Just ask anyone who has swapped from FIFA career mode to Football Manager, from MLB The Show to Out of the Park Baseball, or from playing Madden NFL to not playing Madden NFL.į1 Manager offers a huge degree of control over your teamMotorsport management simulation games have always had an audience, from Edward Grabowski’s Grand Prix Manager and Grand Prix World in the nineties to PlaySport Games’ Motorsport Manager – as deservingly popular as it was unimaginatively titled – in 2016. In the wide world of sports games, management simulators routinely often a level of depth and immersion that career modes in the biggest sports game franchise simply do not. This dramatic scenario is not from a dream, fanfiction or an episode of Ricciardo’s upcoming scripted F1 television series, but a race that played out during RaceFans’ review of F1 Manager 2022 – the first officially licensed Formula 1 management game in over two decades.Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Eighty heart-pounding seconds later, Russell crosses the line to score Mercedes’ first victory of the season, with Pourchaire bringing the second Mercedes home on the podium in third. By the time Verstappen passes Pourchaire and gets within DRS range of the leader, it is the start of the final lap. He plays the rear gunner role admirably, allowing Russell to pull out a modest gap. Pourchaire is given direct orders to hold up Verstappen as much as possible. The intervention allows both Mercedes drivers to recharge their ERS and preserve their medium tyres, before the race restarts with five laps remaining. Television-style graphics draw you into the actionAs Verstappen hunts down the two Mercedes with superior pace, Yuki Tsunoda slams into Daniel Ricciardo at the hairpin and the Safety Car is deployed. Eventually, the track is dry enough for both Russell and Pourchaire to pit, allowing them to emerge from the pits with a one-two lead.
However, the weather data predicts that the rain will be brief, so switching to intermediates allows both Mercedes drivers to begin gaining ground on the cars ahead as the track rapidly dries. The Ferraris and Red Bulls pit, both opting for wet tyres due to the sheer volume of water on track. As predicted, the rain begins to fall around lap 30.
When the race starts, Mercedes settle into fifth and sixth as the leaders dart out ahead. Mercedes’ new team principal makes the call to start both drivers on the medium compound in the hope of taking advantage. Back at the factory, weather data suggests that rain will fall around the exact point that the medium tyres are expected to drop off if drivers run them during their opening stint.
In Montreal, Russell and young team mate Theo Pourchaire have lined up on the third row of the grid.
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