No inquiry concerning it; Charles Leclerc obscured Carlos Sainz at Ferrari again in their second Recipe 1 season together.
In any case, this was certainly not an obvious number one/number two driver size of contrast, for example, seen at Red Bull between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez. It was, in any case, more noteworthy than any distinction between the Mercedes drivers.
This is reflected not simply in the separate last focuses in each set of partners, yet in addition to their subordinate relative speed.
Comparably in 2021, Sainz was considerably more cutthroat in the last option part of the time than the first.
The oversteering characteristics of the Ferrari F1-75, and how Leclerc quickly found an approach to covering his choke and slowing down which the vehicle especially answered, left Sainz at first uncomprehending.
The hole which he had essentially shut totally toward the finish of ’21 was unexpectedly greater than at any other time into the new season.
This obviously was the point at which the Ferrari was at its generally aggressive, and in that first half-season Leclerc set that sparkling series of postpositions which, were it not for lack of quality and awful system calls, could have permitted him to have taken upwards of five progressive grand Prix wins notwithstanding the two he won in the initial three races.
Sainz was not even close to that degree of execution around then. When he had shut the presentation hole down to Leclerc, the Ferrari had been overwhelmed as the quickest vehicle by the Red Bull. Consequently, Leclerc’s most memorable half-season advantage conveyed considerably more weight than Sainz’s last option season closeness.
Sainz didn’t start to understand the requests for the vehicle until July. From the English Terrific Prix onwards he was exceptionally aggressive with Leclerc regarding basic execution despite the fact that three non-scores (Austria super disappointment, Japan aquaplaning mishap, and US attack by George Russell) conversely, with only one from Leclerc (his crashing out in France) still vigorously preferred Leclerc’s focuses examination.
Taking out all the wet passing meetings and those where a fair correlation can’t be made (for the most part since one of them was taking a motor punishment), Leclerc outqualified Sainz 10-3 by a normal of 0.1521% (which makes an interpretation of to 0.126s comparative with the typical dry post position lap of 1m22.737s ).
Last year Leclerc was ahead 10-5 in qualifying by a normal of 0.1433% (meaning 0.113s). How the ’22 hole remains in the association table of partners should be visible underneath:
| Driver 1 | Score | Driver 2 | Percentage gap | Time equivalent |
| Albon | 12-0 | Latifi | 0.47% | 0.390s |
| Verstappen | 14-3 | Perez | 0.40% | 0.331s |
| Norris | 14-1 | Ricciardo | 0.35% | 0.294s |
| Bottas | 9-3 | Zhou | 0.34% | 0.281s |
| Magnussen | 10-5 | Schumacher | 0.18% | 0.146s |
| De Vries | 1-0 | Latifi | 0.16% | 0.134s |
| Vettel | 7-6 | Stroll | 0.16% | 0.129s |
| Leclerc | 10-3 | Sainz | 0.15% | 0.126s |
| Gasly | 7-5 | Tsunoda | 0.13% | 0.105s |
| Alonso | 7-6 | Ocon | 0.06% | 0.049s |
| Stroll | 1-1 | Hulkenberg | 0.02%* | 0.018s* |
| Hamilton | 11-5 | Russell | 0.01% | 0.012s |
In the event that we dig somewhat more profound into the Leclerc-Sainz qualifying match-up, there were 13 races in which a fair correlation could be made. Taking the initial seven of them and contrasting them with the last six, we can see obviously how essentially Sainz made something happen:
Initial 7 examination races (Bahrain, Saudi, Miami, Spain, Monaco, Azerbaijan, Austria)
Leclerc 7-0 ahead in qualifying by a normal of 0.2758% (0.228s)
Second 6 examination races (Hungary, Monza, Japan, Austin, Mexico, Abu Dhabi)
Leclerc 3-3 Sainz. Leclerc is ahead by 0.008% (0.003s)