User:Izzlex94 verstappenchamp/F1 22 Driver Career Season 1
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The 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship was a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, which was the 73rd running of the Formula One World Championship.[lower-alpha 1] It was be the first season of F1 22 Driver Career. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship was contested over twenty-two Grands Prix.
Drivers and teams competed for the titles of World Drivers' Champion and World Constructors' Champion, respectively. The 2022 championship saw the introduction of significant changes to the sport's technical regulations. These changes had been intended to be introduced in 2021, but were delayed until 2022 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Max Verstappen, who was the reigning Drivers' Champion, claimed his second title at the São Paulo Grand Prix, while Ferrari, achieved their seventeenth World Constructor Championship, at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which was their first since 2008. Mercedes were the reigning Constructors' Champion.
This was the final season for four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, and two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso.