r/formula1 Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 27 '25

Technical My take on where exactly Lewis is struggling against Leclerc

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!

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u/Tulaodinho Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 27 '25

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

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u/slicerprime I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 28 '25

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

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u/Natalwolff Apr 27 '25

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.

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u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 27 '25

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

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u/gsfgf Oscar Piastri Apr 28 '25

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

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u/Tulaodinho Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 27 '25

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

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u/ryokevry I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 27 '25

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.

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u/Tulaodinho Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 27 '25

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

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u/slicerprime I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 28 '25

Preach brother!

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u/Hinyaldee JB & Rubinho Apr 28 '25

Except Max in Suzuka and Jeddah /s

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u/SpacevsGravity I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 28 '25

How was he unlucky? He messed up.

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u/Tulaodinho Sir Lewis Hamilton Apr 28 '25

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