Not that Britain would be in chaos without the Queen – but protocol stipulates that Charles, the eternal heir to the throne, will officially assume the regency today and be proclaimed the new king – a day and a half following the death of his mother Elizabeth II. A death that moves the world – or as some newspapers put it, regarding whom the whole world is crying. It’s not that dramatic, but everyone is talking regarding the incomparable monarch who wore the crown for an incredible 70 years. In the “Krone” we also report today on ten pages regarding Elizabeth II and Charles III. Yesterday he appeared with his Camilla in front of Buckingham Palace, where thousands of mourners provided a huge sea of flowers to commemorate the Queen. Charles III mingled with the people there before he spoke to them via TV in the evening. He thanked his “dear Mama” for her “love and devotion to our family and to the family of nations”. And emotionally he wished Elizabeth: “May swarms of angels sing you to rest.” How will the Britons meet the new king? Several authors and connoisseurs analyze this in the “Krone” today. Political scientist Melanie Sully, who lives in Austria, assumes that Charles will be more politically active than his mother. Charles had enough time to prepare for his new position.
Checo Pérez qualified third, but since Max Verstappen will have to serve a penalty, he moves up one position on the starting grid
Czech Perez ranked third in the Belgian Grand Prix, but he will start from the second drawer due to the sanction of Max Verstappen.
The Mexican posted a 1m45.377s during his first qualifying start, which started 25 minutes late due to a protection fix.
Los Red Bull they had no problem advancing to Q2, because with that single lap they placed third with Czech Perez, while Max Verstappen he occupied the first position with a time of 1:44.581. While, Carlos Sainz it was second place.
The fight for pole position once more became a battle between Red Bull y Ferraribut the Austrian team had the advantage in the first start of Q2. Czech Perez he posted a 1:44.794, just .071 hundredths shy of Max Verstappenwhile Carlos Sainz was third.
Red Bull he was strong from the start and this took the pressure off them to go for a second lap, so they let the rest of the drivers out. The decision opened the door that Charles Leclerc surprise and stay with the first position with a 1:44.551.
Q3 was a battle for the top position between Czech Perez y Carlos Sainzthis due to the penalties of Charles Leclerc y Max Verstappen. The man from Guadalajara had a 1:44.462 on his first lap that put him in third position, Carlos Sainz was second and Verstappen took first place with a 1:43.665.
Pérez had to work alone on his last lap, as Res Bull decided that Max Verstappen did not give him slipstream to reach pole position.
In this situation, Czech Perez might not take advantage of the last start and following a bad lap he finished in third position, while Carlos Sainz he made a mistake when stepping on the gravel in his last chance to take the first position.
Carlos Sainz will start in the first position and will share the first row with the native of Jalisco.
The French Grand Prix 12th date of the F1 season at the Paul Ricard circuit
Carlos Sainz penalized with 5 seconds for unsafe restart (in the pits). Team error with the man from Madrid in the pits.
Carlos Sainz, P5 one of the big winners with the Safety Car caused by his teammate. He attacked Alonso for P4 on the medium tyre. At any moment he will go for Russell.
THE GRAND PRIX RESTARTED. Verstappen in first position, with slightly more worn tires than Hamilton and Checo Pérez. All three with hard rim.
PODIUM so far lap 21 of 53
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Charles Leclerc left alone. Turn 11, the car little by little goes out of the curve until the driver loses it and ends up once morest the wall head-on. It wasn’t a hard blow, but enough to take the Ferrari out of the race. I was alone first. Pilot error.
All those who had not gone through the pits benefited from this Safety Car. Checo Pérez went through the pits and came out P3 behind Hamilton. Mercedes made a double stop: Hamilton passed and as soon as Lewis left, they were already waiting for George Russell.
CHARLES LECLERC IS OUT OF THE RACE! The Monegasque pilot went ahead. There is Safety Car.
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CHARLES LECLERC IS OUT OF THE RACE!!!
The Ferrari driver hits the wall at Turn 11!#FrenchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/5SL5xQcmUc
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 24, 2022
PIT STOP: Max Verstappen switches to hard rubber. It’s lap 17 of 53. Will Max make a one-stop race?
Leclerc accelerated and ran away from Verstappen’s DRS. Maybe Max is in tire management mode. The important thing here is to achieve a one-stop race and not two, since Paul Ricard’s pit lane is one of the longest – a pit stop takes 30 seconds.
Carlos Sainz with the second Ferrari is already tenth. Let’s remember that the Spanish rider was penalized for changing the power unit and started P19.
Hamilton escaped from Checo Pérez. The Mexican is now 2.7 seconds behind the British and Russell P5, 1.4 behind the Guadalajara. Czech is losing pace. Up ahead, Verstappen is still within range of DRS.
Behind, Carlos Sainz Jr. is already P12. Magnussen goes from yellow tire to hard. It’s just lap 9 of 53. He’s clearly going to go to two stops.
Verstappen attacked him at Turn 11 at the end of the Mistral Straight, but Charles defended the inside of the curve well. Behind, Checo is still within range of DRS, but cannot pass Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Penalty for Esteban Ocon. Five seconds when I go through the pits. Alonso attacks Russell, who managed to pass the Spaniard for fifth position. So there are three fights at the front, plus a very compact half platoon. All under an inclement sun and, you have to pay attention to tire wear.
Max Verstappen half a second behind Leclerc. Pérez, for his part, besieges Hamilton’s position. The Red Bulls in attack mode…
Tsunoda was the one who lost the most positions, as he suffered a crash by Ocon’s Alpine. He started in the top 10 and the Japanese is last. The Haas, on the other hand, were among the biggest winners – Magnussen, who started last, moved up seven positions. Carlos Sainz with the Ferrari, is P16, started P19.
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TOP 10
Leclerc ????
Verstappen
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Perez
Alonso
Russell
Norris
Ricciardo
Ocon
Stroll #FrenchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/zzDv3Hmwe3— Formula 1 (@F1) July 24, 2022
STARTED THE GRAND PRIX OF FRANCE: Checo Pérez made a bad move and lost third place. Charles Leclerc is still at the top and Fernando Alonso gained two positions, is fifth and attacks Checo…
Full stands at the Pau Ricard. The formation lap is underway.
La Marseillaise has already been heard. Cars and drivers line up on the starting grid for the formation lap and then the start of the race.
Is he French Grand Prix in the circuit Paul Ricardwhich housed for the first time the formula 1 in 1971. It was the permanent seat of the Grand Prix from 1985 to 1990, in 91 Magny-Cours took over.
Paul Ricardlocated in the bucolic community of Le Castellet, returned in 2018 to the highest category. A permanent route of 5.8 kilometers. There will be 53 laps to complete the 309 kilometers of Grand Prix. Czech Perez He will start from third position.
Czech Perez he had not very auspicious free practices, but in the qualifying session the Mexican improved his times enough to advance the first two rounds without problems and then, in the third and final, set the third fastest time and be close to his teammate, Max Verstappen.
Charles Leclerc It will bite first with Verstappen second, who surely and faithful to his style will be aggressive in the first corner. Czech Perez, In addition to attacking the position of the Ferrariyou should watch your back, Lewis Hamiltona driver who normally moves well at the start, will be behind him.
Grille output:
Sunday’s runners and riders ????#FrenchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/faALa2K2Qf
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 23, 2022
Pirelli has brought its mid-range for the even asphalt of Paul Ricard, one of the best on the calendar as the circuit is essentially a test track (that’s why it has so many layouts). High temperatures and hard rubber wear are expected.
The Italian brand considers a strategy of an arrest. The initial stint would be with the middle compound C3; the switch window would be between lap 18 and 27 and move to the harder C2 and finish the race with that set. However, given the high temperatures there are options for a two-stop strategy, with fewer laps in both the initial stint on mediums and the intermediate on hards, and then finishing the race on another set of yellow tyres.
Considering those available sets, which strategy will prove the fastest to the #FrenchGP?
????????????#F1 #Fit4F1 # Formula 1 #Pirelli #Pirelli150 @F1 pic.twitter.com/yQJJdItsAh— Pirelli Motorsport (@pirellisport) July 24, 2022
Checo Pérez achieved his most brilliant victory, not only because of the stage, but also how it was managed and because it was once morest Ferrari, who proved to be the favorites in Monaco
1. Czech Perez
Checo Pérez was super consistent in Monaco and he was throughout the weekend. Not many can boast of having beaten Max Verstappen in practice and especially in qualifying and the race. Already in the Grand Prix, the Mexican drove flawlessly and took full advantage of the team’s good strategy.
2. Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc maximized every set of tires, every horsepower of the engine and every millimeter of the track. Unfortunately for him, Ferrari’s reading of the competition was wrong and he lost a race at home that seemed to be in his hands.
3. Carlos Sainz Jr.
The Madrilenian along with Checo Pérez, only had the slip in classification -in reality, the Spaniard, even without crashing, would have lost his lap due to the Guadalajara incident-. But in the race it was another driver who was perfect. In truth it has been difficult to place these three drivers in the ranking, but we left Carlos in last place on the podium, since Checo won and we firmly believe that Leclerc would have done it if Ferrari had been more wise.
4. Lando Norris
The young Briton is above Verstappen, because Lando with a McLaren, which in theory should not go as fast on circuits as Monaco, continues to leave everything on the track to give the Woking organization important points at a delicate moment inside . Good for Norris who continues to spearhead this effort.
5. Max Verstappen
It might be that Verstappen had improved his qualifying time, but he was stopped in Portier by Checo’s crash. However, he was dominated by the man from Guadalajara and was very frustrated with the weekend, as he never felt completely comfortable with his set-up and in a place like Monaco, you have to totally trust the set-up of the car to push to the limit. ‘Mad Max’ was in conservative mode and was not the competitive animal that it normally is.
6. Valtteri Bottas
The one who is still a monster on the track is Bottas. It is not that Valtteri returned to his best form from 2022, rather before he was somewhat contained as there was a ‘biggest fish’ but now he leads the charge, and reminds us of that Bottas from Williams who amazed the paddock.
7. George Russell
Another strong weekend from Mr. Consistency. If it is not higher in the ranking, it is because the work tool of Bottas or Norris is, at the moment, of lower quality. But Russell is in great shape and he’s taking advantage of it.
8. Sebastian Vettel
The German showed his hands and his experience. Good qualifying and a good race for ‘Seb’ who faces Azerbaijan with the motivation of having done one of his best races with Aston Martin.
9. Fernando Alonso
Another veteran who had a good weekend in the principality. Alonso beat Ocon in everything and scored good units. It is a result that both the team and the Spaniard needed to reduce the pressure a bit and work with a cooler head and with more confidence.
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Forceful analysis of our expert following the controversy that surrounded the podium achieved by the Austrian team making it 1-2 in Barcelona.
10. Pierre Gasly
He was a ‘showman’ in the narrow Monegasque streets. The French rider was one of the brave ones who, to move up positions following a mediocre qualifying, put the intermediate tires when most were still in extreme rain and then went for the slicks. However, his tenacity and courage were not rewarded, but in the ranking we give him the moral point following such a good race.
11. Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton dominated in Monaco. It’s one of those tracks where he should hit the table in the team and consolidate his lead, but neither in qualifying nor in the race did he even come close to Russell. He was within 38 seconds of his teammate.
12. Esteban Ocon
After a decent qualifying, the race went awry and he lost the point for last position. This time the Frenchman was dominated by his veteran teammate and in Monaco there might be little to overtake and pass Bottas’ Alfa Romeo.
13. Lance Stroll
Bad classification, Vettel almost put a second behind him. But he knew how to go up in the race, also relying on dropouts and reaching the finish line.
14. Nicholas Latifi
Speaking of reaching the finish line, Latifi had one of the best weekends of his top-flight career. She once more lost one round to Albon, but on Sunday she knew how to manage, advance and finish.
15. Yuki Tsunoda
It seemed, it just seemed that the Japanese would have a better weekend than Gasly’s, but his good Saturday was overshadowed by a gray Sunday.
16. Daniel Ricciardo
The Australian, once one of the top-rated drivers by team principals, peers and the media, is right now at his lowest point. Another hellish race weekend and the margin for error at McLaren narrows.
17. Kevin Magnussen
It was not the best of days for the Dane. It is the strong card of a team that needs every point, but they leave Monaco clean and go three in a row.
18. Alexander Albon
Decent qualifying, as we are used to, but the race went wrong for him and he was out.
19. Guayu Zhou
The Chinese rookie had his worst weekend since the start of the year. Clearly surpassed by his teammate who shows race following race that the Alfa Romeo should be higher.
20. Mick Schumacher
Mick wrecked a car once more. They are expenses for a team that needs to squeeze every penny and does not give itself luxuries. The season is still young and Schumi does not stand out, the pressure will increase.