Charles Leclerc does the math and continues to believe in a miracle

Charles Leclerc does the math

Charles Leclerc is the first to know that he has left points upon points on the road in the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship. Yet until the math says otherwise, the Monegasque will try to win a title Ferrari has been missing for too long.

The Circus has stopped, the drivers are on vacation, and, of course, Charles is also making the most of these days. But there is one number dancing in his head and that is 80, like the points that separate him in the standings from Max Verstappen. To catch up and overtake the Dutchman will require something that looks more like a miracle than a feat. There are still nine races to go, they will start again at Spa, where Leclerc won for the first time in 2019 with Ferrari. And should he manage to reduce the margin at the end of the Belgian race then the excitement could return…