Components 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says Crimson Bull’s rivals might have missed alternatives to beat them in 2022 and he expects a more in-depth title combat subsequent yr.
After the 2021 championship combat went all the way down to the ultimate race of the season, this yr’s contest was determined a lot sooner. Max Verstappen clinched his second world championship within the Japanese Grand Prix, with 4 races to go.
F1 launched new technical rules for 2022 aimed toward bettering the standard of racing and reducing the efficiency hole between groups. Domenicali mentioned F1 are “completely optimistic on the affect that the change of rules introduced this yr” regardless of the early conclusion to the championship combat.
Whereas Mercedes struggled from the start of the yr and have solely lately change into victory contenders as soon as extra, Ferrari began the yr with two wins in three races however noticed their early benefit regularly overturned by Crimson Bull. Domenicali suspects Crimson Bull’s rivals missed possibilities to beat them this yr.
“On this case Crimson Bull, and Max Verstappen, did an unbelievable job,” he mentioned. “Perhaps it’s one other staff didn’t take the precise alternative.
“However what we noticed on the observe, the wheel-to-wheel racing, that’s what we needed. And I’m completely assured that subsequent yr the combat on the observe will arrive [until] the tip of the calendar.”
He mentioned there may be nonetheless numerous curiosity within the final two races as a number of decrease positions in each the drivers and groups championships are but to be determined.
“The final races, on the sporting facet, there may be numerous consideration,” he mentioned. “There’s a combat for locations that additionally for the staff’s perspective is said to their monetary place and the monetary reward in the event that they obtain a place higher than the opposite groups. So I feel that there could be numerous curiosity in Brazil and Abu Dhabi too, no drawback.”
The early conclusion to this yr’s championship gained’t have a unfavourable impact on the championship from a monetary perspective both, mentioned Domenicali. “We don’t see any form of threat in any respect.
“Initially, we’ve got the final two races we bought out tickets and the numbers are actually rising. The eye will probably be shifted, in fact, on different fights from the sporting perspective. That’s a part of racing.”
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