The Monegasque controls the fury of Verstappen as a champion The Spaniard confirms that the World Cup will talk about the Reds
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Super double for Ferrari in the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Leclerc and Sainz closing the first stage of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship ahead of everyone. of the one-two placed by Vettel and Leclerc himself in Singapore. A race on the verge of perfection for the Monegasque, who after the pole position takes an extraordinary success also spiced up by the fastest lap; also the Spaniard who took advantage of Verstappen’s Red Bull problems in the final, forced to retire due to problems, as well as his teammate Perez. With two laps to go, reigning world champion Max Verstappen was suddenly forced to stop while he was in third position, and seconds after he was overtaken by Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz.
Lewis Hamilton closes the podium with the Mercedes, which in any case seemed to have none for the entire course of the race. Leclerc has a great start and never misses anything, even when the reigning Red Bull world champion tried to overtake him between the 16th and 18th laps, during the first pit-stop waltz, and later in the final race. with duels that recalled the epic challenge of Dijon between Villeneuve and Arnoux.
An engine problem with the beginning of a fire in Gasly’s car seemed to be able to reopen the games ten laps from the checkered flag, putting everyone back in line behind the safety car. But there was none for anyone, Leclerc immediately re-extended, Red Bull broke out by cutting himself out of the race with both drivers and Sainz took the opportunity to complete a super red brace.
«Pole position, fastest lap, victory: a dream start, and I’m really happy. In these terribly difficult years we thought it would be the moment of redemption, and it has arrived. The guys did an incredible job giving us a fantastic car and everything went well, even with Carlos’ double: we couldn’t have done better ». This is how Charles Leclerc interviewed after his victory in the Bahrain GP. “Thanks to all those who have supported us in recent years – said the Monegasque again -: an incredible job has been done to get back to the top and now I am incredibly happy”.
«I tried to be as intelligent as possible when Verstappen tried to attack me, I used the drs and got back into position – comments the Ferrari driver – Safety Car in the final? I would have preferred it not to have been there, but I got off to a great start and took the margin to manage well until the finish line ». –
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