What if Verstappen had driven the Ferrari in 2022?
The F1-75 was the fastest car in qualifying in 2022. Would Max have dominated even more?
The simulation's verdict
Max Verstappen would have won the 2022 title in 100% of the 200 simulations.
Max Verstappen
Carlos Sainz
Who finished ahead
Based on 200 simulations of the 2022 season. Numbers can vary each time you play.
Historical context
In 2022 Ferrari built the fastest car over a single lap. Leclerc dominated the early races. However, reliability and strategy problems sank Ferrari. Verstappen ended up winning with 15 victories. What would have happened with the Dutchman at the wheel of that Ferrari without the strategic errors?
The real 2022 season
The 2022 season ushered in a technical revolution: the return of ground effect, with cars designed to follow each other more closely and encourage overtaking. The new rules reshuffled the grid and gave Ferrari its best car in years, the F1-75. Charles Leclerc started flying, winning two of the first three races and leading the championship with authority. But the season unravelled completely for Ferrari: a string of failures — like retiring while leading at home in Bahrain and in France — and a chain of strategy errors squandered a lead that had looked solid. Max Verstappen and Red Bull capitalised on every slip with relentless consistency. The Dutchman fought back, strung together wins to reach fifteen in the year — a matched record — and sealed his second world title with four races to spare.
Real champion: Max Verstappen in the Red Bull RB18. Leclerc retires in Valencia while comfortably leading — the symbol of Ferrari's cursed season. See the full 2022 season →
The driver
Max Verstappen is the driver who defines Formula 1's current era. Son of former driver Jos Verstappen, he debuted in 2015 aged just 17, becoming the youngest ever to start a Grand Prix and to score points. Full profile →
How it's simulated
The engine recreates qualifying (Q1, Q2, Q3) and every Grand Prix with the ~20 real drivers of 2022, weighing each car's performance, driver skill, weather, safety cars and tyre wear. Learn how the simulator works →
Season
2022
Mode
One driver, different car
Car
Ferrari
Tags
Choose driver, car and season. The engine simulates the full championship with real drivers.