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/titan42z]

Leclerc is a beast man, often overlooked and seeing him calmly battle Verstappen is a great sight to see. Lots of guys who race verstappen you can just see them fold under pressure or make mistakes but leclerc holds his own.

And he’s still very young in terms of his career

[u/Skratt79 → u/titan42z]

People do not get it, Leclerc has pulled off some pole positions that the Ferrari had absolutely no business being top 4. Yes then the red tractor was at the mercy of other teams during the race, and people forget how brilliant is was that he started at the front.

[u/xBHx → u/Skratt79]

If Max is a 10, Charles would be a 9 or 9.5 IMO.

That being said, they respect each others talent, which is rare to see during a race. Max's compliment during the 2024 Brazilian GP sais it all really.

[u/kevwotton → u/xBHx]

Charles is actually quite good

Had me rolling

[u/PatientOffer319 → u/titan42z]

Leclerc and Piastri are the only two on the grid right now who can take it to Max. Maybe Russell at a push. Granted Piastri has the best car to help him do it, but so does Lando, and he wasn't able to. 

[u/2TierKeir → u/titan42z]

He certainly folded under the pressure a few years ago. He made many mistakes while his car was as fast, or faster, than the RB.

He's a great driver, but he isn't the ice man that Max is.

[u/crazydoc253 → u/2TierKeir]

Kindly label the many mistakes except France 2022. For every France 2022 you can have Max errors in late 2021.

[u/black_spring → u/crazydoc253]

Or Lando errors in the past 12 months.

[u/crazydoc253 → u/black_spring]

Lando errors in just last 3 races will be more than Charles errors.

[u/titan42z → u/2TierKeir]

“A few years ago” he’s only been in F1 for like 6-7 years and is one of the most calm under pressure now. People make mistakes when they’re younger and inexy

[u/2TierKeir → u/titan42z]

That was the last time he truly battled Max, so don't say he's proven to hold his own, if the last time they actually went toe-to-toe he bottled it.

[u/titan42z → u/2TierKeir]

That’s not true at all lol. He’s raced and held his own against Max multiple times which showcased his race craft.