![]() He is bullish about his team’s car as he hunts his first win since 2013.ĭropped by Mercedes after five seasons alongside Hamilton, the Finn, whose talent was honed on the frozen roads of his homeland, now leads an all new drivers line-up at Alfa Romeo. His innate racing nous was plain for all to see when he held up Hamilton in Hungary enabling his teammate to land his first win. The 40-year-old two-time world champion revelled in his return to the sport last term. His only visit to the podium was a memorable one with a win at Monza, his team’s first win since 2012. His move from Renault pitted him against a talented younger teammate and he finished the campaign two rungs behind Norris in eighth spot. Knocked out of last week’s pre-season tests by Covid-19 the grinning Aussie with a ruthless touch embarks on his second season with McLaren. His two-time world rally champion father started the year with a third success in the Dakar Rally - Carlos Sainz junior will want to add further lustre to the family’s silverware in 2022 with his maiden F1 success in his seventh season. The Spaniard is in his second season at Ferrari with his four podium finishes lifting him to fifth in the 2021 standings, two places above Leclerc. A first Grand Prix win is just around the corner for Norris who finished 11th in his rookie campaign for McLaren in 2019, then ninth and last year sixth. The 22-year-old from Bristol is central to the team’s plans to once again be fighting for championships. It’s 14 years since Ferrari won the last of their record 16 constructors titles and while breaking that run may be a tall order, Leclerc will at least be counting on bagging the team’s first win since 2019.įour podium finishes and a pole position helped earn Norris a contract extension to 2025 with the former F1 giants who are emerging from seasons in the wilderness. “It’s definitely one of the smoothest preparations I’ve had for a season,” he said. While Leclerc was bettered by his teammate in 2021 he has much to look forward to in his fourth season with the team after a positive three days testing last week. ![]() The scuderia look to have turned the page after their annus horribilis in 2020 with their worst season in 40 years, moving up from sixth to third in the constructors standings. The only possible fly in the ointment of him going wheel-to-wheel again with Verstappen is his car after he expressed concern that Mercedes “still have a lot of work to do” to match the pre-season testing pace of rivals like Red Bull and Ferrari.īeyond All Limits: Hamilton Vs Verstappen: a brand-new three-part doco series on two of the best drivers of their generations now streaming on Kayo Sports. The 37-year-old showed last year he is at the top of his game, taking a record 103rd win and the same number of poles. Shaken and demoralised at the messy way his crown slipped from his grasp in Abu Dhabi, Hamilton went into social media purdah, but rumours he was thinking of quitting the sport were proved unfounded when he appeared at the team’s launch in February. ![]() “If you think what you saw at the end of last year was my best, wait until you see this year” - says the deposed seven-time champion, setting the stage for what promises to be the mother of all challenges to secure an unprecedented eighth title. ![]()
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