F1's tech breakthrough and political firestorms
In a special edition of the RacingNews365.com F1 podcast, journalists Dieter Rencken and Michael Butterworth take a deep dive into the 2022 F1 season and the key issues that emerged from it.
The first year of a new era of technical regulations saw F1 cars look vastly different in 2022 from those that had gone before. Did the new rules succeed in tightening up the field and producing closer racing?
2022 was the first season where teams were audited under F1's budget cap, and with Red Bull having been found guilty of overspending, was their punishment a fair one?
With F1 seeing record crowds throughout 2022, how do the sport's commercial prospects look?
And having come into the role off the back of the controversial ending to the 2021 F1 season, how should Mohammed Ben Sulayem's first year as FIA President be evaluated?
All this and more on this edition of the RacingNews365.com F1 podcast, with Part 2 to follow on December 26th!