From crashes to mind-boggling strategy choices, here's how Ferrari and Charles Leclerc's F1 title fight flew off the rails.
The precious points lost by Charles Leclerc and Ferrari in F1 2022Having been the early-season championship leader, Charles Leclerc can no longer win the World title without Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s help.championship standings
Ten races later the dream is in tatters as only two additional Ferrari flags have been raised outside the team’s Maranello headquarters, and ironically one of those – for Carlos Sainz’s British Grand Prix – was the surest sign yet that this title does not belong to Ferrari.
Leclerc has lost a whopping 140 points this season and that is not including his runner-up results to Verstappen in Saudi Arabia or Miami, both of which were legitimate losses.PlanetF1 breaks down the 140 points, 32 of which belong to Leclerc.If one wanted to judge harshly, more points could be added to the tally as Ferrari, instead of using team orders, allowed Sainz to fight Leclerc in the sprint, preventing the Monégasque driver from challenging Verstappen for the lead.
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