McLaren F1 Team CEO Zak Brown believes there will be at least three to four cars battling it out for the championship in the 2022 F1 season. The Woking-based team principal announced that it is highly unlikely to see any dominance from any team for the upcoming season.
Speaking to the Motorsport Network, the McLaren F1 Team Principal said:
“My hope is that next year we will go to Abu Dhabi with three or four cars that can compete for the championship. I think that’s the ultimate goal. I would be very surprised if there was a boring campaign with the new cars next year. I think you will get some winners and losers and some surprises. “
Brown believes the 2022 F1 season could be a mixed mix of results and there could be three or four teams vying for the title. The McLaren boss’s predictions are similar to those made recently by Mercedes driver George Russell.
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Skeptical about a team’s dominance in sport in 2022, the McLaren CEO said:
“I would be surprised if there was dominance. You could get a team that might be dominant for a short time, like Brawn was when they found out in 2009.”
In 2009, Brawn GP dominated the season when they produced a dual diffuser car concept. They sealed the title towards the end based on the one silver lining. With such a scenario aside, Brown says it is very unlikely that Red Bull and Mercedes will fight without other players in the mix.
Will McLaren return to its former glory in 2022?
The team from Woking has always been known for developing such a versatile chassis concept as Red Bull or Ferrari. However, since 2021 was their first year with Mercedes engines, the team had a lot of teething problems with their car. If they hadn’t had bad luck on the last laps of the race, they would have sealed third place in the overall standings.
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As McLaren CEO Zak Brown mentioned, the 2022 F1 season is expected to be mixed and highly unpredictable. The new cars and regulations could give a team like McLaren room to climb to the top if they develop their vehicle package well over the season. With a competitive driver line-up and an efficient vehicle package, the 2022 season could be the year of the battle on top.
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