First race of the 2022 F1 season (Bahrain - March 20, 2022): DNF for Verstappen at lap 54/57 (engine issue) and DNF for Perez at lap 56/57 (engine issue).
Mercedes-AMG posted this tweet right after that race (5:40pm):
(see also
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/10670...to-see-it.html)
Exactly eight months later: the 2022 F1 season ended with the final WDC and WCC results awarded.
From hindsight, the
Schadenfreude of Mercedes-AMG after the first race didn't age well.