What a Sprint! and what a day for Ferrari, who qualified P2! The Italian team must be celebrating right now after the strong results Charles Leclerc is putting in for them. The team has presented a solid front and seems to be stronger than ever! They look unstoppable.
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Charles Leclerc jokes with Max Verstappen
The F1 Sprint, with no mandatory pit stops, is a flat-out race. Here, even a small mistake can hurt. In a classic example, Haas, who made the wrong tire choice, paid for its mistake. They dropped from P4 to P8, while many teams managed to make their way to the top and past the Haas.
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In a similar way, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen were involved in a tussle again. Seems like this won’t be ending anytime soon, and while Max won the sprint, it is always close. After the sprint, Leclerc was asked about his side-by-side start with Max. To this, he replied, “At the start? Were we side by side? I don‘t think we were side by side (laughs).”
You made a tremendous start, just talk us through the braking zone in Turn 2, when you & Max were side by side?
Charles: "At the start? Were we side by side? I don‘t think we were side by side (laughs)."
Max: "I had to use the binoculars!"
😂#ImolaGP pic.twitter.com/6FNXoMSyHU
— tami. (@Vetteleclerc) April 23, 2022
Fans are excited to see what could this fight ultimately result in. Will this end badly or will there be no competition after some time? Things could turn around at any moment. And with both the drivers so fierce, it could also result in dangerous situations, because both are often extremely close during battles.
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Leclerc and Verstappen is a tale that won’t end
Verstappen and Leclerc are not new to this kind of fight. They’ve done this in the earlier stages of their career as well. With enormous talent within them, it seems impossible to think one of them can lose. They’re in a league of their own.
With motorsport giants like Ferrari and Red Bull fighting it out in the front row, the races can never be uneventful.
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