George Russell has impressed thus far in his first season with Mercedes; he currently leads Sir Lewis Hamilton in the standings and has generally outperformed his team-mate. Specifically, the 24-year-old sits fourth in the Drivers’ Standings on 158 points, while Hamilton is in P6 on 12 fewer points. Many in the paddock, including Mercedes team
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The first half of the season was full of ‘what if’ moments for Ferrari, after a catalogue of strategic blunders and reliability problems have left them playing catch-up in both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships. The Italian’s have only themselves to blame for being so far behind Red Bull Racing, with Charles Leclerc having retired from the
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Charles Leclerc needs the best second half performance of his life, should he wish to be crowned the 2022 Drivers’ Champion. With nine races remaining, he sits 80 points behind Max Verstappen, who can miss the entire triple-header and still lead the standings by at least two points. Leclerc needs things to start going in
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If you had told Mercedes after the first four rounds of the season that they would be in a position to pressure Ferrari going into the last nine races, they likely would have bitten your hand off. 2022 did not kick off well for the reigning and eight-time constructors’ champions, who had just come off
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Ferrari are currently blowing their best chance in over 10 years to win either the Drivers’ or Constructors’ Championship, with a number of strategic errors and reliability problems having put the top step almost out of reach. Charles Leclerc has enjoyed his best season yet in Formula 1, after claiming three victories in the first
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Ferrari sporting director, Laurent Mekies, has affirmed that there are plenty of smiles at Maranello amid the team’s improved form this season. The Scuderia spent a large of portion of last season working on this year’s car ready for the turn of the new technical regulations, as they were not in title contention with Red
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Max Verstappen takes an enormous lead into the second half of the season, after winning eight of the thirteen races completed this season. The reigning World Champion leads Charles Leclerc by 80 points, a margin that should be considerably smaller had it not been for Ferrari’s strategic incompetence. Leclerc has lost the race lead and arguably a
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Scuderia Ferrari have arguably has the fastest car this season; however, it’s also been the most unreliable by a country mile. The Italian team sits 97 points behind Red Bull Racing in the Constructors’ Championship, after a series of strategic errors and horrific power unit reliability. Charles Leclerc has retired from the race lead twice
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The 2022 championship battle between Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Ferrari has been “refreshing” to watch, with Mercedes having dominated since 2014. The racing has been “close and hard, but fair”, between title protagonists Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, unlike the battle seen between Verstappen and Sir Lewis Hamilton. 2021 saw a title fight like
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Former Formula 1 driver Hans-Joachim Stuck gave us all a bit of a surprise when he suggested that Ferrari told Charles Leclerc to lie about the cause of his crash at the French Grand Prix. The Monegasque had started from pole in Le Castellet, and had fended off the early threat of Max Verstappen, before
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