Verstappen, how long?

Max Verstappen wins second F1 title this sunday F1 Japan GP 2022 and was crowned with four appointments yet to be played.That’s the clearest data showing the superiority the Dutch had red bull In the first season of the new regulations of the “Great Circus”. He has 12 wins from 18 races, but above all there is the feeling that the 25-year-old driver dominates the second half.

Red Bull and Verstappen They form the worst duo. It combines two basic elements: a A driver who does everything almost flawlessly with his teamRed Bull has shown that in many areas.

The first basic point is The team at Milton Keynes knew how to perfectly interpret the 2022 rules to create a car that could fight on the front lines. From the beginning.the second is his Incredibly Responsive, any team must have if they want to be champions.After two dropouts from Verstappen In the first three races everything seemed lost due to two fuel leaks and many questions about the engine, but they reacted and did not set back further.

should be added to this Best development in terms of evolutionthe flank that delivered the final blow to Ferrari in the second division of the championship, ending even the dominance the Italians had in the rat race in cars with two main weapons. His speed on the straights and good tire management. This second aspect gave them too much of an advantage as it allowed them to expand their race pace and offer better strategic options. again, Red Bull executed their plan flawlessly with perfect strategy and stops. A champion car for a champion team with a champion driver. the perfect bundle.

Red Bull and Verstappen They achieved such dominance in the first year of a new era in F1 with a car with very different regulations and a very different aerodynamic concept than in 2021. Therefore, it is inevitable that many people will ask the same question. “How long will the dominance of Verstappen and Red Bull continue?” What many fear will be seen in 2022 is the purest Mercedes style of the pre-F1 era, and is just the beginning of a wider realm of energy drinks in Holland and F1.

your rival

Apart from all its virtues, another point that fuels its fear is the current situation of its biggest rivals. And it’s that the domain isn’t built on its own strengths alone, but on the rest of its responsiveness.

His main rival this year is Ferrari. It’s true that the rules are still in place next year and Ferrari can be celebrated for having a fast car with a lot of strengths, but unlike Red Bull both the car and the team are his 1 Starts a rung late. Ferrari will have to waste time continuing to search for an answer to the greater tire degradation, a major disadvantage compared to Milton Keynes on this final leg of the track. In addition, work should continue to improve the reliability of the engine. Meanwhile, Red Bull can spend all that time improving their car.

Ferrari, on the other hand, don’t seem to have a championship-level structure, and the mistakes they made in 2022 are proof of that. The car is worse developed than Red Bull and is less responsive to problems. Additionally, his race run had too many strategy and pitstop errors that left much to be desired. There is too much to improve to make Red Bull nervous in 2023 in his tough one-on-one battle as Mercedes did in 2021. To beat Red Bull you have to do everything perfectly and never stop improving. Ferrari is trying to prove it, but he doesn’t appear to be in that position.

It’s important to note that in this area other teams with less cracked structures that are perfect and accustomed to winning like Mercedes are a long way off. Performance has improved, but the current car concept is still far from Red Bull. The question is to see if Star continues to bet on this single-seater concept. I’ll start with the obvious disadvantages at this point compared to Red Bull. That seems like your most viable option. The other is to bet on a design similar to the Champion and completely change the concept. We may lose another year, 2023.

Beyond these teams, it doesn’t look like anyone else has the ability to join the fight. I don’t know. How long will Verstappen’s dominance last? That’s the big problem.