Max Verstappen may be pushing the pedals in Singapore on Sunday as he attempts to seal his second Formula One world championship but the Dutchman and the rest of the paddock know it is his Red Bull team who have been masterfully pulling the strings this season.
Verstappen’s march to the title has been so fearsome it now seems almost as if it was inevitable from the off, yet this was far from the case. 2022 has been a masterclass from an F1 team firing at every level. Red Bull have stepped up at the sharp end with such confidence and precision that they swiftly imposed a sense of inevitable success that left their rivals reeling. On occasion that was quite literally: the nightmare of a Ferrari crew bringing only three wheels to a pitstop at Zandvoort will doubtless haunt Maranello for some time to come.
