Listen to this article After struggling through 2020 and 2021, Ferrari has bounced back under the new regulations this year by winning two of the opening three races courtesy of Leclerc. It has allowed Leclerc to forge a 34-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship after just three races, while teammate Carlos Sainz’s brace of podiums has helped Ferrari pull 39 points clear in the constructors’ standings. Red Bull has been Ferrari’s closest challenger this year, and although Mercedes has struggled to match the leading two teams, the gaps could shrink and grow due to the important development race under the new regulations. But Leclerc stressed the importance of Ferrari staying focused on its own performance and development plans instead of letting its rivals take its attention. “I don’t want to look too much at the others,” Leclerc said at Imola on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. “The approach that we’ve had the last two years, we couldn’t really focus on anyone else, because we did such a step backward …

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