Listen to this article Last weekend Leclerc took his second win in three 2022 races, with nearest rival Max Verstappen suffering a second retirement in the Red Bull. That opened up a gap of 34 points for Leclerc on Mercedes’ George Russell, with Verstappen in sixth on 25 points. In the constructors’ championship Ferrari leads the way with a 39-point advantage over Mercedes, as Red Bull fell a further 10 points in arrears. While it is still very early in the season with another 20 grands prix to go, Ferrari’s resurgence has caused a lot of excitement in Italy among the tifosi and the media as F1 now heads to Imola for the first of two races on the Scuderia’s home soil. But Leclerc has warned that the Maranello squad cannot get too caught up in the hype caused by its strong start to 2022 and shouldn’t “overdo things” as it tries to secure its first constructors’ title since 2008. When asked about the excitement in Italy going into the Imola weekend, Leclerc said: “Oh yeah, I can imagine it, but I don’t want to think about it too much because it’s still very early in the season. “Obviously, it’s good to be in the lead of the championship. Thirty-four points is always good to take wherever you are in the calenda …

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