Sebastian Vettel Shuts Down Critics With the Most Underrated F1 Performance of 2022 at Imola

The first sprint weekend of the 2022 season did spring a few surprises. Red Bull completely dominated on the circuit owned by the rivals Ferrari and closed the gap between them in the constructors’ championship. But the most surprising part was to see the resurgence of Sebastian Vettel and Aston Martin this weekend.

The 4-time world champion showed all of his class and experience during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend. In the mix conditions on Friday qualifying, he put his Aston Martin in the top 10 of the grid. But he fell back in the dry conditions of the Sprint race on Saturday.

Let us not forget that Sebastian Vettel put 44 laps on those Medium tyres, the most by any driver today, and dragged the 9th-10th best car of the grid to P8. Didn’t put a foot wrong the whole race.

— checomrade ali (@snapbackseb) April 24, 2022

But he once again came roaring back in the main race on Sunday in the mixed conditions. Yet it was his dry tire running that arguably was the most impressive feat of the race. Vettel completed 44 laps on medium tires and came home to score the first points for himself this season.

Sebastian Vettel ecstatic after scoring the first points of the season in Imola

Sebastian finished P8 in the main race at Imola. The interesting part was it was double points finish for the British team as Lance Stroll came home in P10.

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This is amazing news for the team who have been so poor in the first 3 races of the season and was the slowest car on the track. Vettel expressed his happiness with the result and hailed it as a victory for the team.

Formula One F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – April 24, 2022, Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel after the race REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini

“I think it was an unbelievable race for us. Obviously, we capitalized on the conditions, but after that, we were just trying to hang on as much as we could. We did well, I think, beating faster cars behind us. I think it was a very strong race,” said Sebastian.

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The results at Imola will indeed be a boost for the team going forward this season. But it is still unclear whether the double points finish was circumstantial and a one-off or a true sign of their progress.

Vettel and Aston Martin would hope that they could continue on the new find form in the upcoming races this season. It looks like they might be in a battle with Williams throughout the season to stay 9th in the constructors’ championship.

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