Charles Leclerc of Ferrari won today’s inaugural race of the 2022 Formula 1 season in Bahrain so I delved back into my collection of images from last year’s United States Grand Prix weekend to find a decent shot of him to post and found this one in a block of previously-unedited images. This was taken during the FP1 practice session on Friday morning and Leclerc had obviously got a few corners wrong because both front tires here have serious flat spots. I was very surprised to see that one appears to be worn right through to the carcass!
For the technically inclined...
[…] Here’s another picture of Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari taken on October 22nd, 2021 at Circuit of the Americas during the Friday FP2 session prior to the United States Grand Prix. I’m sure his tires were in better condition on this run than they were during FP1. […]