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Red Bull the car to beat this season? 'Leclerc sometimes makes mistakes'

Red Bull the car to beat this season? 'Leclerc sometimes makes mistakes'

06-05-2022 19:58

GPblog.com

Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc are on the limit in their battle for the world championship. At Imola, the Ferrari driver made another mistake when he tried to get closer to Sergio Perez 's car, but at Sky Sports, the analysts agree that they should be looking for the limit.

Due to his two dropouts, Verstappen is still behind in the championship towards Leclerc, but in Imola the Dutchman managed to grab a lot of points after Leclerc's mistake. During the Sky Sports broadcast , Martin Brundle stressed that the Monegasque cannot make such mistakes again.

"If you take away the unreliability of Max, I think it will be the car to beat during the season. We've seen that Leclerc is on the edge of grip and power, he makes a mistake every now and then resulting in a crash into the wall, but he can't do that this year. Imola is not the first time," says the British analyst.

Leclerc and Verstappen on the limit

"Leclerc is right on the edge and so is his main competitor. Max is also such a driver, in his younger years he also ended up in the wall sometimes. They are really on the limit and they will have to be in order to win the championship," adds Jenson Button.