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2022 FIA Formula One World Championship
14 Round
2022 Belgian Grand Prix
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Stavelot, Belgium
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Charles Leclerc will be hoping to win the
Belgian Grand Prix for the second time in his career when he competes in Stavelot.
The Ferrari driver endured a forgettable race in last year's Belgian Grand Prix as he finished eighth having started ninth on the grid.
Leclerc, who won the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix, finished sixth in the most recent race in the current season which was Hungarian Grand Prix on July 31.
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Midway through the race, Leclerc looked well-placed to take a key victory, but he decided to switch to the hard tyres, plummeting down the order and came home P6 at the flag.
Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing-RBPT won the Hungarian Grand Prix and the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finished second and third respectively.
Looking at the 2022 Drivers' Championship standings, Verstappen is still sitting pretty at the top of the table having won the last two races this season.
Leclerc is placed second on the standings and he will reduce Verstappen's lead if he wins this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix.
“I’m very, very disappointed obviously,” said Leclerc, who is 80 points behind Verstappen on the standings, after the Hungarian Grand Prix.
“The pace was really good on the medium tyres, the second stint also [on mediums] everything was under control and then we decided to stop on the hards. I don’t exactly know what are the reasons behind this decision yet.
"But we’ll speak with the team for me to understand, but clearly it wasn’t the right decision. And I made it clear that I felt good on the medium, so I don’t exactly know what happened.”
Red Bull Racing-RBPT are placed at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings and they are followed by Ferrari and Mercedes respectively.
2021 Belgian Grand Prix results
Winner: Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-Honda
Second-Place: George Russell - Williams-Mercedes
Third-Place: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
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