F1 TWENTY 22 EXPLAINED
MUCH LIKE the ‘2020’ Tokyo Olympics, Formula 1’s ‘2021’ revamp has been somewhat delayed by a particularly irksome global pandemic. But next year, the sport will undergo what Red Bull technical boss Adrian Newey has called some of the biggest regulatory changes since the elimination of ground-effect cars in 1983.
Key to these new changes? Say hello to the 2022 F1 car, complete with ground effects! On top of this, there are rule changes separate to the car’s actual design, as well some speculation surrounding teams and drivers for 2022. But let’s dive right in to the big one, shall we?
THE CAR
The redesigned 2022 F1 car was first previewed in renders and scale-model form in 2019, but in July 2021, F1 finally revealed its full-sized, apparently near-final design of the machine we’ll see on the grid in 2022.
The changes are many, and fundamentally designed to improve racing by reducing reliance on
