit was a feather successful the headdress and it did negociate to unafraid 2nd successful the championship. Although the play did not extremity with the title triumph galore had hoped, Ferrari has acceptable a bully baseline for aboriginal seasons and is not arsenic acold from contention arsenic successful erstwhile years.

What went wrong: Strategy, car reliability, operator errors -- the database is long. Not agelong aft those 2 aboriginal wins, Ferrari's play imploded. The squad made galore baffling strategy calls and its vigor communications with drivers became a root of drama astatine the extremity of the season, with Leclerc particularly sounding fed up with things astatine caller events. Team brag Mattia Binotto infamously declared determination was nary crushed the squad couldn't triumph the last 10 races of the season, lone for the squad not to triumph immoderate of them. Binotto's occupation appears to beryllium hanging by a thread present and it is wide large changes are needed if Ferrari wants to beryllium a champion immoderate clip soon. The squad cannot enarthrosis each the blame, though. Leclerc and Carlos Sainz made their just stock of mistakes astatine large moments which lone worsened the team's woes done the year.

3. Mercedes

What went right: The team's operator pairing and emergence of George Russell. Valtteri Bottas' performances were a anemic constituent of the squad successful erstwhile years but with Russell astatine the helm alongside Lewis Hamilton, the squad has 2 superstar drivers. Mercedes rather comfortably has the champion operator lineup connected the grid close now. Russell lived up to each expectations and bushed Hamilton's points haul implicit a play -- lone the 3rd teammate to bash that successful 16 years. He scored a memorable archetypal triumph successful Brazil, the team's lone victory. Hamilton started dilatory but was backmost to his champion by midseason and it is wide the occurrence is burning wrong him arsenic overmuch arsenic ever. If Mercedes tin physique a title-worthy car and debar interior conflict, it volition beryllium a formidable pairing for immoderate squad to beat.

What went wrong: The car. Mercedes' title situation seemed implicit earlier the play had adjacent started. The W13 featured a extremist concept, antithetic to immoderate different car connected the grid, and it instantly created problems for the team. The car was known for however it bounced astatine precocious speeds earlier successful the twelvemonth - a improvement known arsenic porpoising. It meant Mercedes started connected the backmost foot, which was a autumn from grace aft 8 seasons astatine the beforehand of the pack. The squad managed to lick aboriginal problems and developed good implicit the year, but it was ne'er a morganatic contender for the title. Toto Wolff has vowed to enactment the troublesome car successful the reception of the team's 2 factories adjacent play to punctual employees however hard it is to triumph successful Formula One.

4. Alpine

What went right: Beating McLaren to fourth. Realistically, this was the champion the French squad could anticipation for this year, with F1's apical 3 intelligibly a measurement up of the rest. Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso were 2 of 2022's in-form drivers and determination were lone 3 races Alpine failed to people a constituent at. With a batch of questions astir the semipermanent imaginativeness of the Renault mill outfit, this effect was a motion that, immoderate mightiness beryllium going incorrect down the scenes, the squad is astatine slightest connected a bully way successful presumption of its car.

What went wrong: Team absorption and reliability. It was a atrocious look for the French squad to suffer Alonso and Oscar Piastri to rival teams successful the abstraction of a week. The handling of mega-talented inferior operator Piastri, for truthful agelong considered the aboriginal of the team, was farcical, portion Alonso was blessed to instrumentality a measurement down the grid to Aston Martin aft Alpine dithered connected his declaration extension. It seems the in-fighting and mismanagement which has plagued the Renault cognition since it returned to F1 successful 2016 has not gone away. Although it finished fourth, Alonso regularly called retired the team's spotty reliability grounds and it volition request to get connected apical of this if it wants to proceed an upward trajectory without the Spaniard astatine the helm.

5. McLaren

What went right: Lando Norris. McLaren extended Norris' F1 declaration until 2025 astatine the commencement of the season. It volition beryllium wealth good spent. By finishing 'best of the rest', a word Norris said helium does not really like, the British operator was 1 of the year's standout performers and the lone operator extracurricular of the apical 3 teams to people a podium, which helium did astatine Imola. Norris is 1 of the champion semipermanent prospects successful F1 close now. He did not triumph a contention but, dissimilar his missed accidental successful Sochi past year, McLaren was ne'er successful the premix for victory. When Norris gets a competitory car determination tin beryllium small uncertainty helium volition beryllium a contender for victories and championships successful future.

What went wrong: Daniel Ricciardo and a car stranded successful the midfield. While Norris excelled successful 1 car, Ricciardo floundered successful the other, scoring a staggering 82 less points than his teammate. CEO Zak Brown chopped the Australian's woody abbreviated 1 twelvemonth early, a determination understandable successful the discourse of Ricciardo's results since joining McLaren successful 2021. Ricciardo wasn't the lone concern. McLaren came into the play hoping to marque the apical 3 a battalion of 4 teams, but it seemed further distant from the beforehand this twelvemonth and ne'er came adjacent to challenging for a win. There has been advancement nether Brown but this celebrated F1 squad mightiness beryllium stuck successful the midfield for a small portion yet. The longer that hold goes on, the harder it volition beryllium to person Norris to stay.

6. Alfa Romeo

What went right: Audi, Valtteri Bottas and finishing sixth. Bottas was a superb signing by the Swiss squad and the Finn was astatine the halfway of the Hinwil operation's champion title effect since finishing sixth arsenic Sauber successful 2012. Bottas scored 49 of the teams 55 points, showing however invaluable that benignant of acquisition tin beryllium to a midfield squad with a competitory car. Rookie operator Zhou Guanyu is unpolished but whitethorn person the endowment to enactment successful F1 for a portion if helium tin amusement advancement adjacent year. On apical of everything else, Alfa Romeo secured a immense concern with German manufacturing giants Audi for 2026, which volition beryllium a immense boost for the aboriginal of a squad that has won conscionable 1 contention successful its 26 years connected the F1 grid. Good times await.

What went wrong: Reliability. Despite the beardown result, Alfa had 1 of the worst reliability records connected the grid. During the European rounds Alfa's cars seemed to deed an contented each play and that surely near a immense haul of points connected the array crossed the season. Over the last 12 races the squad added conscionable 4 points to its tally and ended up tied connected 55 with Aston Martin. Bottas' fifth-place decorativeness astatine Imola ---- which neither Aston operator could lucifer - won a tiebreaker, but it shows you however costly those issues mightiness person been. The 2 cars' starts were besides unspeakable each year, thing the drivers enactment down to clutch issues.

7. Aston Martin

What went right: Convincing Alonso to articulation the project. Alonso is precisely the benignant of operator Aston Martin needs to execute Lawrence Stroll's lofty ambitions of moving astatine the beforehand of the grid successful a fewer years. Stroll has shown helium is consenting to walk large to execute his goals and this was an denotation of however superior helium is. Alonso, who joins connected a three-year deal, has nary issues publically calling retired a squad for mediocre performances oregon reliability and helium mightiness beryllium the driving unit the squad needs internally to determination up the order. He remains 1 of F1's astir talented drivers and, arsenic agelong arsenic Aston Martin tin negociate his ego the close way, Alonso volition beryllium a immense boost to the squad going forward. It is wide helium is arsenic fired up arsenic ever, which is ever arsenic bully thing.

What went wrong: A deficiency of competitiveness. Aston Martin's car is inactive a agelong mode from looking similar 1 that tin situation for thing meaningful successful F1. Stroll has invested heavy successful a caller mill other the Silverstone circuit but it is lone conscionable coming online and was completed excessively precocious to person an interaction connected the 2022 campaign. The astir worrying happening this twelvemonth volition beryllium however acold down the Alpine/McLaren conflict Aston Martin recovered itself, with Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll often warring astatine the little extremity of the bid successful qualifying and races. Aston Martin is simply a agelong mode distant from proving it is simply a squad moving successful the close direction.

8. Haas

What went right: The instrumentality of Kevin Magnussen and a caller rubric sponsor. The team's aboriginal seemed uncertain erstwhile it chopped ties with Uralkali astatine the commencement of the year, but it bounced backmost superbly. K-Mag's instrumentality was a large sporting comeback communicative and showed wherefore the squad is present going for the experienced Nico Hulkenberg implicit the error-prone Mick Schumacher - acquisition is key. Magnussen scored the bulk of Haas' points astatine the commencement of the play and that proved captious successful finishing up of AlphaTauri for eighth successful the championship. Ahead of the U.S. Grand Prix, Haas confirmed the accomplishment of MoneyGram arsenic rubric sponsor, which squad brag Guenther Steiner said volition let the squad to walk astatine the apical extremity of the outgo cap. The squad volition hopefully beryllium capable to crook its attentions to a instrumentality to the midfield battalion successful aboriginal years.

What went wrong: Money and Mick. In the play betwixt Uralkali and MoneyGram, it was wide however strapped for currency Haas was this year. The squad had to hold a planned upgrade midway done the twelvemonth and it slipped down the bid arsenic different teams developed their cars. Haas' origin was not helped by Schumacher's costly crashes successful the opening races, which near them disquieted astir moving retired of spare parts astatine immoderate races. Schumacher showed glimpses of signifier aft that but yet not capable to support his job. Although MoneyGram is simply a boost, Haas mislaid crushed to respective midfield rivals successful the spell without a rubric spouse successful a important twelvemonth successful this caller procreation of cars - the archetypal twelvemonth sets the baseline for what is to come.

9. AlphaTauri

What went right: Not a lot. The squad managed to snag the talented Nyck de Vries arsenic a replacement to the outgoing Pierre Gasly, which was a bully spot of business. However, that was arguably amended quality for Gasly, arsenic helium yet got a determination backmost up the grid, and for Red Bull arsenic a whole, uncovering a suitable replacement for its operator programme. It says a batch astir AlphaTauri's play that it is hard to constitute overmuch much here. In presumption of its finishing position, this was the team's worst play successful F1 for a agelong time.

What went wrong: Pretty overmuch everything. In the 3 years earlier 2022, AlphaTauri finished sixth, seventh and sixth, truthful this play was a backwards step. Considering the information its genitor squad dominated F1 successful 2022, it was puzzling to spot the Faenza squad arsenic uncompetitive arsenic it was. Reliability, especially, was a large occupation passim the play - Gasly climbing retired of a burning car successful signifier for the opening contention was a motion of things to come. The French operator has been the team's superstar since helium dropped backmost down from Red Bull successful 2018 and his heroics mightiness beryllium missed adjacent year. The assemblage is inactive retired connected Yuki Tsunoda, who shows flashes of existent endowment each truthful often but going into his 3rd twelvemonth seems acold from the finished merchandise Red Bull and AlphaTauri privation him to be.

10. Williams

What went right: Alex Albon. No-one successful F1 thought the Thai operator deserved to permission the athletics aft 2020 and his instrumentality was a feel-good communicative - and, crucially for Williams, helium showed wherefore helium belonged successful F1 this year. Albon was a astute prime to capable the void near by Russell's departure to Mercedes. Albon is simply a mega endowment and for immoderate crushed things conscionable didn't enactment retired for him astatine Red Bull, but it is wide however overmuch helium is thriving extracurricular the immense unit of that environment. He besides seems a large acceptable for a Williams squad that is renowned for getting the champion retired of young drivers. If the car makes steps guardant adjacent season, Albon is the benignant of operator who tin get the astir retired of it.

What went wrong: Finishing last, again. After 3 consecutive years finishing last, the squad roseate to eighth past season, spurred connected by immoderate magnificent Russell results, but dropped to the bottommost of the bid again this year. Williams routinely struggled to get retired of Q1 and has an tremendous magnitude of enactment to bash if it is to adjacent determination a spot oregon 2 up the order. Nicholas Latifi struggled again and De Vries' thrust to ninth successful Monza (as Albon's stand-in) suggested the squad mightiness person fared amended with much endowment down the instrumentality of its 2nd car successful caller seasons. Latifi is connected the mode out, but determination are immoderate concerns successful the paddock American operator Logan Sargeant has been promoted excessively aboriginal successful his development. Time volition tell.