2022 F1 GUIDE: THE STABLES

As every year in F1, the teams see some changes in their line up, their staff, their engine, etc. If 2021 offered us two new brands with the arrival in F1 of Aston Martin and Alpine, and 2020 the arrival of AlphaTauri, the 2022 F1 teams remain stable on this side. In addition in 2021, the Alpine team was able to score its first victory under its new colors during the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2021, won by Ocon.

Note that the unofficial departure of Honda as an engine manufacturer leaves Red Bull to develop its own engine (with Honda staff and infrastructure). Thus, Red Bull Powertrains powers the main team and the AlphaTauri satellite. For the rest, some notable changes with the transfer of Otmar Szafnauer and sponsor BWT from Aston Martin to Alpine. Also, Haas broke away from its Russian title sponsor following the conflict in Ukraine.

The 2022 F1 teams are also visually different from their predecessors, due to the new 2022 regulations which have profoundly changed the F1 concept. In this sense, a new era begins. This start to the season also offers us an enticing battle between Ferrari (Leclerc) and Red Bull (Verstappen), while Mercedes is more behind despite a very innovative concept...

After seeing  the calendar for the 2022 season  and the statistics of the drivers making up the grid, we end our 2022 F1 Guide by reviewing the teams.

 MERCEDES

Full name:  Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
Base:  Brackley, UK
Team Principal:  Toto Wolff
Technical Director: Mike Elliott
Chassis:  W13
Engine:  Mercedes
First F1 appearance:  1970 (Tyrell 1970-1998; BAR 1999-2005 Honda 2006-2008 Brawn GP 2009)
World Championship: 8
Victories: 115
Number of poles: 127
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

 RED BULL

Full name: Oracle Red Bull Racing
Base:  Milton Keynes, UK
Team Principal:  Christian Horner
Technical Director:  Pierre Waché
Chassis: RB18
Engine: Red Bull Powertrains
First F1 appearance:  1997 (Stewart GP 1997-1999; Jaguar 2000 -2004)
World Championship:  4
Victories: 75
Number of poles: 7 3
Drivers:  Max Verstappen and Sergio Pérez

 FERRARI

Full name:  Scuderia Ferrari
Base:  Maranello, Italy
Team Principal:  Mattia Binotto
Technical Director:  Enrico Cardile / Enrico Gualtieri
Chassis: F1-75
Engine:  Ferrari
First appearance in F1:  1950
World Championship:  16
Victories:  239
Number of poles : 231
Drivers:  Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz

 McLAREN

Full name:  McLaren F1 Team
Base:  Woking, UK
Team Principal:  Andreas Seidl
Technical Director:  James Key
Chassis: MCL36
Engine:  Mercedes
First F1 appearance:  1966
World Championship:  8
Victories: 183
Number of poles: 156
Drivers:  Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo

 ALPINE

Full name: BWT Alpine F1 Team
Base:  Enstone, UK
Team Principal: Otmar Szafnauer
Technical Director: Pat Fry
Chassis: A522
Engine:  Renault
First F1 appearance:  1986 (Benetton 1986-2001; Renault 2002-2011; Lotus 2012-2015; Renault 2016-2020)
World Championship:  2
Victories: 21
Number of poles:  20
Drivers:  Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso

 ALPHATAURI

Full name:  Scuderia AlphaTauri
Base:  Faenza, Italy
Team Principal:  Franz Tost
Technical Director:  Jody Egginton
Chassis: AT03
Engine: Red Bull Powertrains
First F1 appearance:
1985  (Minardi 1985-2005; Toro Rosso 2006-2019) world:  0
Victories:  2
Number of poles:  1
Drivers:  Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda

 ALFA ROMEO

Full name:  Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN
Base:  Hinwil, Switzerland
Team Principal:  Frédéric Vasseur
Technical Director:  Jan Monchaux
Chassis: C42
Engine:  Ferrari
First F1 appearance:  1993 (Sauber 1993-2005; BMW Sauber 2006-2010; Sauber 2011-2017)
World Championship:  0
Victory:  1
Number of poles:  1
Drivers: Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou

 HAAS

Full name: Haas F1 Team
Base:  Kannapolis, USA
Team Principal:  Guenther Steiner
Technical Director:  Simone Resta
Chassis: VF-22
Engine:  Ferrari
First F1 appearance:  2016
World Championship:  0
Victory: 0
Number of poles : 0
Drivers: Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen