2022 F1 Season Review Part 3: P8 - Haas F1 Team
Nick's Notebook: 2022 F1 Season Review Part 3: P8 - Haas F1
Drivers
Kevin Magnussen - 13th 25 points
Mick Schumacher - tied for 16th 12 points with Yuki aka the Flying Kamikaze
Team Ranking - 8th with 37 points, 2 points ahead of AlphaTauri and 13 points behind Aston Martin, and 487 points behind the Haas Senior Team aka Ferrari
Per F1C Rules
Kevin - 14th with 239 points
Mick - 16th with 229 points
Haas would have finished 8th same as FIA rankings
Summary
This was Mick’s second year in F1 and Kevin’s second stint with Haas after being dropped by the team at the end of 2020 and replaced with the Russian oligarch kid, Nikita Mazepin. Mazepin made Mick look gooooood in 2021, which meant that 2022 was almost like his rookie season in F1. Over the next few days, we’ll explore his results from the season and whether or not he had a fair shot in F1.
Kevin Magnussen finished in the points in 6 races and had 4 DNFs. He also scored points in all 3 sprint races this year, AND he got pole in Brazil with a combination of speed and team strategy.
Mick scored points twice and DNF’d twice. He scored points in ZERO sprint races and only made Q3 on 4 occasions to his teammates' 9 appearances
Qualifying Part 1
KMag came out strong with 4 top 10s in the first 6 races with a 7th in Bahrain, 10th at Jeddah, 4th at Imola, and 8th at Catalunya. He had 5 top 10s in the remaining 16 races including a 5th in Montreal, a 6th at the Red Bull Ring (Austria), 10th at the Acid Trip Track (France),9th in Singapore, and a MFING POLE in Brazil.
Mick had 4 top 10s with a 10th in Spain, a 7th in Austria, an 8th at Zandvoort, and a season-best 6th in Canada.
Kevin finished 10th or lower in 13 sessions and Mick finished 10th or lower in 18 sessions
Qualifying Part 2
Mick made Q2 5 times in the first 5 races, while Kevin made Q3 3 times and was knocked out in Q1 twice during the same period.
Kevin was knocked in Q1 on 10 occasions vs. Mick’s 7 times, but Kevin made it to Q3 9 times to Mick’s 4 times.
Sprint Race Results
KMag finished in the points in all 3 sprint races finishing 8th at Imola, 7th in Austria, and 8th in Sao Paulo
Mick had a highest finish of 9th in Austria (one place out of the sprint points), 10th in Imola, and 12th in Brazil
Starting Position
Kevin started in the top 10 in 4 of the first 6 races and 4 times in the remaining 16 races. He started at a highest 5th in Canada, had 2 7th place starts, 3 8th place starts, 1 9th, and 1 10th place start, and 14 starts outside of the top 10.
Mick started in the top 10 in 2 of the first 6 races and 4 times in the remaining 16 races. He started a highest 6th in Canada right behind Kevin in 5th. He started 8th once, 9th once, 10th twice, and out of the top 10 16 times
Qualifying vs. Starting Position
Kevin lost an average of 0.6 places from qualifying to the starting grid vs. Mick’s gain of 0.7 places. Kevin lost 10 places in France (back of the grid start for power unit), gained 6 at SPA, and lost 7 at Sao Paulo after qualifying on Pole (to be expected - we predicted him to finish in the points (8th) which he did)
Mick gained an average of 0.7 positions per race improving a total of 15 places over the entire season with 8 of them coming in Sao Paulo where he qualified 20th and finished 12th in the sprint race.
Starting vs. Finishing Position
Kevin lost 10 places over the course of the season for an average of 0.5 per race including 9 lost positions in Catalunya and 12 in Montreal.
Mick gained 9 places over the course of the season for an average of 0.7 places per race gained (which is easy always starting from the back). He lost 7 positions at Imola, 4 at Catalunya, 5 at Zandvoort, but gained 6 in Baku and 11 at Silverstone.
Race Results (part nine....and it is quite fine...that's right)
Kevin finished in the points 6 times including one fifth-place finish in Bahrain, one eighth-place finish in Austria, 3 ninth places at Jeddah, Imola, and COTA, and one tenth-place finish at Silverstone.
Mick scored points in 2 races - one 6th at the Red Bull Ring and one 8th at Silverstone
Team Winner
Kevin appeared to have whooped Mick’s ass all year. He outqualified him 16-6. He started higher than him in 15 of 22 races, but he actually got beat 13-8 on Sundays.
Mick out-qualified Kevin in Australia, Zandvoort, Japan, and Abu Dhabi.
However, Kevin scored points in all 3 sprint races and scored points in 6 races, including the 5th place in Bahrain vs. Mick’s two points scores. Ultimately Kevin scored 25 points to Mick’s 12 points.
KMag is the winner
Future of 2022 Haas Drivers
KMag teaming up with Hulkenburg. Back in 2017, in Hungary, Kevin pushed Niko off the track causing Nico to say Kevin “was the most unsporting driver of the whole grid”. Kevin responded with a simple “suck my balls mate” (link in comments). They’ve allegedly cleared the air but we shall see.
Part 11b - said part
Mick was mostly pretty decent for a rookie (see Haas Review Part 2 - link in comments for rationale). He maybe didn’t get a fair shot, but he also got into F1 somewhat unfairly with his name. Yeah, his dad is a GOAT, but does he deserve a seat because of who his dad is.
Part 12
Mick won F2 but not in the same fashion as some other former F2 drivers who made it to F1
Lewis won in 2006 with 5 wins and 14 podiums (GP2)
Checo came second in 2010 with 5 wins and 7 podiums (GP2)
Gasly won in 2016 with 4 wins and 9 podiums
Giovinazzi came 2nd in 2016 with 5 wins 8 podiums
Leclerc won in 2017 with 7 wins and 10 podiums
Russell won in 2018 with 7 wins and 11 podiums
Lando came 2nd in 2018 with 1 win and 9 podiums
Latifi came second in 2019 with 4 wins and 8 podiums
Yuki came 3rd in 2020 with 3 wins 7 podiums
Mick won in 2020 with only 2 wins and 10 podiums
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