Max Verstappen, by winning the French GP, round 12 of the 2022 World Cup, at the Circuit de Paul Ricard, in Le Castellet, equaled Jackie Stewart’s record of 27 victories in Formula 1 and ascended to position 8 in the list of the best drivers. -successful in the history of the category. The Scotsman, currently 83 years old, ended his career in 1973, after winning his third title. Already the 2021 champion accelerates to second: today, taking advantage of Charles Leclerc’s mistake, who retired on lap 18, when he was leading a race with 53, added the seventh success of the year and increased the advantage for the Monegasque Ferrari from 38 points to 63.
In the race that marked the beginning of the second half of the season, Lewis Hamilton, in the 300th GP in Formula 1, achieved the best result of the season (second) and the 187th podium of his career, Behind the British Mercedes driver, the compatriot and teammate George Russell, third after surprising Sergio Pérez, in Red Bull, in the final moments of the action in Paul Ricard. For the German team, champion of constructors between 2014 and 2021 (!), two drivers in the «top-3» for the first time this year.
Verstappen and Red Bull repeated the success of 2021 at the French GP and, this year, the success also benefited a team that has not won among the constructors since 2013. Taking advantage of Leclerc’s mistake (the Monegasque recognized it in the first conversations with the media …) and the various strategic indecisions of Ferrari that penalized Carlos Sainz, the Austrian team gained a more comfortable advantage in the «race» for this title: now, instead of 56 points, it has 82 more than the Italian rival.
Round 13 of the Formula 1 World Cup takes place next weekend, with the Hungarian GP, at the Hungaroring, in the suburbs of Budapest.
Ratings
1st Max Verstappen, Red Bull-RBPT, 1:30.02.112 h
2nd Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, +10,587 s
3rd George Russell, Mercedes, +16,495 s
4th Sergio Pérez, Red Bull-RBPT, +17.310 s
5th Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari, +28.872 s
6th Fernando Alonso, Alpine-Renault, +42.879 s
7th Lando Norris, McLaren-Mercedes, +52.026 s
8th Esteban Ocon, Alpine-Renault, +56,959 s
9th Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren-Mercedes, +1.00.372 m
10th Lance Stroll, Aston Martin-Mercedes, 1.02.549 m
11th Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin-Mercedes, +1.04.494 m
12th Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri-RBPT, +1.05.448 m
13th Alexander Albon, Williams-Mercedes, +1.08.565 m
14th Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +1.16.666 m
15th Mick Schumacher, Haas-Ferrari, +1,20,394 m
16th Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, +6 laps
17th Nicholas Latifi, Williams-Mercedes, Abandon
18th Kevin Magnussen, Haas-Ferrari, Abandon
19th Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri-RBPT, Abandon
20th Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Abandon
Drivers’ Championship
1st Max Verstappen, 233 points
2nd Charles Leclerc, 170 points
3rd Sergio Perez, 163 points
4th Carlos Sainz Jr., 144 points
5th George Russell, 144 points
6th Lewis Hamilton, 127 points
7th Lando Norris, 70 points
8th Esteban Ocon, 56 points
9th Valtteri Bottas, 46 points
10th Fernando Alonso, 37 points
11th Kevin Magnussen, 22 points
12th Daniel Ricciardo, 19 points
13th Pierre Gasly, 16 points
14th Sebastian Vettel, 15 points
15th Mick Schumacher, 12 points
16th Yuki Tsunoda, 11 points
17th Zhou Guanyu, 5 points
18th Lance Stroll, 4 points
19th Alexander Albon, 3 points
20th Nicholas Latifi, 0 points
21st Nico Hülkenberg, 0 points
Constructors’ World
1st Red Bull-RBPT, 396 points
2nd Ferrari, 314 points
3rd Mercedes, 270 points
4th Alpine-Renault, 93 points
5th McLaren-Mercedes, 89 points
6th Alfa Romeo-Ferrari, 51 points
7th Haas-Ferrari, 34 points
8th AlphaTauri-RBPT, 27 points
9th Aston Martin-Mercedes, 19 points
10th Williams-Mercedes, 3 points
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