McLaren technical director James Key is "a little surprised" by the performance enjoyed by Red Bull and Ferrari this season but admits the two teams have done an excellent job in exploiting F1's 2022 rules. Wholesale changes to Formula 1's technical regulations for 2022 led to a reset and to the introduction of a new generation of ground effect cars that have improved overtaking and the spectacle on the track. While Mercedes lost out on the rule changes, Red Bull and Ferrari rose to the challenge, emerging from the outset as F1's leading contenders, with the Milton Keynes-based outfit's RB18 and Max Verstappen eventually gaining an upper hand over the Scuderia. "I suppose I...
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