The 100 Formula 1 points Ferrari have thrown away in first half of 2022 season. The F1 points that Ferrari have thrown away in 2022.

Despite an almost perfect start to the 2022 Formula 1 season, with a memorable 1-2 finish in Bahrain followed two races later by another win for Charles Leclerc and a podium finish for his Maranello teammate Carlos Sainz, points gone begging and crucial opportunities have been missed by Ferrari since then, due to several power unit issues, questionable strategy decisions and some mistakes from the Ferrari drivers.

Since the pre-season testing session, the F1-75 proved to be a fast car: in fact it was arguably the best car on the grid in most races of the first part of the 2022 F1 championship and there’s strong reason to argue that Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are the best line-up this season, but the results have not reflected the true potential of that combined speed.

Ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc has secured seven pole positions, but just three of these poles went on to be converted into victories by the Monegasque driver. Another startling statistic is that Charles, who can be considered a veteran given that this is his fifth Formula 1 campaign, has five victories, while his title rival Max Verstappen has won seven seven times just this season. But the story could have been very different, at least for this year, without several engine issues, some strange pit wall decisions and a couple of mistakes from Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

At the same time, it’s worth pointing out that Red Bull and Max Verstappen also made their share of mistakes this season: the Dutchman had to retire two times in the first three races due to mechanical failures and spun off in Spain, but was still able to win the race, capitalizing on Charles Leclerc’s power unit issue and the fact that Carlos Sainz Jr. also spun at turn 4 on lap 7, dropping to 11th. Verstappen was also helped by his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez who moved out of his way.

The hard truth for the Maranello team is that, if both rivals had maximised the points available to them on pure pace, Charles Leclerc would still be some way ahead in the drivers’ standings, while Ferrari would also lead the Constructors’ championship.

This means that the lost points have most likely already decided this year’s title duels. Let’s take a look at some of the most important moments that may have lost Charles Leclerc and Scuderia Ferrari he F1 crowns, and how the standings would look if the Maranello team had been able to convert its on-track performance into strong results.

2022 Imola Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz arrived at the Imola circuit in front of the Tifosi with a great deal of confidence, after the Monegasque driver won two out of the previous three events, while the Spaniard also took podium finishes. Unfortunately Red Bull proved to be superior in terms of race pace at Imola, with Charles Leclerc losing the sprint to Max Verstappen then losing P2 to his Red Bull teammate in the start of the Emilia Romagna GP on Sunday. As he attempted to recover the second place, Charles put his foot down and pushed hard, but on lap 54, he bit off more than he could chew at the Variante Alta, bouncing over the kerbs and spinning before settling into the tyre barrier.

The Monegasque was able to return to the track and after a front wing chance he, he eventually recovered to sixth place and what would have been 15 solid points in the bag became just eight. Carlos Sainz was overtaken by Norris at the start and was hit by Daniel Ricciardo, as the collision, which was not investigated, left the Spaniard struck in the gravel.

Charles Leclerc could have have finished the Imola race on 93 points, with the Red Bull boys still in 50s. Even so, Charles still had a 37-point gap over Max Verstappen after the fourth round of the season, but this was just the first race of a bad series that led to the current difficult situation.

2022 Spanish Grand Prix

After the Miami Grand prix, where Charles Leclerc had lost out on the victory to his Red Bull title rival, but limited the damage thanks to a solid second place finish, Ferrari’s title destinies were still in their hands at this stage as Formula 1 headed to the Circuit de Catalunya.

The Monegasque driver secured pole position with an impressive lap on Saturday and after a great start kept the lead of the Spanish Grand Prix. The odds got even better when Max Verstappen suffered a spin at turn four and at this stage was out of the battle for the race win. The victory was certain for Charles Leclerc, who was leading the race with a 14sec margin ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell. But then disaster struck: a power unit issue forced him to retire on lap 27 and prevented him from taking what seemed to be an easy win. Not only this, but the consequences of the engine failure would also be felt in the following races.

The Spanish Grand Prix was the moment alarm bells were stating to ring for Ferrari and for the first time in 2022 Max Verstappen took over the championship lead.

2022 Monaco Grand Prix

This was supposed to be another comfortable victory for Charles Leclerc which turned into a new opportunity wasted. The Monegasque desperately hoped to put an end to the series of poor results in front of his home fans and it seemed like it just might happen this season. The local hero again secured pole position by almost 0.25sec on the narrow streets of Monte Carlo.

Unfortunately rain hit Monte Carlo just before the race start and the Monaco Grand Prix was delayed by over an hour. Charles Leclerc kept P1 after a rolling start and started to pull away from his Maranello teammate Carlos Sainz who was running in second place. Given that Monaco is notoriously difficult to overtake, all Ferrari had to do was make sure they got the strategy right: but as the circuit started to get dry, the Maranello team did not correctly decide for the use of intermediate and from that stage it all started to fall apart for Charles.

The Monegasque driver and his team made their first pit stop for intermediates on lap 19, but by now it was already too late: Red Bull’s Sergio Perez had done so two laps earlier, and was able to keep the lead ahead of the F1-75 cars. Charles Leclerc eventually lost out even on a podium finish in Monaco, due to another strategy call from Ferrari three laps later. A confused radio message meant Ferrari inadvertently double-stacked its cars, with Charles Leclerc coming in for slicks just behind his teammate. The tyres were not ready, and the Monegasque returned to the track in fourth place, without any chance of recovering. He described the Monaco Grand Prix as a “freaking disaster” and more points were lost against Red Bull and max Verstappen on a day weekend in which the Ferrari F1-75 car was clearly superior.

2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

No surprise there, another great performance from Charles Leclerc in terms of one lap pace and another pole position to his name. This time the Ferrari driver was not able to defend his P1 at the race start and was passed by Sergio Perez as they battled into Turn 1. As Carlos Sainz was forced to stop his car due to a power unit problem, the Maranello team called Charles Leclerc in for a tyre change on lap 10 and fitted him with a fresh set of hards, with the goal of finishing the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on this set.

A rare slow pit stop for Red Bull meant Sergio Perez lost some time and Charles Leclerc took advantage to regain the lead, but it didn’t last long. Another engine failure, this time on the F1-75 car of Charles, led to a double DNF for Scuderia Ferrari at the Baku City Circuit. Another easy afternoon for Max Verstappen, who took the race win passing his teammate and gaining even more in the Drivers’ standings, as the championship gap was now becoming ominous.

2022 Canadian Grand Prix

The power unit failures suffered by Charles Leclerc at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona and at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan inevitably meant Ferrari could not use the same engines and Charles Leclerc had to start the Canadian Grand Prix from the back of the grid, with several penalties for using new engine components.

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The Monegasque driver fought his way through the field and was P7 by lap 21, where he faced the first big problem: the Alpine car of Esteban Ocon, who was on fresh tyres and could therefore take advantage of the better traction out of the corners combined with straight-line speed to defend against the Ferrari F1-75 car, as Charles lost a lot of time. Eventually Charles finished fifth, but once again it was a case of what might have been without the grid penalties.

Carlos Sainz tried to take advantage of a late virtual safety car and pitted for new tyres, but in the final laps of the race he was not able to overtake the Red Bull RB18 of Max Verstappen for the win, as the Dutchman extended his lead in the championship.

more points to Verstappen, the gap now at almost two wins.

2022 British Grand Prix

Despite the fact that Charles Leclerc started the Silverstone race from P3 due to a spin in the qualifying session, Sunday’s Grand Prix turned out to be another victory lost from a winning position – again because of a strategy call that was difficult to understand from the Maranello team.

The first start was red-flagged as a result of a big crash involving the Alfa Romeo of Zhou Guanyu, while on the second start, Charles Leclerc was able to pass Sergio Perez into The Loop for third place, although he damaged his front wing and lost some downforce points.

The Monegasque driver was stuck behind his teammate for some laps, while clearly showing better pace and was eventually allowed to pass Carlos Sainz for second place, as the Spaniard previously lost the lead to Max Verstappen and didn’t seem to have the pace to fight for the race win at this stage. Max Verstappen then suffered floor damage after running over debris, which gave Charles Leclerc the opportunity to retake the lead.

However, after a late safety car due to Esteban Ocon stopping his Alpine car on track Scuderia Ferrari reacted in a way that seemed unfavourable both to its drivers’ and constructors’ campaigns: while the Maranello team called in Carlos Sainz for a free pit stop, just like Mercedes did with Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull with Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc was left out on his 14-lap old hard tyres, with little chance against those on new soft tyres behind him.

The Monegasque driver fought hard but could not defend against Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton, finishing fourth in a race which he could have easily won had Ferrari also called him in for a tyre change. Inevitably, the Ferrari driver was very disappointed for collecting just 12 points, with another 25-point victory potentially lost, especially on a Sunday in which Max Verstappen encountered rare problems and was not able to challenge for the top spots.

2022 French Grand Prix
Despite the many disappointing Sunday afternoons so far, ahead of the French Grand Prix, Scuderia Ferrari and Leclerc were still confident they could turn things around in the world championships, especially after the dominant victory at the Red Bull Ring win in Austria two weeks earlier provided fresh hope.

Carlos Sainz was not able to challenge for a place on the podium given the fact that he had to start the race from the back of the grid after taking new power unit components, as the Spaniard driver helped his Maranello teammate with a tow in the final stages of qualifying: Charles Leclerc secured pole position 0.3sec against Max Verstappen.

On Sunday, the Monegasque driver had a great start and kept the lead, also being able to defend against Max Verstappen’s Red Bull in the first laps. The RB18 then seemed to by eating its tyres more than the F1-75, as Charles began to create a gap and forced the Dutchman to pit early. Unfortunately, as he was pushing hard not to lose time ahead of his pit stop, the Monegasque lost control through the demanding high-speed Beausset, crashing into the barriers. His race ended at that stage, which meant that what could have been a race win and some points gained against Red Bull turned into 25 points lost to the Dutchman. Now suffering a 63-point deficit to his title rival, things are looking very difficult for Charles Leclerc. Roughly equal to just to 2.5 victories, the gap with ten events left in the second part of the season looks impossible to recover at first sight.