After the FrenchGP it may already be time to declare this fight over... F1
F1’s two leading teams had come to Le Castellet with very different angles of attack, Red Bull relying on their enormous top speed while Ferrari favoured high downforce, which proved good enough for Leclerc to claim his seventh pole position of 2022.ran close behind Leclerc but, unable to pass, found himself hurting his own tyres – of Red Bull falling into the trap set by Ferrari, whom many had expected to quickly fade in the extreme heat.
As in Barcelona and Baku, Leclerc’s sudden demise instantly drained the intrigue from the fight at the front, leaving Verstappen with yet another untroubled path to victory.The hard truth? Leclerc and Ferrari aren’t ready to win just yet Halfway through his fifth full season, he is at exactly the same stage of his career as Verstappen was in 2019 – capable of glorious highs that point to a spectacular future but still slightly lacking the temperament and maturity for those peaks to become standard.
It is that crucial final step that Leclerc – his talent still untamed, his edges still slightly too rough – is yet to take. Comparisons with Gilles Villeneuve will never cease to flatter but hint at a lack of refinement.
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