Emerson Fittipaldi delivers F1 title thoughts as Ferrari & Red Bull prepare to battle in Australia

Former Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi has said that he cannot see anyone else joining Ferrari and Red Bull in the fight for the championship this season, such is the strength the two teams are showing.

The 2022 season continues this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix and it is currently hard to look past the men in red and dark blue overalls as potential victors this weekend.

Indeed, Red Bull and Ferrari have been the strongest cars by some distance so far, and it seems likely we’ll be seeing them battling for the top spots in both qualifying and the race this weekend.

That could be a theme we see continue for the rest of the season, too, with former driver Fittipaldi explaining that he feels as though those two teams are the ones to beat, and the championship is set to end up either in Maranello or Milton Keynes:

“It looks like Ferrari is really running strong. They got the best out of the new rules in grip, downforce, and power. And for sure, Red Bull is running strong as well,” he said to Vegas Insider.

“This year it will be between Ferrari and Red Bull.”

Few can really disagree with the Brazilian at this stage of the season, as the rest of the teams seem to have a performance deficit compared to the top two.

The likes of Mercedes will want to join the party at the front of the field if they can before too long, but the longer they take the more chance the championship is going to be heading elsewhere in 2022.

Australia is up next then for the championship, and it could be another cracking race.