It was a season of 'what ifs' for Ferrari, although they'll call it lessons... F1 ✍️HenryValantine
Formula 1’s new era looked like it could start off so well for Ferrari, but as 2022 unfolded, it became clear their long wait for a title would have to continue.
And the first three rounds of the year gave the impression that, much like Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton last year, it could be another race-by-race fight for wins in a tight title fight. And Leclerc’s own home race woes at Monaco continued when Ferrari brought him in to pit from the lead for intermediate tyres, and then again for slicks just a few laps later on a drying surface – which then dropped him to a net fourth place.
Sainz drove brilliantly to take his first Formula 1 victory – going against team orders and following his own instinct to do so at Silverstone, it has to be said – but even with that, when the field all pitted for soft tyres in a late Safety Car, Leclerc stayed out on used hard tyres, leaving him as a sitting duck in the lead when the race restarted.
But his helpless slide into the barriers was not only the third time he had retired from the lead in 2022, as was the case in Spain and Azerbaijan, it was also a critical time to lose 25 points to Verstappen in the title fight.
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