F1: VERSTAPPEN'S ROAD TO 2022 TITLE

Red Bull's Max Verstappen successfully defended his F1 title The Dutchman won the 2022 championship with 4 races to go

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Here's how the 25-year-old won his second F1 championship

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Things started off poor for Max after he was forced to retire in the 1st race of the season

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He won the second race in Saudi Arabia, but once again was forced to retire in Australia in his very next race

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Red Bull sorted out their issues with car after Australia and dominated the next 6 races Verstappen won 5 out of the 6

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In England Verstappen came 7th, while in Austria he was the runner up

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As the Ferraris suffered issues with reliability, Verstappen once again went on a spree winning 5 races on a trot

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