After this past weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix in which hometown hero Max Verstappen cinched his tenth race victory for the season, it’s hard to conceive of an outcome wherein the young gun doesn’t become a two-time world champion.
If you thought starting in P14 only to win over 17 seconds was a show of dominance, consider this: in the extremely unlikely event Verstappen records zero points across the next four races – and in the equally unlikely event Scuderia Ferrari doesn’t somehow fumble another race weekend to the detriment of Charles Leclerc – Red Bull Racing’s reigning grid king would still be leading the title fight by nine whole points.
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Currently, Max Verstappen has managed to accrue an impressive total of 310 points; having won in Saudi Arabia, Italy, the US, Spain, Azerbaijan, Canada, France, Hungary, Belgium, and now the Netherlands. Charles Leclerc, on the other hand, is lagging behind at 201 points; starting 2022 in strong fashion, but only crossing the finish line in P1 at Bahrain, Australia, and Austria.
In terms of the constructor standings, Red Bull’s lead over Ferrari is even more commanding at 511 points vs 376. Where the former has overcome early-season teething issues to hits a remarkable run of consistency, the latter seems to have regressed. Now, optimism is running extremely low amongst the Prancing Horse’s garage.
With the Dutch Grand Prix officially out of the way, there are just seven grands prix left on the 2022 race calendar.
Side note: Mercedes fan or not, you’ve got to feel bad for Sir Lewis Hamilton.
