French Grand Prix: Max Verstappen takes big step towards title as Charles Leclerc crashes out from P1
msn.comMax Verstappen took a huge step towards retaining his world championship crown on Sunday afternoon at the French Grand Prix as he took victory after Charles Leclerc crashed out from the lead. The two title rivals sprinted off up the road and looked in a class of their own but it would not be the case that both would finish, with Leclerc making a mistake that could make challenging for the championship too much of a task to achieve this season now.
Indeed, he’s over 60 points behind the Dutchman now in the standings, with him sliding off into the barriers in a bid to keep Verstappen behind him.
Max pit before Charles with him in second place, and was then told to push hard in a bid to overtake when Leclerc came in himself.
The Ferrari man naturally had the hammer down and towards the end of the lap, pushed it too hard and found himself spinning off into the barriers. ‘Noooo!’ he’d scream down the radio, knowing how much this crash could cost him both this afternoon and in terms of the championship, with him later admitting in the media pen that the issue was his mistake and not a mechanical one for Ferrari.
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