All things considered, good job to Leclerc! Infront of 2 world champions, just behind his 7 time world champion team mate, and only 45 points behind Russel.
Although I'm fully expecting Verstappen to climb above him by the end of the season, and probably Norris as well.
The 2 leaderboard fights I'm interested in are -
Whether or not Hamilton can pass Russel. I don't think he has the pace to do it, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Russel dnf one or 2 more times.
Hadjar v's Piastri, number 2 vs number 2. If Hadjar can keep up his current performance, then this should be easy. But I wouldn't discount Oscar to make a performance come back. And I can't see Lawson beating Hadjar enough (or at all) to beat him on the standings.
So, Antonelli down to Verstappen can still be world champion (183 points up for grabs if my early morning maths is correct). Realistically, with Antonelli being able to DNF in 40% of the remaining grands prix and still be in the lead, it might just be him in contention.
Edit: My maths was wrong after all. Only one sprint remaining.
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All things considered, good job to Leclerc! Infront of 2 world champions, just behind his 7 time world champion team mate, and only 45 points behind Russel.
Although I'm fully expecting Verstappen to climb above him by the end of the season, and probably Norris as well.
The 2 leaderboard fights I'm interested in are -
Whether or not Hamilton can pass Russel. I don't think he has the pace to do it, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Russel dnf one or 2 more times.
Hadjar v's Piastri, number 2 vs number 2. If Hadjar can keep up his current performance, then this should be easy. But I wouldn't discount Oscar to make a performance come back. And I can't see Lawson beating Hadjar enough (or at all) to beat him on the standings.
In front of 3 world champions, Alonso is somewhere down there!
So, Antonelli down to Verstappen can still be world champion (183 points up for grabs if my early morning maths is correct). Realistically, with Antonelli being able to DNF in 40% of the remaining grands prix and still be in the lead, it might just be him in contention.
Edit: My maths was wrong after all. Only one sprint remaining.