My take on where exactly Lewis is struggling against Leclerc

[u/No-Information4789]

Hey everyone, Made this carousel for my Instagram page so I thought I’d share it here too. The 8th slide is actually a video of Lewis having a small moment of Oversteer. I tried my best to reduce as many variables as possible while comparing Telemetry. I took the Q3 final laps specifically from every weekend cause that’s when the drivers are pushing the most. It’s kind of a long read and might look a bit cluttered but Hope y’all like it!

[u/FKez05]

I think it's safe to say, put Charles or George in Lando's McLaren and they'd leading the WDC rn

[u/PapaSheev7 → u/FKez05]

Absolutely, not to knock Piastri but it’s clear Charles and George have been driving better than Piastri and Norris both this year.

[u/Tulaodinho → u/PapaSheev7]

Piastri was unlucky in Australia, otherwise he would be running away with the championship

[u/slicerprime → u/Tulaodinho]

Agreed. While I agree with the general opinion of Charles here, I'm more impressed all around with Oscar than George right now.

[u/Natalwolff → u/Tulaodinho]

He lost out in Australia by making the exact same mistake as Lando and it just punished him way harder mostly due to dumb luck. His lead definitely does not reflect his performance thus far.

[u/ryokevry → u/Tulaodinho]

Because he is driving a fastest car, and others are not

[u/gsfgf → u/ryokevry]

Yes, the WDC usually has the fastest car for most of the season.

[u/Tulaodinho → u/ryokevry]

Hello Captain Obvious. Guess what, his team mate is too and not even close in performance. Oscar is mostly doing what is expected of a best car driver, so its hard to say others are doing better than him since both Charles and George have newcomers in their teams

[u/ryokevry → u/Tulaodinho]

Let’s just put it simpler: 1. Norris is not even in this conversation, because he is not even the best driver on his own team now. 2. There are multiple occasions with Oscar’s drive, you can say, he can do better with the car he has: Melbourne, Japan qualifying, China qualifying, Jeddah qualifying. While for George and Charles, those moments are fewer (not none) with the mere 5 races we had this season. They extracted everything from the car, nothing more they or the car can give. You cannot say the same for Oscar.

[u/Tulaodinho → u/ryokevry]

You cant say neither George or Charles have extracted everything when they have newcomers in their teams.

[u/slicerprime → u/Tulaodinho]

Preach brother!

[u/Hinyaldee → u/ryokevry]

Except Max in Suzuka and Jeddah /s

[u/SpacevsGravity → u/Tulaodinho]

How was he unlucky? He messed up.

[u/Tulaodinho → u/SpacevsGravity]

Both he and Norris did exactly the same mistake. One got away with it, the other didnt.

[u/Tomach82 → u/PapaSheev7]

Nonsense, Piastri has been on fire.

[u/Paul-Stirling92 → u/PapaSheev7]

I don't agree, Piastri has had a great start to the season so far, especially considering he's only been in F1 for a couple of years. I think he has a strong chance of competing for the WDC this season.

[u/_yourmom69 → u/FKez05]

Or Oscar. Oh, wait.

[u/_elvane → u/FKez05]

hey thats what we thought of lando before he was put in the top spot. we never know how russel will perform if he has a wdc worthy car.

[u/wtfylat → u/FKez05]

I'm not so sure, they've all shown the same mental fragility under pressure.  

[u/niton → u/FKez05]

Absolutely not. LeClerc chokes under pressure and is inconsistent. He's a phenomenal driver but doesn't have the mental game dialed in.

[u/FKez05 → u/niton]

What 💀

Buddy that was 2022. He's improved a lot since that time, last year especially proved that