set ferrari With a renewed spirit, he is going to the final sprint of the first part of the Formula 1 World Championship, which is facing each other. their last two appointments before summer vacationthis weekend, for the first time at Circuit Paul Ricard, a French Grand Prix stage where Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Alp) hope to forget Austria’s troubles.
The Championship made a minor comeback in the last two tests at Silverstone (England) and Spielberg (Austria), seeing the ‘Cavallino Prancing’ smile once again on the tracks and largely curbing the overwhelming dominance shown. Red Bull with Max Verstappen of the Netherlands.
The Austrian team had six wins in a row. Carlos Sainz is back on track to take out the current champion without making history at the British Grand Prix and Charles Leclerc is back on the road to victory ‘at home’ to his opponents. But despite this threat of backlash from the ‘Scuderia’, Verstappen, who won the Austrian Sprint race, continues to command with some ease in the World Championship with 208 points for 170 Monegasque drivers.
East must keep the pressure on the championship leader trying to cut as much as possible to continue choosing the title for the second part of the campaign. Therefore, two consecutive races Paul Ricard and next week Hungarian They look like the key to the future of the World Cup.
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The first date will be at the French circuit. Last year a Verstappen was the winner, proving that his car was much more reliable than Ferrari., where the issues mainly focus on the figure of Carlos Sainz. Hasselt’s man dominated qualifying and the race in 2021, while Leclerc had tire problems and only finished fifteenth in what he described as the “hardest race” in his F-1 drive.
Sainz and Alonso want to shine again
Behind both of them other Red Bull Sergio PerezAfter his victory at Monaco, it’s that of a Sainz, 57 points behind his teammate, who replaced two joys with two retirements, and another Ferrari, who braked his great joy from Silverstone in Austria.
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In search of leaving in the best mood possible on vacation, The Spaniard will try to get back into the fight with Verstappen and Leclerc Three podiums in a row with Brit Lewis Hamilton is on a track where Mercedes was left out of the points in 2021 despite working on an engine change that would require a weekend penalty on the grid and make things more complicated. continues to try to ‘fight’.
On your own behalf Fernando Alonso (Alp) also came to the home race for his team and wanted to make up for it After another rough weekend at Spielberg. Two-time world champion Sprint couldn’t even get points because he couldn’t even participate in the race due to an electronic malfunction, then had to start from the end while replacing the power unit, and a pit failure on Sunday prevented his comeback.
Schedules of the Formula 1 French GP
Friday, July 22:
Free practice 1: 14:00 – 15:00
Free practice 2: 17:00 – 18:00
Saturday, July 23:
Free practice 3: 13:00 – 14:00
Classification: 16:00
Sunday, July 24:
Race: 15.00 (57 laps)