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After making a false start to the 2022 Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen has significantly reduced the gap to championship leader Charles Leclerc. The difference is now only 28 points.
After making a false start to the 2022 Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen has significantly reduced the gap to championship leader Charles Leclerc. The difference is now only 28 points.
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With that, the Dutchman swaps places with Carlos Sainz, who saw his race end very quickly after contact with Daniel Ricciardo and scored no points. Sergio Perez climbs up to P3 and swaps places with George Russell, who is still doing well with his underperforming Mercedes.
After the sprint race on Saturday, Verstappen still had a gap of no less than 45 points to bridge to the Ferrari driver. Thanks to his dominant victory and Leclerc’s mistake in the final stage of the race he has managed to reduce that gap to 28 points.
1. Charles Leclerc: 86 points
2. Max Verstappen: 58 points
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3. Sergio Perez: 54 points
4. George Russell: 49 points
5. Carlos Sainz: 38 points
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6. Lando Norris: 35 points
7. Lewis Hamilton: 28 points
8. Valtteri Bottas: 24 points
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9. Esteban Ocon: 20 points
10. Kevin Magnussen: 15 points
11. Daniel Ricciardo: 11 points
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12. Yuki Tsunoda: 10 points
13. Pierre Gasly: 6 points
14. Sebastian Vettel: 4 points
15. Fernando Alonso: 2 points
16. Zhou Guanyu: 1 point
17. Alexander Albon: 1 point
18. Mick Schumacher: 0 points
19. Lance Stroll: 0 points
20. Nico Hulkenberg: 0 points
21. Nicholas Latifi: 0 points
Een bericht gedeeld door GPblog.com Nederland (@gpblog_nl)
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