Charles Leclerc increases his lead in the Drivers’ World Championship as the Mercedes continue to maximize their chances. The Spanish pilots, in a difficult situation after leaving Melbourne without adding points to their locker.
The third race of the 2022 season of Formula 1 It has been held in Australia, specifically in the Albert Park circuit, in the city of Melbourne. And the result could not be more favorable for charles leclercwhich in addition to adding his second victory of the season has seen his greatest rival, Max Verstappen, leave.
The drivers’ championship
This leaves the Monegasque Ferrari driver on 71 points and leading the championship with a remarkable 34-point lead over the second-place finisher, a surprising George Russell. The Briton has achieved his first podium with Mercedes and takes advantage of Red Bull’s reliability problems to add 37 points, four more than the second of the Ferraris driven by Carlos Sainz.
Carlos Sainz
And it is that the Spaniard consumed a weekend to forget with an early abandonment that leaves him in a precarious situation in the face of his aspirations in the World Cup. Not surprisingly, his teammate is already ahead of him by 38 points and, therefore, at the mercy of team orders at Ferrari if necessary.
However, even worse is the situation of the Red Bull drivers, who despite having shown that they have the ability to compete for victories with Ferrari, add only 30 and 25 points to Sergio Perez Y Max Verstappen respectively. Reliability is undoubtedly the weak point of the Anglo-Austrian training.
Lewis Hamilton He is not feeling comfortable at the start of the season either and has only 28 points, nine less than his young and newcomer teammate.
General classification of the Drivers’ World Championship
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Fernando Alonso
Regarding the other Spanish pilot, Fernando Alonsothe same misfortune that eludes Stephen Ocon continues to persecute the Asturian. This weekend he had more than enough pace to even aim for a podium, but a series of catastrophic mishaps has ended up leaving him out of the points.
Thus, Esteban Ocon already has 20 points and is seventh in the Drivers’ World Championship, while Fernando Alonso must settle for just two points and 14th position. In any case, there are 20 races to go and the performance of the Spaniard is extremely promising.
The Constructors’ World Cup
As expected, ferrari clearly dominates the constructors’ championship with 104 points, 39 more than a consistent team Mercedes. The current champions allow themselves the luxury of beating Red Bull (65 vs. 55 points) with a much slower car, but much more reliable.
The leadership of the middle group is taken by McLaren after an excellent weekend in which the fifth position of Lando Norris and the sixth of Daniel Ricciardo made him add 18 points in one go, thus raising his total loot to 24 points.
General classification of the Constructors’ World Championship
This is two more than Alpineheavily burdened by the bad luck of Fernando Alonso, and 11 more than Alfa Romeo, which is not knowing how to translate its promising performance into results. Something similar can be said of Hasswho started the year third and is already seventh with 12 points, two more than AlphaTauri.
Finally, Aston-Martin is confirmed as the worst team of this start of the season after adding Williams one point thanks to Alexander Albon. The succession of accidents of Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel combine with very little speed to result in an absolute fiasco for the British marque.