Why there's much more to come from Red Bull in F1 2022

OPINION: Max Verstappen has won two of the opening four races of the 2022 Formula 1 season and failed to finish the others. But even on the races where he's claimed maximum points, Red Bull has still yet to execute a weekend perfectly, which should be an ominous sign for Ferrari in their brewing title battle

Matt Kew May 4, 2022, 11:16 AM

Only one race weekend was required for the narrative surrounding Max Verstappen’s title defence to turn on its head.

When the time came to depart Australia, he had retired from two of his last three races. But now, as the world champion rocks up in Miami this weekend, he has been victorious in two of his last three races. From previously lying sixth in the standings, he occupies second. A 46-point deficit to early leader Charles Leclerc has been cut to a much more palatable 27-point split.

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Author Matt Kew

Matt Kew is Autosport’s F1 Editor, a role he has held since March 2022 following stints covering Formula E, Extreme E and the British Touring Car Championship.

Matt joined Autosport in 2018 to work predominantly on the magazine, but his relentless quoting of Alan Partridge meant office colleagues soon thought he would be better-suited to increased field work.

Needless to say, Matt had the last laugh when he won the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award in 2019.

His interest in motorsport was sparked by regular trips to watch ASCAR crash around Rockingham’s banked oval.

Matt read politics and philosophy at the University of Sheffield - receiving first-class honours for his dissertation assessing the lack of female participation in top-tier motor racing.

He covered a wide variety of national race and rally meetings for Autosport as a freelancer before joining full-time. His best efforts to argue the merits of historic racing are undone by a questionable taste in music and James Bond actors.