Charles Leclerc's class message to Max Verstappen after Dutchman seals title

Charles Leclerc took to Twitter on Sunday to share his congratulations with Max Verstappen as the Dutchman sealed the world title.

The 2022 Formula 1 World Championship title race proved a lot more straightforward for Verstappen in the end compared to 2021, with him winning the crown with four races to spare, having been able to as early as Singapore the weekend before last.

Indeed, he and his Red Bull car have been an irresistible package this season and no-one has been able to stop them from dominating this year.

There were, of course, hopes that Ferrari and Leclerc might be able to take the fight to Verstappen and Red Bull but, whilst the F1-75 is very quick and Leclerc is a massively talented driver, they have not been able to reach the same level of consistently high performance and that is what has cost them.

Ultimately, though, Leclerc and Ferrari can take positives from 2022, despite what gets said from some quarters on social media, and if they can learn from the low points of a first title challenge for them in several years, then they should be able to fight Max and Red Bull even harder in 2023.

That will be the plan, then, and in the meantime trying to build some momentum in these final few races will be an aim for Leclerc and Ferrari to try and build a platform for 2023.

Leclerc has outlined that in his Twitter post congratulating Max, too, with him also reflecting on the race in Suzuka which saw him finish third after a late time penalty was applied:

Big congratulations @Max33Verstappen for winning your second world championship. Today wasn’t a great day for us, way too much degradation. We’ll keep pushing until the end no matter what. pic.twitter.com/4KNW5WOdBw

Leclerc is a quality driver and had done