Charles Leclerc has had a pretty strong start to the season in 2022. He was leading the championship for the first six races of the season, in which he won two races and took 4 pole positions. But after his retirement in Spain, the Ferrari driver lost his championship lead to current Formula One world champion Max Verstappen.

But there is one stat that the Monegasque driver is still leading this season after seven races. Although it is not something to ride home about, the Italian team and Leclerc could be proud of it.

Charles Leclerc remains on top of the list of most laps led in 2022

Leclerc has five pole positions in the first seven races of the season. This has meant that he has been leading from the front for most of the races from his rivals Max Verstappen and Red Bull.

But this stat has been a mixed bag for Charles this season as he has lost the race lead more times than he would like. He has currently led 194 laps in 7 races as compared to Max’s 142 laps.

The Ferrari driver would hope that he could convert the laps led in the races into victories soon. The team and he would very much want to forget their recent heartbreaks in Barcelona and Monaco to get back to winning ways.

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Leclerc was very critical of his team after their strategic blunder in Monaco. He emphasized the fact that they cannot let this happen in a season where they are fighting for the title.

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The Italian team would very much like to bounce back after their consecutive poor runs in Barcelona and Monaco. They threw away a win for Leclerc in Monaco because of a mistimed strategy call.

“I have been asked questions about whether I wanted to go from the intermediates to the slicks and I said yes, but not now. It will be a bit later on in the race. But I don’t understand what made us change our minds and go on these intermediates. I got undercut and then got stuck behind Carlos. There have been a lot of mistakes and we can’t afford to do that,” said Charles.

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There are still a lot of chances for the team and Charles to bounce back in the championship. He would hope that they could have a good weekend in Azerbaijan and get on top of their issues. Let’s see how they fare on the high-speed street track in Baku.