Max Verstappen comfortably saw off the challenge of Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez in 2022, and it was always going to be one-way traffic. F1
As the Red Bull team-mates lined up on the 2022 grid, one the reigning World Champion, the other his “what a legend” team-mate, it was always going to be one-way traffic in Max Verstappen’s favour. The only person who didn’t expect that was Sergio Perez.
Red Bull went on a six-race winning streak, three to Verstappen, one to Perez, two more to Verstappen and by the time Canada was done and dusted the reigning World Champion was on his way to a second World title – his only blip in that six-race run Perez’s Monaco win. Red Bull’s run ended at the British Grand Prix, a race that was marred by a massive first-lap shunt for Zhou Guanyu who was lucky to walk away without any serious injuries. After the restart Verstappen’s floor was damaged by debris which cost him pace, the Dutchman finishing down in seventh place, while Carlos Sainz held off Perez to take his maiden Formula 1 win. Perez was again sniffing at the possibility of a title title, 34 points behind Verstappen.
Verstappen: “I told you already last summer, guys. Don’t ask that again to me, okay? Are we clear about that? I gave my reasons and I stand by it.”In a relationship of “legends” and laughs, something had gone horribly wrong. Verstappen alluded to something that happened earlier in the season, pundits seizing on Perez’s Monaco crash with whispers it was deliberate to keep Verstappen behind him.
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