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PIT & PADDOCK
- De Vries gets chance as Herta quest fails
- IndyCar star Palou to stay at Ganassi!
- Barrichello joins Fisichella for Ferrari win
- Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas
- Opinion: James Newbold
- Feedback: your letters
INSIGHT
- Has F1’s bad boy really changed?
- WRC and tin-top stars swap cars
- Learning at the Skip Barber school
RACE CENTRE
- Button stars at Goodwood Revival
- World of Sport: Super GT; World Rallycross; NASCAR Cup; NASCAR Xfinity; GT World Challenge Europe; MotoGP
CLUB AUTOSPORT
- Fortec back as British F4 grid hits 20
- Golhar emerges unhurt a˜er Snett roll
- More to come from BRM V16 a˜er debut
- Opinion: Marcus Pye
- National reports: Cadwell Park; Snetterton; Knockhill; Donington Park; Brands Hatch; Silverstone; Cro˜
FINISHING STRAIGHT
- What’s on this week
- From the archive: 1958 Belgian GP
- My favourite car: Jerome d’Ambrosio
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The rise of one world champion and the return of another
There were moments during the dramatic 2021 Formula 1 title contest when Max Verstappen still looked a little raw. The occasional mistake and regularly overstepping the mark in wheel-to-wheel fights with Lewis Hamilton showed that he perhaps wasn’t quite the full package, even though Verstappen took the crown in the farcical Abu Dhabi finale.
But there has been far less of that this year. Verstappen has been fair in his fights with Charles Leclerc and, even in the events where he has had to come through the field (such as at Spa and Monza), he has shown patience and an ability to let a race come to him rather than desperation.
How much of this is due to Verstappen maturing and how much can be put down to the di°erent circumstances (and cars) of 2022 is the subject of Alex Kalinauckas’s in-depth analysis, which starts on page 14.
Verstappen won’t admit to a change of approach but there is evidence that he is continuing to improve. After all, he is still only 24! The real test, of course, would be the rematch with Hamilton and Mercedes many hoped we’d get this year. Perhaps in 2023…
Another world champion starred at the brilliant Goodwood Revival last weekend. Jenson Button looked set to take his first win on UK soil since October 1999 before trouble struck. It’s probably fair to say that some of the cars were rather more historic than others, but there was plenty of superb driving and great racing, as Marcus Pye highlights in our bumper report on p32.
Kevin Turner Chief Editor
kevin.turner@autosport.com
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