Last weekend in Australia Leclerc took his second win from the first three grands prix of 2022, as nearest rival Max Verstappen suffered a second retirement in the Red Bull.
That opened up a gap of 34 points for Leclerc on Mercedes’ George Russell, with Verstappen in sixth on 25 points. In the constructors’ championship Ferrari leads the way with a 39-point advantage over Mercedes, as Red Bull fell a further 10 points in arrears.
While it is still very early in the season with another 20 grands prix to go, Ferrari’s resurgence has caused a lot of excitement in Italy among the tifosi and the media as F1 now heads to Imola for the first of two races on the Scuderia’s home soil.
But Leclerc has warned that the Maranello squad cannot get too caught up in the hype caused by its strong start to 2022 and shouldn’t “overdo things” as it tries to secure a first constructors’ title since 2008.
When asked about the excitement in Italy going into the Imola weekend, Leclerc said: “Oh yeah, I…
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