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Red Bull's team order hands Verstappen the win

Although Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has endured rotten luck at his home race, Red Bull’s Christian Horner backs him to offer a big threat.

After sailing into an early lead in the Drivers’ Championship, it had already become difficult to see a way that Leclerc and Ferrari could be stopped in 2022.

Red Bull though rose to that challenge in impressive fashion, Max Verstappen having won every race that he has finished in 2022, the latest and third in succession arriving at the Spanish Grand Prix, allowing Verstappen to take over as Drivers’ Championship leader after Leclerc had retired while running P1 and controlling the race.

Red Bull are also the new leaders of the Constructors’ Championship going into the Monaco Grand Prix.

Ferrari certainly do not go into this event on the back foot though, since Leclerc had dominated the race weekend in Spain with the upgraded F1-75 before that power unit failure.

However, Leclerc’s record at his home race is cause for concern, as he has never reached the chequered flag in Formula 1 here.

Most recently in 2021 Leclerc claimed pole, but a crash in Q3 had led to a driveshaft failure which only became apparent on his lap to the grid, resulting