F1 lands in Melbourne this weekend for the Australian GP. Memorable was the race that took place in 2022 when Charles Leclerc took his first and so far only Grand Chelem
F1 and Melbourne mean above all the Australian GP and Charles Leclerc he knows something about it. While waiting to see action on the track with the 20 single-seaters, let's go back in time to the Australian race in 2022.
It was the year of the introduction of the new regulation with ground effect single-seaters. There Ferrari it caused a lot of talk especially for the shape of the F1-75, an even more upheaval if we analyze the cars of that season.
The Maranello team arrived at Albert Park after two excellent outings. The first, in Bahrainhad seen the two Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz achieve a memorable one-two against a Red Bull who didn't even finish that race due to reliability problems. The second, however, a Jeddah saw a close battle between Leclerc and Verstappen which ended with the victory of the Dutchman and the Monegasque in second position.
Australian GP 2022: everyone at the feet of Leclerc's F1-75
The 2022 season promised a sort of rebirth for the Cavallino. The reality that Ferrari would face from then on, however, was very different from what one would have expected. The F1-75 was very competitive, a single-seater capable of adapting to any type of circuit and condition. Lerclerc dominated that race far and wide, finishing well 20 seconds to Sergio Perez.
From the following race in Imola Ferrari embarked on the path of declineCharles finished that season in second place, a 146 points away from Max Verstappen. From then on the hegemony of the Red Bull team will begin. But that day or at Albert Park, the F1-75, in the words of the Monegasque driver, was simply “a beast”.
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