Your guide to the 2022 F1 cars we’ve seen so far… and what’s still to come

We’ve seen six of the ten cars (in some form) that will contest the 2022 Formula One season.

While Ferrari and world champions Mercedes are still to come, we’ve seen some striking differences in the three ‘real’ 2022 cars which have broken cover so far, while three teams have opted just to show us their new colour scheme (livery) for the new season.

Here’s a look at who did what so far and what we are expecting from the four final teams’ launch events.

What we’ve seen so far

Haas

Drivers: Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin

Car name: VF-22

Real thing or show car?: Digital render of an early stage of development

Haas timed its launch well in terms of getting out in front everyone else, launching its livery a week before the first three launch events had been scheduled.

As it has almost every other year bar the year when it went big on its Rich Energy title sponsorship — a deal which notoriously fell apart before the season was finished — Haas settled for a computer-generated image for its launch event. It meant the livery was the only thing of note and it wasn’t a major departure from last year’s. While it might not be the most exciting thing from a fan perspective it ticks all the boxes Haas wanted to tick at this stage. It’s low key but it got their car out before anyone’s else, rather than risking a rendered image getting lost in the middle of proper launch events.

Like several other teams, the first official glimpse of the car will likely be when F1 arrives in Spain for the first test.

–Nate Saunders

Red Bull

Drivers: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez

Car name: RB18

Real thing or show car?: Show car