2022 Austrian Grand Prix

Sunday, July 10, 2022
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Charles Leclerc showed Ferrari's pace as he overtook Max Verstappen three times in the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix. But celebrations at the Red Bull Ring were muted after it lost a likely 1-2 finish and F1 championship points when Carlos Sainz's engine burst into flames

There’s still plenty of life in this drivers’ championship, but so much of it depends on Ferrari’s ability to execute on a consistent basis.

The hints of a threat to Max Verstappen’s dominance of the Red Bull Ring were there on Saturday, when Charles Leclerc closed in during the final few laps of the sprint and ended his race with a radio message stating: “We are quick. We can get them tomorrow.”

It turned out to be a premonition, when coupled with the start of Verstappen’s own radio message at the time: “Not bad, not bad. Tricky with the tyres…”

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