The type of F1 world champion record-breaker Verstappen has proved to be

OPINION: Max Verstappen’s 2022 Formula 1 season was already very memorable given his title success. Now, he’s secured a unique championship achievement with his Mexico win. But what exactly has this year taught us about the type of champion he has become?

Alex Kalinauckas Nov 1, 2022, 1:56 PM

Upd: Nov 7, 2022, 2:32 PM

With just two races of the 2022 Formula 1 season remaining, we know exactly how this campaign will be remembered. Unlike 2021’s thrilling to-the-wire championship fight, Max Verstappen and Red Bull have dominated.

He’s been a double world champion for three weeks already and following his supreme Austin and Mexico City double-header sweep, he’s a double record-breaker too.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.