Love them or loathe them, what Red Bull Racing achieved in 2022 was nothing short of remarkable.
I phrase it that way because, for all they have achieved in Formula 1, Red Bull still divide opinion like no other team on the grid. In some ways that is by design – since the day this loutish lot racing under the branding of an energy drink entered the sport, the mission has been to disrupt the status quo. To do things differently.
And pretty quickly they made it clear they were there to win, as well. After the four consecutive titles with Sebastian Vettel, and a period of dominance by their Mercedes rivals which will have hurt no end, this was the year in which Christian Horner finally returned to where he wants to be – at the very top.
