Another orange wave at Spa

Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing have dominated this 2022 Belgian Formula One Grand Prix on the majestic Spa-Francorchamps circuit. No one is better placed than team principal Christian Horner, to analyse their race:

“The pace that we had with both Max and Checo was enough to easily pass Carlos and bring home probably one of the most dominant performances that we’ve had as a team since either 2010 or 2013.”

That was Christian Horner’s assessment of Red Bull’s performance across the weekend at Spa – evoking memories of Sebastian Vettel’s nine-race win streak to end the 2013 season that brought the German’s fourth straight title for the squad.

Red Bull had a particular advantage around the long Spa layout, but the confidence Verstappen currently has in the RB18 combined with Ferrari’s inability to resurrect its title charge is combining to ease his passage to a surely inevitable second world title now his points lead is 93 and over Perez not Leclerc.

It was the latter that needed to win every race from Spa to Abu Dhabi to have a hope of winning the championship if Verstappen hit no trouble, but the Dutchman and his team are so good right now even starting at the back of the pack and having to fight back through it is of little concern.