So Will Power has done it. The fastest IndyCar driver of his generation has nailed his second championship, eight years after his first. The man who scored five wins in 2010, six in 2011 and both times failed to clinch the title, has been victorious in 2022 with just a single win to his name - along with eight other podium finishes and three more top fours.
Power’s single-minded devotion to winning the 2022 title meant this lethal weapon of a driver sometimes slipped on the safety catch and refrained from going for long shots. He was less gung-ho in the style of a Tom Sneva and Bobby Unser, instead showing the clinical big-picture thinking of a Rick Mears or Al Unser.
