Mercedes and Ferrari, sparks are flying ahead of the final F1 race of the year: second place and some revenge

The second position of Charles Leclercnext to the sixth of Carlos Sainzwhich preceded the two Mercedes even having to come back from behind, he did Ferrari emerge from F1 Las Vegas GP Only 4 points left Mercedes in the Constructors’ World Cup. In the last race of the year, two of the biggest teams in ‘Great Circus’ They will fight in an exciting one-card duel. Both are playing for runner-up in the classification Constructors’ World Cup.

Many millions are at stake regardless of honor. But also some desire for revenge. Not just because of the rivalry that exists between both teams. Also, on the part of Carlos Sainz. Administrators have to maintain an unfair penalty of 10 positions on Las Vegas which separated him from the fight for pole and victory because, according to some international media, Mercedes He did not accept the possibility of being forgiven. And despite this, despite spinning in the first corner at the start of the Las Vegas GP, the Madrid native was able to come back to finish ahead of Hamilton and also ahead of Russell who was relegated to 8th place due to a penalty.

“I’m happy to finish ahead of the Mercedes after what happened this weekend,” Sainz told ‘Sky Sport Italia’. A good listener few words. And now, the man from Madrid has set himself the goal of ending the year on the podium, but above all, beating Mercedes in the Constructors’ World Championship, something that only a few races ago seemed complicated due to Brackley’s positive run that car with its Austin improvements.

“I really want to go to Abu Dhabi to try to beat Mercedes in the Constructors’ Championship and finish as well as possible, and hopefully fight for a podium. That’s the number one goal, it won’t be easy”Carlos commented on ‘Sky Sports’.

Mercedes reached the last appointment of the course with 392 points. Ferrari will do it with 388. Only 4 points. They play it in one race only.

Wolff draws the paradox

On the other hand, Toto Wolff He downplayed the battle to be second, since what he wants is to win, something impossible this year given the overwhelming superiority of Red Bull. Of course, the beautiful irony of this is not lost. The Austrian remembered the controversial 2021 World Cup final between Hamilton and Verstappen.

“We are quite even on points. With a proper race director, that should be fine.”he declared in statements published by ‘RaceFans’.

“Let’s compete. It all went down last weekend. To be honest, it’s good to have second position as something positive to end the season, but for me second and third position is not enough… it doesn’t encourage me in any way,” added Wolff.

Aston Martin, 11 behind McLaren

Another of the latter’s incentives Grand Prix of the season, the F1 Abu Dhabi GPis the fight for the fourth position in Constructors’ World Cup. McLaren seem to fly and want to get away Aston Martin in the last races of the year with his great car evolution. But after the step forward taken by the Aston Martin team Brazilthe battle for fourth place is heating up.

In Las Vegas, McLaren could only score one point for 10th position Piastrebecause Norris crashed into the wall on lap 3. For his part, Lance Strollingwith its excellent 5th position, added 10 points, which included 2 of Fernando Alonso (he was 9th) for a total of 12.

So, Aston Martin dropped 11 points to reach the final event of the year with options to stand McLaren. However, the orange car is expected to be competitive again on the track. Yas Marina. The question is whether the table of Silverstone He would be able to match the ones in orange in that final race to fight for fourth place.

This is how the F1 Constructors classification looks at the Las Vegas GP

1. RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT – 822 points
2. MERCEDES – 392
3. FERRARI-388
4. MCLAREN – 284
5. ASTON MARTIN – 273
6. ALPINE RENAULT – 120
7. WILLIAMS MERCEDES – 28
8. ALPHATAURI – 21
9. HAAS-12