The second part of RaceFans’ mid-season driver rankings covers the drivers in the lower middle end of the table.
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2022 mid-season F1 driver rankings part 1: 20-16
2022 F1 season
Posted onThe first part of RaceFans’ mid-season driver rankings features the drivers who have struggled the most so far in F1’s new era.
Has Tsunoda raised his game or just benefitted from Gasly’s misfortunes?
2022 F1 team mate battles: Tsunoda vs Gasly
Posted onYuki Tsunoda appears to be performing better in his second season of Formula 1 but there may be more to this than meets the eye.
Exclusive: Lando Norris on working to win with McLaren in 2024
2022 F1 season
Posted onLando Norris spoke exclusively with RaceFans before the summer break to discuss his evolution as a driver and the goals for his long-term contract extension with McLaren.
Perez fades after strong start to second season alongside Verstappen
2022 F1 team mate battles: Perez vs Verstappen
Posted onSergio Perez started his second season at Red Bull strongly, but the gap between him and Max Verstappen has grown in recent races.
New measures to curb porpoising to be introduced in 2023
2023 F1 season
Posted onThe FIA have confirmed the technical regulations for the 2023 Formula 1 season will be changed in a bid to reduce ground effect porpoising.
Poor luck limiting Zhou’s points-scoring in his F1 debut so far
2022 F1 team mate battles: Zhou vs Bottas
Posted onZhou Guanyu has performed well on his debut as a Formula 1 driver but luck hasn’t been on his side with an excessive amount of technical failures.
Academy outsiders – the best young drivers who lack F1 team backing
2022 F1 season
Posted onThere are many exciting talents signed to F1 junior programmes, but what about the promising drivers knocking on the door who do not have such vital support?
Schumacher bagged his first points but must make gains in qualifying
2022 F1 team mate battles: Schumacher vs Magnussen
Posted onSecond year driver Mick Schumacher picked up in form approaching the summer break, but his returning team mate has the edge on him so far this year.
Hamilton confounds his detractors again as Mercedes reverse early-season slump
2022 F1 team mate battles: Hamilton vs Russell
Posted onGeorge Russell beat Lewis Hamilton for the seventh consecutive race in Azerbaijan. But the multiple world champion has turned his season around since then.
Aston Martin set to lose their top-performing driver for the third time in a row
2022 F1 team mate battles: Stroll vs Vettel
Posted onSebastian Vettel is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of 2022, meaning that, once more, Aston Martin look set to lose their better performing driver.
Departing Alonso’s points deficit to Ocon is no reflection of his performance
2022 F1 team mate battles: Alonso vs Ocon
Posted onEsteban Ocon is on course to become only the second of Fernando Alonso’s team mates to out-score him over a season. Are the 41-year-old’s skills waning?
Will retiring Vettel inspire a new generation of ‘activist drivers’?
News Focus
Posted onWho among the new generation of Formula 1 drivers might emulate Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton by using their status to promote important causes?
Norris’s demolition of Ricciardo leaves McLaren facing a 2023 dilemma
2022 F1 team mate battles: Ricciardo vs Norris
Posted onThe first of our mid-season assessments of each pair of team mates in Formula 1 looks at whether there are any signs of improvement for Daniel Ricciardo in his second year at McLaren.
Mercedes ‘not close enough to Ferrari and Red Bull to really fight them yet’ – Wolff
2022 F1 season
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff is not convinced the team’s strong performance in recent races shows they are on the cusp of fighting for wins.
The making of the F1 newcomer who stunned the sport by saying ‘no’ to Alpine
2022 F1 season
Posted onOscar Piastri clearly has an alternative to Alpine lined up for 2023, but why was his rejection of their claim to his services so unexpectedly forceful?
Aston Martin expect rivals will copy novel rear wing by Singapore GP
2022 Hungarian Grand Prix
Posted onAston Martin’s Mike Krack anticipates that rival teams will have copied his team’s innovative rear wing design by October’s Singapore GP
Ricciardo’s recipe for his TV show is ‘F1 reality but with a bit of Hollywood’
2022 F1 season
Posted onDaniel Ricciardo told RaceFans his upcoming television series based on Formula 1 will be “completely different” to Netflix documentary Drive to Survive.
Las Vegas race date leaked, indicating race start times outside USA
2023 F1 season
Posted onThe date of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, one of multiple new rounds being added to the 2023 Formula 1 calendar, has been revealed in a letter leaked on social media.
FIA to submit new 2023 technical regulations to tackle porpoising this week
2023 F1 season
Posted onFIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has confirmed the sport’s governing body will seek approval of revised technical regulations for the 2023 Formula 1 season this week.