The Formula 1 world championship, which ended on 12 December with the heart-pounding race of the Abu Dhabi GP, today revealed another drivers’ classification: obviously, not the real one inherent in winning the world title, but one that has nothing to do with. what to do with the successes, indeed. This, published by Sky Deutschland, has in fact listed the pilots who caused the higher number of expenses for your team to allow car repairs following accidents occurred during the year.
To command this ranking that is anything but commendable is the rookie Mick Schumacher: the German of the Haas, hired by the US team after the title won in 2020 in Formula 2, has in fact ‘imposed’ himself in front of everyone with 4,212,500 euros in damages for the accidents that occurred this season. A result that brings to mind the outburst of the team principal of the American team Günther Steiner. The latter, in the summer, had in fact resumed the 22-year-old German after the accidents that took place in Monaco, France and Hungary: “In the last five races – said the manager from Bolzano – Mick had quite a few big ones. That’s a lot of money for no good reason. They are becoming a little too frequent, and too heavy ”. A statement that infuriated the pilot’s uncle, Ralf Schumacher, who came into conflict with the same team principal.
The other driver to have exceeded 4 million in damage is the Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, which in fact occupies the 2nd place in this ranking. With 166,500 euros spent less from the Ferrari Compared to his Haas colleague, the Monegasque experienced the worst moment of his championship right at the home race: despite having won pole position, Leclerc crashed into the barriers in the last seconds of Q3. Moreover, this episode also had repercussions for the race, with the breakage of the drive shaft during the deployment lap which forced him not to take part in the GP even before the green light. Finally, the new world champion closes on this special podium Max Verstappen. The latter, the protagonist of some contacts that took place above all with his direct rival Lewis Hamilton, recorded total damages for 3,889,000 euros, although it should not be forgotten that 30% of this figure is attributable to the Silverstone accident. The two Alpine pilots, on the other hand, are exemplary. Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon they appear at the bottom of this ranking, respectively in 19th and 20th place, ie in the ‘last row’. While the French team spent € 315,000 for the returning Spaniard, it went even better for the winner of the Hungarian GP, last with ‘alone’ 280,000 euros in damages.
Ranking ‘junkyard’ 2021 (data collected by Sky Deutschland)
1. Mick Schumacher (Haas) 4,212,500 euros
2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 4,046,000
3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 3,889,000
4. Nicholas Latifi (Williams) 3,116,500
5. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 2,713,500
6. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 2,686,000
7. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 2,606,500
8. Nikita Mazepin (Haas) 2,468,000
9. Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo) 1,950,000
10. George Russell (Williams) 1,845,000
11. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 1,756,000
12. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1,453,000
13. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1,235,000
14. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) 1,113,000
15. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 939,000
16. Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo) 854,000
17. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 713,000
18. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) 660,000
19. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) 315,000
20. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 280,000
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