Slipstream Saturday: Canadian Grand Prix Returning With Big Shoes to Fill
The Canadian Grand Prix is back this weekend. Here are the F1 news and notes ahead of the race.
The Canadian Grand Prix is back this weekend. Here are the F1 news and notes ahead of the race.
Leclerc exited early from last Sunday’s race at Baku.
The Baku City Circuit held a fairly normal race, by its standards, in 2022 as Max Verstappen asserted his dominance by winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc on track in his Ferrari at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saudi Arabia (credit: FIA Media)
Ferrari began the 2022 Formula One season with a proper foot up on the competition but neither of their cars reached the race’s halfway point in Azerbaijan.
Charles Leclerc is on the pole for F1’s 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix after going 1 minute, 41.359 seconds in the third round of qualifying Saturday, June 11.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix has offered strange circumstances during its short tenure on the Formula 1 schedule. The question is whether or not such results will continue.
Charles Leclerc on track in his Ferrari at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saudi Arabia (credit: FIA Media)
He started from the pole, but it was all downhill from there.
Charles Leclerc on track in his Ferrari at Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saudi Arabia (credit: FIA Media)
Leclerc leads an all-Ferrari front row.
Charles Leclerc has struggled on his home track of Monaco. Valtteri Bottas has found troubles on Friday. Daniel Ricciardo has yet to find his groove with McLaren. All three face unusual challenges as they head into the Monaco Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen won the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix even after spinning into the gravel on lap nine. Charles Leclerc looked like he was in line to earn the win but his Ferrari power unit failed midway through the race.
Charles Leclerc nabbed his fourth pole of the season in brilliant fashion on Saturday in Spain.
With five rounds down and 18 rounds to go, the 2022 Formula One World Championship looks set to be Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen face off for the title.
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