Season low:, with a power unit issue hampering Norris’ qualifying and seeing him start from 14th on the grid. Unable to make progress in the race, due to losing time in a double-stack pit-stop and then a five-second time penalty, Norris came home a disgruntled, and legitimate, 15th.The Mexican driver is having a much stronger season in 2022 than his initial year with the Red Bull team.
There’s no doubt that Sainz has closed the gap in performance to Leclerc, although the Monegasque still has the edge in outright pace. However, Sainz looks to be more confident in questioning Ferrari’s errors and, as his consistency improves, it wouldn’t be at all surprising if he ends up finishing ahead of Leclerc in the championship table.Sainz claimed his maiden win at Silverstone, on a day where Leclerc was clearly the quicker driver.
Imola was also a poor weekend, as he crashed out in Q2. Having made it through to Q3, he started the sprint from 10th, and recovered to fourth for the race grid. However, he was involved in a largely blameless collision with Daniel Ricciardo at Turn 1, meaning two consecutive retirements after the disappointment of Australia.of old has re-emerged as the year has progressed.
Even more impressively was the fact that Hamilton used the same pit strategy as Carlos Sainz in running Medium-Medium-Soft – also a strategy that was open to Charles Leclerc.particularly poor for the seven-time World Champion. He never managed to break into the top 10, qualifying in 13th before finishing 14th in the sprint.
After starting the season in such a strong fashion relative to Lewis Hamilton, he has rewarded Toto Wolff and Mercedes for the faith they have shown in him. But did his promotion come a year too late? If it had been Russell, not Bottas, alongside Hamilton in 2021, would Mercedes have managed to defeat Verstappen? Certainly, Russell is making a strong case for that argument.
2022 has shown Leclerc is, arguably, the quickest driver over a single lap in F1. But he is struggling in the face of Red Bull and Verstappen’s metronomic relentlessness, and his response to that could define him for the rest of his career.Australia, the third race of the year, proved to be the high point of Leclerc’s points lead and championship fight. He proved simply unstoppable that weekend, taking pole position by three-tenths of a second before romping away in the lead.
List a bit embarrassing. Russell been better than Le Clerc. Alonso been a lot more impressive than Sainz and Checo, as has Lando.
Wow. Albon not in your Top 10.
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