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#44

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@44britcedes I hope Karun knows that claiming Isack lets Hamilton through because he looks up to him will do nothing to Hamilton’s image, but it can do a lot of damage to Isack’s. We all know it’s not true but I hate that he brought it up in the last race

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@ScuderiaFerrari @LewisHamilton Where is the special suit?

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Firstly, I have always been a Ferrari fan with my favourite driver being Lewis which made seasons like 2018 difficult. So I have always wanted both drivers to do well for the WCC. So my comments here are not about Charles, they’re about his fans. But you also need to see that when Lewis came to Ferrari, LH fans were focused on their driver getting accustomed to the car and team and hoping for the best for him. But 16 fans made that difficult, fuelling in the h2h stats, being the voices to his retirement etc. so don’t get shocked when some LH fans then decide to return the favour. But personally I hope they both drive well this season

In this case, this isn’t the first time this account has tried to overshadow Lewis’ success by either saying Leclerc helped to make it happen or that Leclerc is just overall unluckier. They say Leclerc had a 30 second gap to his teammate but chose to ignore that Lewis had damage. In Monaco, says that Leclerc had more pace which came from the fact that he closed an approx 8 second gap - but chooses to ignore how that gap came about or that Lewis got a penalty that was undeserved hence losing 5 seconds. Claims Lewis copied Charles setup in Barcelona because “they have secret sources in Maranello” even though neither drivers nor Fred admitted to it. Similar setup does not mean copied. It’s all patronising

[F1 @F1Slant]

Here’s some Lewis issues seeing as someone won’t show the bigger picture.

🇦🇺 They didn’t pit Lewis under the VSC which impacted his podium less finish which he questioned very much.

🇯🇵 Lewis complained about the battery deployment which turned out to cost around 0.8s per lap

🇺🇸 Lewis faced significant damage which he thought cost him 0.5s per lap but later Fred suggested it was more

🇲🇨 Lewis was one of the people affected by the faulty Monaco speeding pit lane penalties

🇦🇹 terrible front axle balance no matter how many front wing adjustments were made at each pit stop. Overheating car and faulty body cooling system.

This doesn’t include all the bogus strategy calls they made. So Leclerc is not the only one facing issues

[CL16 inside 🇲🇨 @CL16_inside]

I think you’re all going crazy, I need to remind you of a few things.

🇺🇸 Miami: he has an incredible weekend, he even leads the race, but there isn’t enough performance in the car to keep the lead, he dominates his teammate all weekend, I think there was even a 30-second gap before the mistake on the final lap. Yes, he made a mistake, and it’s 100% his fault, he took responsibility.

🇨🇦 Canada: difficult weekend, he has brakes issues all weekend, he only makes one mistake during the race, and Lewis made the same mistake, so nothing more to add. We all know Leclerc’s strength is braking and as Vanzini said: “If you remove Charles’ braking, you remove his soul.”

🇲🇨 Monaco: In Monaco, he still has the same brakes issues. Yes, he chose to keep the Brembos and that’s completely logical, he’s not going to change brakes on a circuit where confidence in braking is extremely important, and especially he wanted to know whether the issue was just the setup or the brakes discs directly. In quali, he makes a mistake by trying to push too hard with brakes that are not good for him. In the race, he had a better pace than his teammate and he should have finished ahead of him if Ferrari hadn’t messed him up with the strategy. At the SC restart, he crashes, and it’s not a mistake like some people try to make it out to be, just the brakes deciding to stop working.

🇪🇸 Barcelona: In Spain, he is immediately in the rhythm with his new brakes discs, he is very very fast. He finds the right setup to make the car work, Lewis therefore decides to copy it because he was struggling in FP2 & FP3. In quali, he has very good pace, similar to Lewis, but in Q3 he makes, yes, a mistake, his second mistake since Miami. In the race, he has a very good race, he has excellent pace, unfortunately he is hit by a reliability issue that forces him to retire.

🇦🇹 Austria: He misses FP1, in FP2 the car simply doesn’t work, the setup is bad just like Lewis, they both have the same issues, the car isn’t working and the engine deficit is too big on a track like this with very few corners. Despite that, he manages to finish ahead of his teammate in quali and logically he should have had the pole position, but the FIA decided otherwise. In the race, in the opening laps, he has an issue with the turbo + the battle with Lewis and others destroyed his tyres, which practically ruined his race because he had no pace after that, the car wasn’t in the right setup window this weekend, and Charles paid the price for it.

Basically, what makes me laugh is that when he doesn’t finish a race because of a mistake or a problem, it’s “he’s under pressure, he’s bad, this and that…”, and when he finishes the race it’s “it’s not possible, he’s really bad, still under pressure”. At some point you have to choose. The last 5 races are a phenomenal series of circumstances that led us to this situation today. Yes, he made 2 mistakes, but Ferrari also made mistakes, and he was also unlucky. He is adapting little by little, it’s not easy to get back into rhythm with new brakes on a new circuit. So please, can we stop these bullshit debates because you all know very well that a Leclerc who is not comfortable in his car = a driver who will give everything to try to mask it. If you’re tired of him, stop supporting him, support another driver, but we don’t need your tweets to know whether you keep supporting him or not.

He only made 2 mistakes in 5 races, so if you want to talk about a crisis, go ahead and talk. In any case, the one who just extended his contract until 2030 doesn’t feel any crisis because of his driving 😘

#F1

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@gurtyo_Gh0st They knew they were about to post some one sided bs, no wonder why the comments are limited. Can’t handle being corrected

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@ScuderiaFerrari This may not repeat at silverstone

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@simscircuit Acting like his teammate was miles ahead. Wtf

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@ScuderiaFerrari @LewisHamilton @Charles_Leclerc @peroniuk The lack of pace this weekend needs to be studied. Especially on the hard

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@LewisHamilton No doubts for tomorrow’s brilliance!

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@F1 Britcedes is alive and well

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@Vivfortyforza

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I’ll agree with you that Hamilton had more fast cars than Alonso which is a fact. But my issue with the initial post is that they want to justify Alonso’s gap to Hamilton by assuming that without the fast cars Hamilton wouldn’t have out scored Alonso. 2007 alone showed signs that he would.

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@simscircuit The creativity in those hair claws is unbelievable. Amazing work!🔥

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@Paulkf22 @UnbiasedFIA Even if Hamilton believed Mercedes would become stronger because they were a works team, identifying the team that would dominate the next era is not luck. Team choice is part of a driver’s career management.

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@br_gae @Charles_Leclerc @LewisHamilton Charles fans never want him to win a championship - just a h2h. You need to start aiming more for you driver. It’s really sad

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@tirii_f1 He’d have to stay at a team long enough to help with car development like other drivers

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@somepiastri F1 does stuff like this only when there’s a voice highly activating for it to the point that they can’t ignore.

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This is the perfect example of confirmation bias. The article is not quoted by Lewis or Charles nor does it say the following:
- Charles developed the setup and Lewis copied it.
- Lewis abandoned his own setup and switched to Charles
- the setup was derived entirely from the simulation.

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@Romy_Skye *2025

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@Romy_Skye To Garage 44:

Thank you for working extremely hard and not giving up even after a slow start in 2024. You’re major reason why we won in Barcelona and I’ll always appreciate that. The season is long but with you, we can do great things. And to Carlos Santi - you’re amazing!