A popular Formula 1 commentator admits he is “very afraid” as the sport enters its all-new era in 2022. “I am very afraid of the first year of these new rules,” Alexey Popov, the commentator for Russian broadcaster Match TV, told Championat. “People expect so much, because Ross Brawn has come up with this new ‘ground effect’. And in contrast to the incredibly close and intense 2021 battle, he thinks the growing pains of the 2022 rules will be difficult to parse for many fans. “This year we got used to a multi-layered struggle – two teams for first place, two for third place, for fifth place.

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