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2022 Formula One World Championship

2022 FIA Formula One World Championship: 22-race F1 season won by Max Verstappen (454 points, record 15 wins) and Red Bull (759 points); first year of ground effect rules, marred by porpoising.

2022 IndyCar Series

2022 NTT IndyCar Series: 17-race American open-wheel season, Feb 27 to Sep 11, 2022. Will Power won his second title for Team Penske by 16 points over Josef Newgarden; nine drivers won races; 1.30 million average viewers.

2022 MotoGP World Championship

2022 MotoGP World Championship: 20-round premier-class season won by Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 265 points), who overturned a record 91-point deficit to Fabio Quartararo; Suzuki quit at season's end.

2022 NASCAR Cup Series

The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series was the 74th season of NASCAR's top stock-car series and the first for the Next Gen car, ending with Joey Logano's second championship at Phoenix.

2022 Tour de France

2022 Tour de France, 109th edition, Grand Départ in Copenhagen (northernmost start, first in Denmark). Jonas Vingegaard won his first Tour, dethroning Tadej Pogačar via the Col du Granon and Hautacam; Tour de France Femmes debuted.

2022 UCI Women's World Tour

The 2022 UCI Women's WorldTour, seventh edition of the elite women's road series: 23 events March–October, 14 Women's WorldTeams, Van Vleuten's individual title, SD Worx's team title, and the first Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

2022 World Rally Championship

2022 World Rally Championship: 50th FIA WRC season and debut of hybrid Rally1 cars (Toyota GR Yaris, Hyundai i20 N, Ford Puma) with 100kW motor, 3.9kWh battery, over 500hp, fossil-free fuel, 13 rounds from Monte-Carlo to Rally Japan.

2022 World Rally-Raid Championship

The 2022 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) was the inaugural rally-raid world championship, won by Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar, with Toyota taking the manufacturers' title.

2022–23 Formula E World Championship

2022–23 Formula E World Championship (Season 9), first GEN3 car season. Jake Dennis (Andretti) won the Drivers' title with a record 11 podiums over 16 rounds; Envision Racing took its first Teams' title; Maserati and NEOM McLaren joined.

2023 24 Hours of Le Mans

2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, centenary edition (10–11 June 2023), round four of the FIA WEC. Won by the #51 Ferrari 499P of Pier Guidi, Calado, and Giovinazzi ahead of Toyota, before a record 325,000 spectators.

2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023, final round of the 2023 F1 season at Yas Marina on 26 November; Max Verstappen won from pole, his 19th win of 2023, as Mercedes beat Ferrari to second in the constructors' championship.

2023 Dakar Rally

2023 Dakar Rally, 45th edition, held in Saudi Arabia December 31, 2022 to January 15, 2023; 14 stages, longest route since 2014. Winners: Al-Attiyah (cars), Benavides (bikes), van Kasteren (trucks), Eryk Goczał (SSV).

2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship

The 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship was the fifth season of the F3 junior series, won by Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto of Trident, with PREMA taking the Teams' title.

2023 FIA World Endurance Championship

2023 FIA World Endurance Championship: eleventh WEC season, seven rounds, first full multi-maker Hypercar grid (Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac joining Toyota, Peugeot, Glickenhaus, Vanwall). Ferrari won centenary Le Mans; Toyota won six races and both titles.

2023 Formula 2 Championship

The 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship, the second-tier single-seater series, ran March to November with 11 teams and 22 drivers; Théo Pourchaire won the drivers' title with 203 points over Fredrik Vesti.

2023 Formula One World Championship

The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship ran 22 Grands Prix; Max Verstappen and Red Bull's RB19 won 19 and 21 races respectively, setting records for wins, consecutive wins, and points in a dominant season.

2023 Indy NXT

The 2023 Indy NXT Championship, run as INDY NXT by Firestone, was the first season of the rebranded series formerly known as Indy Lights, won by Christian Rasmussen.

2023 IndyCar Series

2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES, the 2023 IndyCar season: 17 races, March 5 to September 10. Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) won his second title with 656 points, clinching at Portland before the finale; Dixon second.

2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix

The 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix was the inaugural running of the modern Las Vegas Grand Prix, a Formula 1 night race on the Strip won by Max Verstappen.

2023 MotoGP World Championship

2023 MotoGP World Championship season (FIM/Dorna). First year with Saturday Sprint races at all Grands Prix, expanding races from 20 to 42. Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo) won back-to-back titles; Ducati took 17 wins and all three championships.

2023 NASCAR Cup Series

2023 NASCAR Cup Series: 75th anniversary season, 36 races at 26 tracks. Ryan Blaney won his first championship at Phoenix; William Byron led season points with 6 wins; 15 different winners, including Shane van Gisbergen's Chicago street-race debut win.

2023 Rally Mexico

2023 Rally Mexico (Rally Guanajuato México 2023), WRC round three, March 16-19, 2023. Sébastien Ogier/Vincent Landais won in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 by 27.5s over Neuville, a record seventh Mexico win.

2023 Tour de France

2023 Tour de France, 110th edition, Bilbao to Paris, 3,404 km, 21 stages. Jonas Vingegaard beat Tadej Pogačar by 7'29" for his second title; record 30 major ascents, one 22.4 km time trial, Basque Grand Départ.

2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships awarded 22 track titles in Glasgow from 3 to 9 August 2023, with Great Britain topping the medal table.

2023 World Rally Championship

2023 World Rally Championship season: second Rally1 hybrid year; Kalle Rovanperä defended the drivers' title (250 pts, +44 over Evans) and Toyota won the manufacturers' crown (548 pts) with nine wins from 13 rounds; Craig Breen died in April; Tänak rejoined Hyundai for 2024.

2023 World Rally-Raid Championship

2023 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), second season, five rounds from Dakar to Rallye du Maroc; Nasser Al-Attiyah and Baumel won the drivers' title on 205 points, Toyota the manufacturers' title, Honda the FIM manufacturers' crown.

2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula One race, 8 December 2024, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi. Lando Norris won from pole; McLaren clinched its first Constructors' Championship since 1998 over Ferrari in the 24-race season finale.

2024 Australian Grand Prix

The 2024 Australian Grand Prix (Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix) was round 3 of the 2024 F1 season at Albert Park, Melbourne, 21-24 March 2024. Carlos Sainz won for Ferrari after Verstappen's lap-3 brake fire ended a nine-race win streak; record 452,055 attendance.

2024 Austrian Grand Prix

2024 Austrian Grand Prix, Formula 1 race, 30 June 2024, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg. Won by George Russell (Mercedes) after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collided on lap 64; Verstappen took pole and the sprint.

2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a Formula 1 motor race in Baku, Azerbaijan, where Oscar Piastri secured a victory, leading McLaren to the Constructors' Championship.