The decision to stop Carlos Sainz and leave Charles Leclerc on old tires on the track at the end of the British GP guaranteed: Ferrari lost the Drivers' World Championship
By deciding that the best strategy to win last Sunday's British GP was to give Carlos Sainz the soft tires, Ferrari has defined: it is out of the fight for the Drivers' World Championship in the 2022 season. Charles Leclerc lost what was the last chance to re-enter the fight with Red Bull's rivals.
This is how Pedro Henrique Marum analyzes it. Despite the possibility that Max Verstappen will have problems again between now and the end of the championship, just as he did at Silverstone, the possibility that Ferrari's reliability will let Leclerc down is at least as great. With an addendum: it is inevitable that the Monegasque will again be punished for power unit changes.
Thus, you can't count on the luck smile factor to pick up Verstappen. On the track, although Leclerc has had a season of exquisite driving, Ferrari guarantees that there is no way to beat Red Bull.