this set ferrari Going on a full sprint with renewed souls first part formula World Championship, Facing his last two appointments before the summer break, he’s at Circuit Paul Ricard, a French Grand Prix stage debut this weekend. carlos sainz (Ferrari) Y Fernando Alonso (Alp) They hope to forget Austria’s troubles.

The Championship made a minor comeback in the last two tests at Silverstone (England) and Spielberg (Austria), saw the ‘Cavallino Prancing’ smile once again on the tracks and largely managed to stop it. Red Bull’s overwhelming advantage with the Dutch Max Verstappen.

The Austrian team had six wins in a row to surpass the current champion. Before Carlos Sainz made history British Grand Prix and Charles Leclerc back on the road to victory ‘at home’ of his rivals. 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.

The championship leader must maintain the pressure on him. Try to cut as much as possible to continue choosing the title of the second part of the campaign. That’s why two back-to-back races at Paul Ricard and next week’s Hungaroring seem to be key to the future of the World Championship.

The first date will be at the French circuit, where a Verstappen was already a winner last year and the car has proven to be much more reliable than Ferrari, and the issues are heavily focused on the figure. Carlos Sainz. The race from Hasselt dominated the qualifying and the race in 2021, while Leclerc only finished fifteenth in what he described as the “hardest race” due to tire problems. F-1.

Alonso wants to shine

behind both Sergio Pérez, who replaced two joys and two second places with two retirements after his victory in Monaco, has the other Red Bull.The other Ferrari, who was 57 points behind his teammate, braked in Austria, while a Sainz, who saw his great joy at Silverstone, braked.

Madrilenian’s ‘F1-75’ failed again this season and added the fourth drop of the seasonso he was unable to place the ‘Czech’ with 18 points in third place and saw Briton George Russell (Mercedes) follow him again (5 points).

Looking to leave the holiday in the best mood possible, the Spaniard will try to get back into the fight with Verstappen and Leclerc on a track where he was out of points in 2021. A penalty on the grid and complicating matters further, after Mercedes, which has been on three podiums in a row with Brit Lewis Hamilton, is expected to still try to ‘fight’.

for your shareAfter another troubled weekend at Spielberg, Fernando Alonso (Alpine) enters his team’s home race, eager to make up for it. 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.

In any case, the Asturian driver once again demonstrated his skill and experience at the wheel to finish in tenth place and add to his sixth consecutive Grand Prix. The Oviedo man is looking forward to a ‘perfect’ weekend at Paul Ricard, where he finished eighth last year, trying to be better than his now teammate Esteban Ocon and having a solid place in the ‘Top 10’.

French F1 GP Schedule

  • Friday, July 22:

Free Training 1: 14:00 – 15:00 (CET)

Free practice 2: 17:00 – 18:00 (CET)

  • Saturday, July 23:

Free practice 3: 13.00 – 14.00 (CET)

Classification: 16:00 (CET)

  • Sunday, July 24:

Race: 15.00 (57 laps) (CET)