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Ex-Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine believes team orders like those from his days are needed to protect Charles Leclerc.

Ferrari’s Leclerc and Red Bull’s Verstappen have established themselves at the front of the grid early on in 2022, with the pair putting on thrilling battles at the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian GPs, before Leclerc put in a dominant display on his way to winning the Australian Grand Prix.

Leclerc then leads the Drivers’ Championship, but it is a comfortable 34-point lead over George Russell, with Verstappen down in P6 having retired while running P2 in Bahrain and Australia through mechanical failures.

As for the other side of the Red Bull-Ferrari equation, Sergio Perez was very unlucky at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, having claimed pole before controlling the early stages of the races, until a poorly timed Safety Car put a stop to that.

In Australia though, while securing P2, he did not have the race pace to threaten Verstappen or Leclerc ahead, the same statement true for Bahrain.

Sainz meanwhile has not hidden his frustration over his start to the season, with the Australian GP proving a disaster after he qualified P9, held