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Originally Posted by TheBingoBalls
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Originally Posted by HeelToeShift
His record season is even more impressive considering how close the field was.
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How close the field was? Please explain.
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Verstappen competed this year with former world champions Hamilton (7x WDC
aka Greatest Of All Time), Alonso (2x WDC) and Vettel (4x WDC). Those four now share 15 WDC titles - no weak sauce drivers. But, true, the cars of HAM, ALO and VET were no match for the RB18 of VER.
Furthermore we have seen strong performances by super talents Leclerc (with a powerful Ferrari car in the first stages of the season) and Russell (pole position, Sprint win and race win).
And Sainz and Perez were no slouch either.
Genuinely hoping that Mercedes-AMG gets its act together this Winter in offering Hamilton and Russell a competitive car for 2023 and that Leclerc and Sainz don't get Ferrari'd again. And hopefully McLaren offers the young hopeful Oscar Piastri a competitive car to show his talent in 2023.
Who could have fathomed in 2021 that Hamilton would remain empty-handed in 2022 (no WDC, no WCC, no race win, no Sprint win, no pole position) and that he would end P6 in the final WDC classification, outperformed by Mercedes rookie Russell (P4) who did an outstanding job with the worrisome W13 package ?