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Red Bull stopping Mercedes from winning their ninth constructors’ championship in a row was a task that, admittedly, was easier than many people expected it to be. In part, that was down to Mercedes enduring what can only be described as a nightmare season.
The changing of the guard
However, the fact remains that before their winless 2022 season, Toto Wolff’s team had won eight constructors’ titles in a row. It was such extraordinary dominance that will surely be used as a future case study in how to effectively build one of the most commanding dynasties in the whole of sports. Irrespective of how this phenomenal run ended, though, Red Bull had spent years working tirelessly to bridge the gap between themselves and Mercedes over the last decade.
Indeed, the quest to return Red Bull to the top of the drivers’ and constructors’ standings became an all-consuming obsession for the powers that be of the Austrian team. As we know, it was a goal that was achieved in 2021 when Max Verstappen won the drivers’ championship following late drama in Abu Dhabi. Given the well-documented circumstances that surrounded this win, there were subsequently a large amount of F1 racing fans who attached an asterisk to the 2021 success, which would have hurt Red Bull’s pride following all the back-breaking work they had put into overtaking Mercedes.
That extraordinary final lap of the 2021 title race in full 😮#AbuDhabiGP 🇦🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/kknTMDfpAF
— Formula 1 (@F1) December 12, 2021
That is why the 2022 triumph in both the drivers’ and constructors’ standings would have provided immense satisfaction and left no one in doubt that Red Bull were the best team on the grid.
Finally, there were no more asterisks or debates, the Red Bull team headed by Christian Horner had wrestled back the initiative after a decade of playing catch-up. In some respects, you could say that the accomplishment of hauling Mercedes in required as much determination as building a championship-winning dynasty given how far ahead Wolff’s team was and how much money they had earned in the process of winning eight consecutive titles. In short, trying to keep up with a juggernaut going at that speed requires an unprecedented level of dedication and…
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