Everbody respects Lewis’ PAST accomplishments. Even Charles. The accomplishments are undeniable.
(See interview below)
The question is what he can ro TODAY, in equal machinery, against another excellent driver?
It’s admirable how well Charles holds up against soneone of Lewis’ talent and skill. Charles has 2 more DNFs than Lewis and is only 14 points behind. He never had the car to win a championship but he’s been P2.
This is by far the most evenly matched, and highest-talented, of the top teams, although Verstappen-Hadjar are looking good right now. We should focus on enjoying the on-track rivalry, not comparing trophy cases from before the pandemic.
And let’s cross our fingers that Ferrari goves these boys a great car next year that can help them be true contenders.
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Charles Leclerc has strongly defended Lewis Hamilton’s level in 2026.
“He’s exceptionally talented. He’s driving at an exceptional level this year.”
Leclerc says having Hamilton alongside him is also raising his own standard, with the Ferrari pair continually pushing each other to improve.
“It’s good for me… we really push each other in order to do better, which is great.”
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The bottom line is that Charles ia a good driver, and Lewis is frustrated that his teammate—who beat Lewis last year by over 80 points—-didn’t juat roll over and play #2.
Lewis is accusing Leclerc of being a race driver, of doing the same things that he himself has done multiple times, mainly going for gaps, trying to beat everyone else on track, including your own teammate.
On top of that he airs out team issues in public (the politics part of his game) and makes his team look bad. Worse than they already look.
Take this picture from turn 4 in Mexico: what is Lewis doing so far off the racing line that he is way out of track limits? He is pushing Charles off track and opening the door for Max…
…what almost no one is talking about is that Lewis used up his softs during qualifying, so on tace day he started on a used set. Charles started on a new set and was doing his job: beating Lewis ASAP while the tire difference still allowed him to do so.
Lewis knew he was at a disadvantage, and he also knew that Charles was just doing his job: drive as fast as he can.
@LH44Fanpage8 Lewis unfortunately had less new tire sets left over from quali. Should have started on mediums—that’s on him as much as on the team—but the team should have put at least one of the drivers, probably Lewis, maybe both, on a one-stop. Too bad the car was so sensitive to temp in Q3
@GerPohlmann@pitbox44 The point @GerPohlmann is making is that EVEN WITH the two DNFs and the quali crash in Batcelona, Lewis has only managed to get 14 points lore than Charles…in other words, his driving is good enough that he can afford to crash and Lewis still has to hustle…
@effonecasualfan On another note, you can’t say they threw away the double podium because Charles didn’t let Lewis through—how she makes it sound—Lewis had P3 in the bag still when he refused to pit under VSC…
@effonecasualfan Charles pitted in lap 25 when he came out right in front of Lewis—as planned—and set a Fastest Lap on lap 28. If he held up Lewis it was only for three, maximum four laps…