One season, two outstanding results: The Oracle Red Bull Racing Team wins the Formula 1 World Constructors’ Championship and its driver Max Verstappen wins the Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship for the second year in a row.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – November 20, 2022: Max Verstappen won the 2022 F1 World Drivers’ Championship by an impressive margin of 454 points this season. The Dutch rider clinched the second career title with a record 15 wins in an exciting season ahead of Charles Leclerc and teammate Sergio Pérez, and breaking the previous record held by Michael Schumacher (2004) and Sebastian Vettel (2013) of 13 wins in one Season.
Verstappen even managed to reclaim his title with four races remaining in the season, a feat matched only by Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, who were also happy with four or more races remaining in the season.
With 15 wins, dash race victories and seven pole positions this year, Max Verstappen has once more confirmed first rate ability and genuine grit as a driving force. TAG Heuer, associate of the Oracle Red Bull Racing crew on account that 2016, extends its heartfelt congratulations to Max and the complete crew on their inspiring win.
2022 turned into additionally the crew’s maximum a success season in phrases of race wins with 17 (preceding report turned into thirteen in 2013). Oracle Red Bull Racing additionally broke its all-time constructor’s championship factors general with 759 factors (preceding report turned into 650 in 2011) and has upheld an outstanding streak of podiums, with a driving force withinside the pinnacle 3 in each race because the Saudi Arabian GP. They take domestic their 5th international title, including to the 4 consecutive championships the crew received among 2011 and 2014.
“As a proud and longstanding partner of Oracle Red Bull Racing, TAG Heuer would like to congratulate Max Verstappen and the entire team on their extraordinary achievements this season. To win a World Championship is already an incredible feat, but a second consecutive victory is even more impressive. Max demonstrated outstanding talent and sportsmanship and more than ever embodies our Don’t Crack Under Pressure mindset on and off the track” says Frédéric Arnault, CEO of TAG Heuer. “And we are just as impressed with the teams’ Constructor’s title, a well-deserved recognition of their excellence and steadfast dedication, as well as Sergio Perez’ third place of course, after a break-out 2022 season. We couldn’t be happier with such exceptional results all around.”
At the final race of the year in Abu Dhabi, World Champion Max Verstappen once again wore the TAG Heuer Monaco Special Edition, which was presented to him at this spring’s Monaco Grand Prix. A spectacular black titanium and rose gold finish reminiscent of the golden era of the 1970s.
Sergio Pérez also wore his favorite TAG Heuer watch, a limited edition TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph specially designed for him and embellished with his signature number 11 and motorcycle.
As the Oracle Red Bull Racing Team celebrates a truly incredible year, TAG Heuer wishes them continued success off season and looks forward to another exciting year together in 2023.
About TAG Heuer
TAG Heuer, founded in 1860 by Edouard Heuer in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, is a luxury watch brand that is part of LVMH Moët Hennessey Louis Vuitton SE (“LVMH”), the world’s leading luxury group. Based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and with four production sites, TAG Heuer has 1860 employees and is active in 139 countries. TAG Heuer products are available online on www.tagheuer.com for select countries and in 260 boutiques and 2,300 points of sale worldwide. The company is headed up by Frédéric Arnault, CEO of TAG Heuer.
For 162 years, TAG Heuer has demonstrated pure avant-garde watchmaking spirit and a commitment to innovation with revolutionary technologies that have included the oscillating pinion for mechanical stopwatches in 1887, the Mikrograph in 1916, the first automatic-winding chronograph movement – Calibre 11 – in 1969 and the first luxury smartwatch in 2015. Today, the brand’s core collection consists of three iconic families designed by Jack Heuer – TAG Heuer Carrera, Monaco and Autavia – and is rounded out with the contemporary TAG Heuer Link, Aquaracer, Formula 1 and Connected lines.
Capturing TAG Heuer’s motto, “Don’t Crack Under Pressure”, are prominent partnerships and brand ambassadors that express the brand’s passion for action and high performance.