The tenth round of the 2022 season returns Formula 1 to Silverstone, a circuit where everything was blown up last year when an intense battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen ended with the #33 out of the game.
Formula 1 returns to where it all began (at least officially): the Silverstone circuit was the first to host an authorized test of the premier category of motorsports back in 1950, the year in which Giuseppe Farina was proclaimed champion when the constructors’ championship that we know of did not even exist yet. today.
The story is significantly different from last year, since, while Max Verstappen and Red Bull remain in the fight for everythingthose commanded by Christian Horner on the circuits have changed rivals, a Ferrari in low hours that has not won since last April 10.
Alpine has been presented on the British track with a heavily refurbished A522especially in the area of the pontoons, with a ‘ferrarized’ style that they hope to squeeze on the track to hunt down a Mercedes that has escaped them in recent races. Fernando Alonso he smiles with the updates of his team, waiting to reap a good result that rounds off the play.
For its part, Carlos Sainz He arrives with renewed energy after making it difficult for Verstappen in Canada: the #55 is confident that he has taken another step in his adaptation to the F1-75, a single-seater that has choked him since the season began and to which he will have to acclimatize sooner or later. early if he wants to keep his chances of fighting for the title.