Daniel Ricciardo struggled in 2021. Daniel Ricciardo is struggling in 2022. The team is clearly disappointed in his performance.
Is the end of the line for the so-called "honey badger"?
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Mick Schumacher is having a torrid time in F1, with his team boss saying a queue of people want his seat. Meanwhile, his cheery teammate Kevin Magnussen has racked up points.
Will Mick continue to have a miserable year compared to merry Magnussen?
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Here the latest standings following the 2022 Spanish grand prix.
Vladimir Mazepin storm into second place in the lead. Suddenly League leaders Team Name are looking vulnerable. Strolling the ranks are the biggest risers, moving up to 11th place – not bad for a team that were once 29th on this loserboard.
Nicholas Latifi retains the lead of the driver rankings. The biggest riser is Leclerc, although that move up the table probably won't last. Haas move up into second place behind Williams in the list of the worst constructors in Formula One.
BIGGEST LOSERS IN SPAIN
Here is the complete Losers team data page for the Spanish grand prix. It features all the Losers team scores at this race, including Track Points and points from Boosts, Forecasts, Punts and Ejector bribes.
For the commentary page featuring just the Losers team highlights, see the commentary page.
In the searing heat of Spain, the championship turned on its head. Hamilton and Magnussen took a trip into the gravel on lap one, Max battled with a dodgy rear wing that refused to give him DRS, and George Russell said "blimey" like a Beano character.
More importantly, Charles Leclerc's car gave up on him, and he topped the driver Track Points at the Circuit de Catalunya. An unexpected name to see at the top of our results. The Ham / Mags clash pretty much defined the other big driver points, giving Magnussen the Biggest Drop and Hamilton the Raceday Special for the longest time spent in the pitlane during a pit stop.
Haas, Ferrari and Williams lead the Track Points for constructors. It's fascinating to see all three of those teams dropping off in performance in their own way. Perhaps Williams should be the most worried, as their Track Points all came from a stone-cold terrible race finish. Last and third-from-last. Blimey.
Read on for all the Track Points in Spain.
Here the latest standings following the 2022 Miami grand prix.
Team Name and Your Answer remain at the top of the loserboard. But with all of their Boost Buttons now pressed and out of the way, how quickly will other teams catch up? The biggest riser is Henry's Motors, while Vladimir Mazepin, Pierre Ghastly and Strolling the ranks all reach new highs in the Standings.
Nicholas Latifi regains the lead of the driver rankings, and look at Magnussen shooting up nine places to 5th. Williams are still the most losing team, and that battle for third-worst constructor behind Aston Martin is looking very tight. These new cars really can race closely behind each other!
BIGGEST LOSERS IN MIAMI
Here is the complete Losers team data page for the Miami grand prix. It features all the Losers team scores at this race, including Track Points and points from Boosts, Forecasts, Punts and Ejector bribes.
For the commentary page featuring just the Losers team highlights, see the commentary page.
The Miami grand prix felt like a Formula E track, baby. This isn't an insult, as Formula E is brilliant. But it perhaps lacked good racing, with all of the pizazz reserved for the celebrity-packed pitlane and the bizarrely fake marina. It took a safety car from Gasly and Norris's terrifyingly high-impact collision to bring out the kind of chaos we love here at the F1 Losers League, baby.
Magnussen was so full of promise, but here he is topping the Track Points in Miami with a last-lap retirement after a clash with Lance Stroll. Zhou is just behind him, with his second 15-pointer in two races. For races in May and June, the Raceday Special points element pivots to slowest pit lane time: take a bow, inaugural slow-pitter Mick Schumacher, baby.
McLaren, Aston Martin and Haas all scored their highest Track Points of the season. Lando Norris said he ended his race "in a silly way"^, so we take this to mean McLaren are allowing their drivers to wear clown wigs and squirty flower pins. Not sure how this sits with the jewellery ban, but each to their own, baby.
Oh the "baby" comments? Let's explain. This is in tribute to the post-race interviews by the incredible Willy T Ribbs, who said "Great job, baby" to Carlos Sainz and "Awesome job, baby" to Max Verstappen. In fact, his full comment to Verstappen is worth printing here in full:
"Awesome job, baby. Awesome job. All right, champ. Hey, Muhammad Ali told me that when you’re champ, Christmas Day is every day, so another Christmas... plus you're in good shape son, you’re ready to get into the boxing ring?"
Ho, ho, ho, baby.
Read on for all the Track Points in Miami.