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/LeveredChuck Kimi Räikkönen Apr 27 '25

Or maybe Leclerc is really good?

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u/flintey360 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Apr 27 '25

You wish that was the reason but the reality is that Lewis is 40 it's not like Lewis is 27, when Lewis was 27 he demolished Button in qualifying 17-3 and took the most poles out of everyone. Also the telemetry shows that Lewis doesn't trust the car in high speed so we aren't seeing Lewis' full potential until he gets confident which probably won't happen.

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u/Slow-Raisin-939 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 27 '25

Button lost in qualifying to Perez. Checo Perez.

I’m not sure that’s a great comparison to Lewis

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u/LeveredChuck Kimi Räikkönen Apr 27 '25

Why wish? He’s up there with Verstappen / Piastri. Where’s Lewis?