Charles Leclerc reignited his world championship hopes by racing to victory on the Austrian Grand Prix as team-mate Carlos Sainz emerged unscathed from his Ferrari after it caught hearth. Leclerc handed championship chief Max Verstappen thrice to assert his first triumph since he took the chequered flag in Australia on April 10. Verstappen completed second after Sainz’s engine expired with 14 laps remaining.
Sainz broke down on the uphill Turn 4 however moments later later his automobile dramatically caught alight. With Sainz nonetheless in his cockpit and his automobile rolling downhill, the Spaniard needed to battle gravity as he unstrapped his seatbelts and tried to leap from his flaming machine.
The tv cameras lower away from the flashpoint, however seconds later, Sainz was seen strolling away from his wreckage, with the flames extinguished by marshals. Sainz’s retirement allowed Lewis Hamilton to take third with Mercedes team-mate George Russell fourth regardless of an opening-lap collision with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.
At the half-way mark of the 2022 season, Verstappen has a 38-point lead from Leclerc in second, whereas Perez – who retired from Sunday’s race – is third an extra 19 factors again. The subsequent race is the weekend of 22-24 July at Circuit Paul Ricard on the French Grand Prix.
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Charles Leclerc reignited his world championship hopes by racing to victory on the Austrian Grand Prix as teammate Carlos Sainz emerged unscathed from his Ferrari after it caught hearth.
Leclerc handed championship chief Max Verstappen thrice to assert his first triumph since taking the chequered flag in Australia on 10 April. Verstappen completed second after Sainz’s engine expired with 14 laps remaining.
Sainz broke down on the uphill Turn 4, however moments later his automobile dramatically caught alight. With Sainz nonetheless in his cockpit and his automobile rolling downhill, the Spaniard needed to battle gravity as he unstrapped his seatbelts and tried to leap from the flaming machine.
The tv cameras lower away from the flashpoint, however seconds later, Sainz was seen strolling away from the wreckage, with the flames being extinguished by marshals. Sainz’s retirement allowed Lewis Hamilton to take third, with Mercedes teammate George Russell coming fourth regardless of an opening-lap collision with Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.
Leclerc wins Austrian Grand Prix with Hamilton claiming podium place once more
Mixed fortunes for Ferrari as Carlos Sainz failed to complete along with his automobile dramatically catching hearth late within the race
Kieran Jackson11 July 2022 10:02
Carlos Sainz sad with velocity of rescue from automobile hearth at Austrian Grand Prix
Carlos Sainz stated he had a fortunate escape after his automobile dramatically caught alight in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.
As Charles Leclerc claimed his first win in three months to revive his hopes of difficult Max Verstappen for the world championship – with the Dutchman second and Lewis Hamilton third – his team-mate Sainz was thrown into grave hazard when a hearth broke out in the back of his conked-out Ferrari.
At the uphill fourth nook of Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring, Sainz was left battling gravity as his automobile rolled again in direction of the observe. Inside half a minute, Sainz’s automobile was engulfed in flames – and the TV director lower away with the Spaniard desperately trying to take away himself from his blazing machine.
But a handful of seconds later, the tv feed returned to the scene of the grisly accident, and Sainz was seen working away from his automobile earlier than sitting down on the grass verge along with his chargrilled Ferrari now extinguished.
Carlos Sainz sad with velocity of rescue from automobile hearth at Austrian Grand Prix
Charles Leclerc claimed his first win in three months to revive his hopes of difficult Max Verstappen for the world championship.
Kieran Jackson11 July 2022 09:41
Source: www.impartial.co.uk