The two started the final 15 laps nose to tail after a late safety car but, despite heavy pressure from Sainz, Verstappen held on with older tyres. Verstappen extended his championship lead over Leclerc to 49 points. Charging Sainz just comes up shortVerstappen and Sainz played a cat-and-mouse game throughout a race punctuated by two virtual safety cars in addition to the final full safety car. Carlos Sainz secured a podium finish for the fifth time in 2022Sainz then benefited from the final safety car, caused by Yuki Tsunoda crashing his Alpha Tauri on his way out of the pits. Sainz soon passed the Alpine, who then seemed to fall foul of mistaken thinking during the two virtual safety cars.

Source: BBC June 19, 2022 20:03 UTC