Overseen by F1’s Managing Director of Motorsports Ross Brawn and his team, the various changes included a ground-effect floor, bigger tires, a simplified front wing, and a sharp new rear wing. These new rules, which were initially planned for the 2021 season before getting pushed back by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were introduced to bring back the excitement in the sport by allowing cars better chances to overtake, among other things.
Nico Rosberg, the 2016 F1 world champion, has praised the sport for making the changes as he believes it made the 2022 season “awesome.” As quoted by the F1 website, he said:
The regulation changes did have an impact as the 2022 season saw 785 overtakes, a big jump from the 599 passes recorded in 2021. This, Rosberg believes, is proof that the new rules were working as intended, as he said:
Nico Rosberg names Max Verstappen 2022’s best driver, former Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamiton not in his top-3
Nico Rosberg named his top five drivers of the 2022 season in a video on his YouTube channel.
Max Verstappen, who won his second consecutive F1 world title with a dominant campaign, unsurprisingly features at the top of the list. The German stated that Verstappen’s “incredible level” made him stand out throughout the season, making him his best driver for 2022.
Rosberg said:
George Russell and Charles Leclerc were Nico Rosberg’s second and third-best drivers, respectively, of the recently concluded season, with his former Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in fourth.
McLaren driver Lando Norris was ranked fifth by Nico Rosberg.
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