Formula One is finally back in Montreal 🤩 JonathanBrazeau offers six storylines to look out for ahead of the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix:
The Canadian Grand Prix returns after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot has changed since then for the series off-track with a sudden surge in popularity thanks to, but things are also different on the track with new rules and regulations introduced this season aiming to increase overtaking and keep things competitive. Not to mention all of the driver changes that have taken place plus the end of Mercedes’ dominance era .
Twice Leclerc qualified on pole and was cruising along in the lead until experiencing engine problems. Such was the case just this past Sunday in Azerbaijan. After starting the season on top, Leclerc has now slipped to third in the championship, 34 points back of championship leader Max Verstappen and trailing Sergio Perez by 13. The Monegasque driver also has George Russell on his tail just 17 points behind as well.
Rest assured, the seven-time world champion will give it a shot although hopefully not at further risk to his health. Montreal holds a special spot in Hamilton’s heart though as the site of his first Grand Prix victory, and he also returns as the defending race winner. Fans want to see the true fastest between the two and here’s hoping now that there’s a bit of a buffer between the Red Bulls and Ferrari’s Leclerc we should see that unfold in Montreal.The final turn of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has the dubious distinction of being known as the “Wall of Champions” with several high-profile drivers crashing out at that particular spot. The wall took out three former world champions in 1999 alone in Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve.
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