Leclerc beats Verstappen to pole for season-opener as Ferrari start 2022 in front

164 comments on “Leclerc beats Verstappen to pole for season-opener as Ferrari start 2022 in front”

1. 

   hyoko
   19th March 2022, 16:14

   And Sainz
   1. 

      PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
      19th March 2022, 16:58

      Stroll was outqualified by a journeyman who until last week was sitting on the sofa watching TV and eating crisps…
      1. 

         Schumey
         19th March 2022, 18:00

         Careful, there are some here who think that STR is the next big thing (results not withstanding!).
         1. 

            MrBoerns (@mrboerns)
            19th March 2022, 18:49

            it’s actually called Alpha Tauri now…
            1. 

               Serban
               19th March 2022, 22:27

               The stupidity in you makes me giggle :)
            2. 

               Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
               20th March 2022, 11:13

               Lol
         2. 

            Darryn Smith (@darryn)
            20th March 2022, 2:37

            To be fair he is still better than the other drivers that daddy got into F1 recently. Schumacher and Mazepin.
            1. 

               Don Bosco (@donbosco555)
               20th March 2022, 11:02

               Exactly
      2. 

         PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
         19th March 2022, 19:22

         @mrboerns the journeyman I meant here is Hulkenberg, nothing to do with alpha Tauri!
2. 

   hahostolze (@hahostolze)
   19th March 2022, 16:15

   Excellent from Leclerc. Scruffy from Verstappen. Russell…
   Looking forward to the race. If race pace is something to go by, should be fun.
   1. 

      Esploratore (@esploratore1)
      20th March 2022, 8:50

      I think in quali atm ferrari and red bull might be similar, leclerc is traditionally good in qualifying and verstappen a little less so, so 1 tenth in favour of leclerc is not that much of a surprise imo. Russell was on it all time btw, similar to hamilton, except q3, and it’s only his 2nd mercedes weekend.
3. 

   David BR (@david-br)
   19th March 2022, 16:16

   Enjoyable session and great to see two different sets of rivals battle it out. Looks nicely set up for tomorrow. Well done Leclerc.
4. 

   PMccarthy_is_a_legend (@pmccarthy_is_a_legend)
   19th March 2022, 16:16

   Yes come on Ferrari!
   Ps. Lol at Russell being outqualified by Bottas.
   PS2. Great job by KMag
   1. 

      macaque (@macaque)
      19th March 2022, 16:20

      If Mick gets Covid this year (hopefully not), Haas can replace him with Romain.
      1. 

         Jere (@jerejj)
         19th March 2022, 16:52

         @macaque Unlikely, as Romain’s said he would’ve declined an F1 return even if he got called.
         1. 

            sebsronnie (@sebsronnie)
            19th March 2022, 18:13

            Well, talk is cheap. I think (not too sure) that K-Mag said something similar. There’s quite nothing like an F1 drive as Alonso has surely shown us.
            1. 

               Dave (@davewillisporter)
               20th March 2022, 14:12

               @sebsronnie you are correct. Specifically, KMAG said he’s never take another drive that had no chance of winning. He obviously missed the sport despite wins and podiums in IMSA (I think it’s IMSA)

               The difference between him and Romain was he was driving sports cars and Romain is in open wheel like F1, with a paddock that is much friendlier than F1. He genuinely prefers it to F1.
         2. 

            Fezza (@fezza)
            20th March 2022, 1:48

            Would he still feel/say the same now that he’s seen how much Haas has improved? Never say never.
            1. 

               Esploratore (@esploratore1)
               20th March 2022, 9:56

               Indeed, judging by magnussen’s quick change of mind, he’s come too.
5. 

   Iosif (@afonic)
   19th March 2022, 16:16

   That’s very encouraging for the season! I thought we were heading for a Red Bull domination but it looks close! Mercedes needs quite a lot of work to close that gap but I full expect them to do so and then have a three way fight!
   1. 

      Robbie (@robbie)
      19th March 2022, 22:54

      @afonic Oops I think I hit report comment by accident. Was just going to say let’s see about race pace but otherwise yeah, I’m not sure about a domination (remains to be seen) but I do wonder if Ferrari might end up splitting points while Max gets the lion’s share at RBR. Of course it is such early days and we’ll know more tomorrow and then that ‘info’ might become redundant soon too. As they’ve been saying, it’s going to be a development race, and what effect Merc has when they get better will depend on what the points situation is like while they catch up to a moving and presumably advancing target at Ferrari and RBR.

      First of all, let’s see what the racing is like tomorrow. So so exciting.
      1. 

         Kerry Maxwell (@kerrymaxwell)
         20th March 2022, 2:30

         It amazes me the Report Comment function remains this easy to mistakenly report comments. How hard could it be to add a confirmation?
         1. 

            Esploratore (@esploratore1)
            20th March 2022, 9:58

            Same thing for the edit button.
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         Esploratore (@esploratore1)
         20th March 2022, 10:01

         On topic, I would rule out domination by any team for this year, if mercedes as it looks like (but indeed we have to see race pace, in 2021 merc was stronger in races than in qualis) is a bit behind, then I doubt any other team will run away.
6. 

   HUHHII (@huhhii)
   19th March 2022, 16:17

   Mr. Saturday? Don’t think so.
   1. 

      Jazz (@jazz)
      19th March 2022, 18:15

      It’s early days, personally don’t think it’s fair to judge his performance from just one competitive session.
      1. 

         Robbie (@robbie)
         19th March 2022, 22:59

         @jazz For sure. @huhhii Not sure why you’d even go there given their current state and such such early days. Would you already say Max? WDC? Don’t think so?

         Don’t think so.
         1. 

            f12007v (@f1fan-2000)
            19th March 2022, 23:51

            @robbie max did win his first race for rb though. And yes from his first race we are calling him to be WDC.
            1. 

               kpcart
               20th March 2022, 1:34

               Max first race win was because 2 Mercedes crashed into each other. Maybe in today’s race Leclerc and Verstappen will crash and Russel wins. Really useless comments going on, so I’m adding useless commentary for fun
7. 

   Kribana (@krichelle)
   19th March 2022, 16:18

   Let’s see who has the better race car. Bahrain has a reputation of crazy races. If these cars can follow closely… 57 laps is a lot.
   1. 

      G
      20th March 2022, 11:01

      There is also the chance of unreliability with everyone’s engines turned up. I wouldn’t bet on anyone that’s for sure. Red Bull look to have the better race pace but then we thought they would get pole easily too so who knows?
      They are close, that’s all that matters and with the engine freeze we hopefully won’t see anyone too far ahead for 4 years.
8. 

   Barry Bens (@barryfromdownunder)
   19th March 2022, 16:18

   Nice to see there’s going to be a good fight between two teams and 4 likable drivers. Sure, Perez has some work to do, but at least he’s got the 4th position covered better than before.

   Racepace for tomorrow seems like a slight edge for Red Bull, but Leclerc has enough experience in the top of the field to give Verstappen a good fight for his money.
   1. 

      baasbas
      19th March 2022, 16:22

      @barryfromdownunder:
      If we survive the first lap I still worry for the Ferrari pit wall though…
   2. 

      Ben
      19th March 2022, 16:42

      Well, the Verstappens do love a fight! Hopefully he can keep it clean for a change, but I doubt it. It’ll be fun to see him take his terrible driving to someone other than Hamilton so other fans can see just how bad he is in wheel to wheel racing.
      1. 

         Roman
         19th March 2022, 17:19

         +1
      2. 

         Jan-Marten Spit
         19th March 2022, 17:56

         The facts say that Hamilton is #1 at driving into other cars and costing those drivers points. That Hamilton and his some if his groupies claim the opposite is also a fact.
      3. 

         mystic one (@mysticus)
         19th March 2022, 21:39

         ah, max tinfoiler in action. max is nothing without Adrian/Adrian’s design! We will believe max when he drives a donkey to the finish line… sounds familiar? that has been thing the max tinfoilers were chanting all these years. now it must def be the car no talent involved. even with a rocket ship, he came up second wah wah wah…
         1. 

            Ucat33 (@ucat33)
            20th March 2022, 5:15

            You guys are ridiculous. HAM and VER are both amazing drivers. Cut the crap.
   3. 

      Hosford90
      19th March 2022, 17:28

      Not really sure what that implication is meant to mean about likable drivers. Sound like a typical racist cheap shot at a legend of the sport who has also proven himself to be a legend of a man and done more than anyone else on the grid/in most sport anywhere to be a genuine sustainable force for good for all of humanity.

      Especially when the ‘likable’ four you’re referring to includes a champion who, though I don’t fundamentally dislike him, is a pampered all-racing no-personality from birth typical ‘racing brat’, son of an abuser raised on (and at times quotably reflecting) similar values, and consistent with all that, a long term demonstrated dirty driver (Sainz is also a bit questionable too but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. He’s not his father). But yes the four of them all seem like rather pleasant young men generally speaking…as do all other 16 on the grid…including Lewis lol. Strange statement.

      But yes because the same people forever is also boring I’m also pumped from a sporting context to see Mercedes struggle! So keen to see Ferrari in the fight.
      1. 

         Roman
         19th March 2022, 17:38

         his profile pic tells everything one needs to know, in my opinion
      2. 

         melanos
         19th March 2022, 18:39

         all this drivel would not be worth dignifying with a reply, but I am genuinely surprised at the suggestion that Carlos Sainz Sr. the rally legend is a dirty driver.
      3. 

         kpcart
         20th March 2022, 1:37

         The old your racist for calling someone else a racist never flies. Hamilton has the biggest fanbase of any F1 driver, but the post was an obvious dig at Hamilton, the commentator doesn’t like him.
   4. 

      sebsronnie (@sebsronnie)
      19th March 2022, 18:14

      Likable? What does that even mean?
      1. 

         Roman
         19th March 2022, 20:26

         I would not want to be likeable to Barry. Kinda scares me…
   5. 

      Darryn Smith (@darryn)
      20th March 2022, 2:42

      Haven’t seen anyone refer to Max as likable, but ok.
      1. 

         Esploratore (@esploratore1)
         20th March 2022, 10:16

         I personally never said anything against the likeability of drivers, when I consider a quali like this preferable it’s cause I’ve never seen mercedes in a chasing position ever since hamilton joined, always the best or joint best car, so for me it’s interesting to see what he can do with a slower car, so far so good, although russell seems to have lost it in q3, was matching him before, and if the mercedes isn’t a rocket ship in the race, I think it could be interesting to see where hamilton can get, considering he’s usually good at tyre management.

         As for verstappen and leclerc, we know it’s not just the car, because both of them already showed what they can do with a bad car, like the last 2 years’ ferrari or verstappen’s first year in toro rosso.
         1. 

            DrG (@drgraham)
            20th March 2022, 12:22

            So I am sure you were here in 2017 and 18 and 19?

            We’re you just not watching the races?

            Mercedes we’re still behind at the half way mark in 17/18 – and clearly chasing in 19.

            The revisionist history on this site amazes me frankly.
9. 

   Tommy C (@tommy-c)
   19th March 2022, 16:21

   So does everyone believe Lewis now…? Cracking job by Charlie. So very close for Carlos to lock out the front row. It’s just so good to have Ferrari back! Disappointing for Russell but I did find it a bit amusing to see Bottas ahead.
   1. 

      Naughty Neutral
      19th March 2022, 16:35

      Actually, no. They’re not that far down, still in the top 6. They might not complete for a win in this race, but I think they’re not as bad as they are trying to make us believe.

      Lessee how things look like in four or five races…
      1. 

         grat
         19th March 2022, 17:06

         “We think we’re 0.6 to 0.8 down from the other teams”.

         Hamilton finishes 0.7 seconds behind LeClerc in qualifying.

         Fans: Nope, they’re not as bad as they say they are.

         Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!?!?
         1. 

            Roman
            19th March 2022, 17:17

            +1
            He predicted the gap very accurately.
            1. 

               Illusive (@illusive)
               20th March 2022, 8:06

               Lol no, He was faster in Q2 if you guys paid attention.
      2. 

         ian dearing
         19th March 2022, 17:29

         So Ham predicted the gap, which you seem to want to ignore; so I expect you to ignore Ham’s ‘The car has plenty of potential but we dont know if its one, two or more races before we unlock it’ when they finally do.
         1. 

            erikje
            19th March 2022, 19:18

            It’s already solved. They forgot to remove the sandbags before Q3.
            It’s al that low hanging fruit that makes it harder…
            1. 

               ian dearing
               19th March 2022, 20:32

               Silly child
            2. 

               mystic one (@mysticus)
               19th March 2022, 21:41

               @ian dearing
               will you hear anything different from a max tinfoiler? now we can say it is not max, it is his car safely to mirror their annoying chants all these years…
      3. 

         Invisiblekid (@invisiblekid)
         19th March 2022, 22:03

         Yeah cos who needs every point going? It’s not like F1 championships are ever that close anyway.
   2. 

      Mayrton
      20th March 2022, 9:03

      If anything it proves that they were moaning again. They are within the top 3 at the first quali. Tweak some more and they’re back.
   3. 

      Esploratore (@esploratore1)
      20th March 2022, 10:19

      I’m one of the those who believe the least what wolff and such say, but I can at least believe they had some issues, which impacts at least quali, let’s see the race pace too though, since in 2021 they were much better in race than quali and keep in mind they have a history of coming back from issues quickly, 2021 being an example.
      1. 

         DrG (@drgraham)
         20th March 2022, 12:25

         You can see the issues!

         Until the car stops jumping down the straight and round the corners it will remain uncompetitive. It’s that simple.

         For all those that suggested Bottas was crap and LH will now be exposed?

         That got old really quickly did it not?
10. 

    Robbie (@robbie)
    19th March 2022, 16:23

    Great to see it close but of course my money is on RBR’s race pace and Max for the win.
    1. 

       Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
       19th March 2022, 16:58

       Max has the pace to win GP. Though Perez must up his game and stay in touch with the front runners to close Ferrari strategic options.
       1. 

          Robbie (@robbie)
          19th March 2022, 23:01

          @tifoso1989 Yeah for sure, and I’d like to think he will.
       2. 

          Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
          20th March 2022, 11:14

          @tifoso1989 you put way too much faith in Ferrari’s strategy ability
          1. 

             Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
             20th March 2022, 11:24

             @fullcoursecaution
             I’ve already mentioned in a previous comment that Mercedes and especially RBR are light years ahead of Ferrari in track operations : strategy, pitstops, reactivity with regard to unpredictable issues (Leclerc’s gearbox issue in Monaco last year for example) and if they want seriously to challenge them over a season they need to march them in that specific area.
             Now, we’re sure the designers, aerodynamicists and the PU guys have made a good job. Ferrari must be sharp in track operations as well otherwise the hard work made in the factory in the last couple of years can be thrown on track in a blink of an eye.
             1. 

                Pat Ruadh (@fullcoursecaution)
                20th March 2022, 12:07

                @tifoso1989 I hope you are right.
                Last time they had a top two car their entire strategy seemed to be just sacrifice Raikkonen and see what happens. Don’t think that’s going to fly this year since the drivers are so evenly matched. I really hope they don’t just revert to type and shaft Carlos to help out the chosen one
             2. 

                Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
                20th March 2022, 12:18

                @fullcoursecaution
                The problem with 2 evenly matched driver is to ensure fairness while at the same time give them the best possible strategy at the crucial moments in races. It’s difficult but it’s manageable and this is when the strategists start earning their money.

                There have to be certain arrangements of who for example will have the best strategy depending on their position because sometimes someone by force will have a certain strategic advantage. For example if the undercut is powerful and drivers are running close to each others then the leading car will be the first to pit. The problem till last year is that Ferrari strategists seem not able to identify the best strategy.

                Carlos Sainz was doing very well in the Hungarian GP and his lap times were still consistent. His engineer asked him to pit but he refused and later it he proved to have made the right call. Not to mention the pitstops…
    2. 

       Esploratore (@esploratore1)
       20th March 2022, 10:23

       I like seeing a strong ferrari and red bull, but obviously I would generally trust red bull more than ferrari operationally, also when it comes to the development; for now I wouldn’t know who could have the better race pace, but can certainly be an interesting race.
11. 

    Sergey Martyn
    19th March 2022, 16:23

    Yeah, but folks, just look what especially K-Mag and Bottas delivered! Unsung heroes of a new era.
    1. 

       Mayrton
       19th March 2022, 18:15

       I agree. And Lewis did well as well, looking at where George ended up
       1. 

          Moi
          19th March 2022, 18:58

          Russel said he tried a new approach in Q3 and it didnt work out. He was faster in Q2 so seems plausible.
12. 

    PRVN
    19th March 2022, 16:23

    Is it only me.. seeing glitchy sector time graphic ?
    Like Russell was shown best s1, in Q3 but still down on time..
    Something confusing
    1. 

       Alberto
       19th March 2022, 16:26

       Yea, if the first car on the screen did a purple sector, his sector stayed purple for the rest of the lap.
    2. 

       Running on empty
       19th March 2022, 16:32

       Yeah I noticed that as well.
       Maybe the purple referred to this session (Q3) and the yellow time deficit to the entire qualifying session.
       At another stage two drivers were shown with purple second sectors at the same time.
       There definitely seem to be a couple of bugs to work out
    3. 

       erikje
       19th March 2022, 16:37

       Yep, and the yellow, green, purple indicator seems to have been shrunk. Annoying.
    4. 

       Roman
       19th March 2022, 16:41

       yep, saw the same bugs. Some testing would have been nice beforehand.
    5. 

       Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
       19th March 2022, 16:44

       And Leclerc was shown to be slower on his S1 sector time while he improved in his last attempt and there the No Time graphics that appeared briefly which made think that times were deleted due to track limits.
    6. 

       RandomMallard
       19th March 2022, 17:49

       Yep I saw that as well. That said, it’s new graphics and there are often teething issues with that. Who can forget Firstname Lastname after all? I’m sure they’ll be fixed soon enough
       1. 

          Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
          20th March 2022, 9:28

          RandomMallard,

          Who can forget Firstname Lastname after all?

          I still couldn’t believe it when I first saw it live. That was the 2017 Australian GP if I’m not wrong. Being an IT guy myself, I know that this stuff happens that’s why there are always pre-production platforms identical to the production platforms that serve to the software apps/patches being used one final time in production identical environment before being released to production.
          I suppose those Firstname Lastname messages were displayed in case of a failure to get the real driver name from the live data feed : (realDriverName != null ? realDriverName : “Firstname Lastname”). That was better than the null message :)
          1. 

             Esploratore (@esploratore1)
             20th March 2022, 10:26

             Ahah, yes, that was a fun incident!
    7. 

       StuBen (@stuben)
       19th March 2022, 19:48

       Not only did the new graphics not work at times some of the information like driver number or team logo were illegible. As an old saying goes, of it isn’t broke etc. Old clearly readable graphics still in F2 & assume F3 and they need to bring back to F1 asap. Not everything needs changing for the sake of it, could have put the money to better use in refunding those still drying out and with hypothermia from the Spa debacle!
       1. 

          Tommy Scragend
          19th March 2022, 20:03

          I’m not a fan of the new graphics at all. There wasn’t anything wrong with the ones they had last year. If it ain’t broke…
    8. 

       davidhunter13 (@davidhunter13)
       19th March 2022, 22:36

       The new graphics are a step back. Watching the Channel 4 highlights and it just doesn’t read as easily as what they had last year. Really disappointed they had to change something I thought they had right, seemingly just for the sake of change. I hope they revert.

       They didn’t even have the cut off highlighted most of the time. I know we all should know the positions but it’s just quicker to glance and see people under/over a cut off line.
13. 

    MichaelN
    19th March 2022, 16:24

    The gap between Verstappen and Pérez is quite small by their usual standards, so perhaps Verstappen left a bit on the table. Regardless, it’s great to see Ferrari and Red Bull so close. Mercedes behind, but not too much; they claimed to be further behind in race pace, so that’ll be interesting to see. Russell made a mess of his final lap, but it happens.

    It’s a bit surprising with all the talk being about the aero changes, that the Ferrari-powered teams Alfa Romeo have also made a jump up the other, while the Mercedes-powered McLaren and Aston Martin are also not looking too competitive. Could be a coincidence of course, it’s still only one real session.
14. 

    Mariano (@mariano)
    19th March 2022, 16:26

    And as usual Alonso doesn’t exists for the Sky commentators.
    1. 

       SHR Modding
       19th March 2022, 16:38

       Kind of agree. He had enough pace for 6th but messed up his lap. Hopefully his good starts can make up for it tomorrow
       1. 

          pSynrg (@psynrg)
          19th March 2022, 17:00

          Might as well say all the drivers had the pace for pole, they just weren’t quick enough. Except Charles…
    2. 

       TurboBT
       19th March 2022, 23:19

       He had his moments with ferrari, now he is just an old hag.
15. 

    André
    19th March 2022, 16:26

    Interesting first qualifying of 2022. Pleasantly surprised that Ferrari made sure that Redbull wasn’t alone at the front. Max didn’t look very happy. Good to see Lewis performing well, and I am sure that the haters are annoyed that the 7-time world champion is not being “exposed” by George, as they hoped he would. Mercedes seems to have a really difficult car, and I would like to hear more from the analysts how true it is that Mercedes is also struggling with their power unit. Have they fallen behind in both PU performance AND chassis? So gutted for them, but we know how fast they can recover. Really great to see Haas performing so well.
16. 

    Rich
    19th March 2022, 16:27

    Russell out qualified by Valtteri
17. 

    antybuc
    19th March 2022, 16:31

    Alfa Romeo ahead of Mercedes and Valtteri alongside Lewis? Laughs in finnish :D
18. 

    roadrunner (@roadrunner)
    19th March 2022, 16:31

    Give Leclerc a shot on pole and he’s really goings for it. Amazing qualifier, arguably the best on the grid.
    But let’s wait see what Red Bull race pace will be. Their longer runs seemed impressive but maybe Ferrari were a little bit sandbagging there as well.
    1. 

       hamiledon
       19th March 2022, 20:15

       The boy is a great hot lapper.
19. 

    Ben
    19th March 2022, 16:37

    Can we now appreciate how good Bottas actually is. People moan about him being dreadful but his single lap paces has always been top5. Who knows, maybe this Hamilton guy is actually quite good?
    1. 

       f12007v (@f1fan-2000)
       19th March 2022, 16:41

       Going against a rookie in his first race dosent speak well for how good the car actually is.
       1. 

          Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
          19th March 2022, 16:50

          He did have the least testing out of any driver excluding ricciardo. Then missed a load of practice for this weekend too. It is pretty impressive how well he did factoring all that in. If I’m correct, I thought he beat his rookie team mate by about 1.5 seconds, which is quite a lot I’d say.
          1. 

             sebsronnie (@sebsronnie)
             19th March 2022, 18:18

             Precisely Ben. Interesting to see how some will still try to diminish his performance.
    2. 

       AMG44 (@amg44)
       19th March 2022, 16:42

       Have been telling it for years. Bottas is a great qualifier. Most Hamilton critics, rate Bottas poorly because that suits their agenda. Most have been saying Bottas is worse than Perez. Put Bottas in Redbull and he will be so close to Max in Qualifying.
       1. 

          lexusreliability?
          19th March 2022, 16:46

          That’s crazy logic. Bottas has the one lap pace and he beat Perez handsomely in the standings. If Red Bull had a better driver pair like they did with Ricciardo, Red Bull would have walked the constructors. The problem is Ricciardo was a bit too good for Max for Helmut Marko’s liking.
          1. 

             MichaelN
             19th March 2022, 17:04

             Ricciardo left of his own accord, Red Bull wanted to keep him and was surprised he walked away.
             1. 

                lexusreliability?
                19th March 2022, 17:12

                MichaelN

                I seem to remember Red Bull offering Ricciardo a contract that was insulting particularly given he was very competitive against Max. Then comes the politics with Marko and Horner who were already saying “We will build a team around Max“. I’m sure you’ve experienced work/organisations before where politics and favouritism trump actual performance and results. Typically in those situations, people who do not deserve promotions get them simply because of bias from the top brass. Ricciardo had 2 choices- accept number 2 (like Perez) or walk. He chose the latter for his own pride and confidence.
             2. 

                Mr Squiggle
                20th March 2022, 2:54

                Red Bull wanted to keep Riccardo so they could stack the deck in favour of Max.

                Just like they did to Ric to get Max his first win in Spain. And what they did to Checo in Abu Dhabi to get Max his first championship

                Essentially, they were looking to repeat the driver set up strategy they had with Vettel and Webber
          2. 

             José Lopes da Silva
             20th March 2022, 10:35

             “Typically in those situations, people who do not deserve promotions get them simply because of bias from the top brass.”
             Again, the eternal argument that Jos Verstappen amassed comprosing pictures of Helmut Marko and threatened to release them if he didn’t favoured his boy.
    3. 

       Darryn Smith (@darryn)
       20th March 2022, 2:47

       Pity he couldn’t shave points off of Max last year though. That is how good he is in my mind.
20. 

    Ploss (@f1-ploss)
    19th March 2022, 16:39

    Lewis is just gonna sit back and watch Ferrari and Red Bull lock horns, then glide into the Win…
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       Fezza (@fezza)
       20th March 2022, 1:53

       Verstappen only need to tangle with 1 Ferrari for the other Ferrari driver to glide through and win :) The Ferrari teammates are much closer in performance than their RBR counterparts.