Ahead at the Apex. I think Charles, mindset is since he knows he will never win a Championship, he can say well I beat my teammates. That is his mentality. His not held to the Ferrari first ethos. I wonder why?
Is Ferrari wasting one of the fastest drivers of his generation? Is Leclerc truly an elite Sunday driver? Or have F1 fans been grading Charles on qualifying speed instead of race results?
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The Ferrari Mercedes Contrast was on full display at the Dutch Grand Prix.
One team is optimizing points the other feelings. One team principal gets on the radio the other is never heard from. One team has answers the other asked the driver what it should do.
SOFT TIRES SHOULDN’T LAST 30 LAPS. THEY SHOULD MAKE YOU FAST — AND MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT.”
The point was that modern F1/Pirelli softs aren’t soft enough and don’t create enough consequence. We were questioning:
Are they really soft? Are they fast enough relative to the mediums?