Lewis Hamilton likened his Mercedes team's struggles in 2022 to dealing with "a ghost in the car".
It has largely been a year to forget for the Silver Arrows. So used to dominating the Formula 1 world in recent seasons, they began 2022 with a car far less competitive than they would have liked and spent much of the rest of the year playing catch-up.
The W13 was a capable performer when in the right setup window, but as the season wore on it became more and more clear that window was tiny. Unless the team absolutely nailed the setup of the cars for each race weekend, Hamilton and George Russell were usually left to simply try to score as many points as possible.
