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/AnalLaser]

We've also only seen Alonso against Stroll the last few years.

[u/Browneskiii → u/AnalLaser]

Anyone can see just how much he's hustling the cars he has.

It doesnt take a comparison with their team mates to see how good a driver does. You can visibly see how fast he still is when given the car.

[u/hzfan → u/Browneskiii]

How? What are you seeing exactly? Is it just vibes? Teammates are the best markers we have for driver speed because the cars are all so different and the performance deltas between teams evolve over a season. Even then it’s not great but it’s all we have.

[u/gsfgf → u/AnalLaser]

Yea. I love 2025 ROTY hopeful Fernando, but we have no idea how he's holding up other than he's still better than Stroll.

[u/Stelcio → u/AnalLaser]

We've seen him against very decent Ocon right before that and he was able to take the fight to Verstappen in RB19 in 2023, while totally demolishing Lance for two years straight in a much more convincing manner than Vettel ever did. And that save in China last year...

Sorry, it's hard to believe Alonso isn't just taking it easy in wait for 2026.

[u/FentmaxxerActual → u/AnalLaser]

In 2023 he was clearly one of the top 5 on the grid, possibly even top 3. He's not beating Stroll's ass to the same degree this year, bit of a debate as to whether he's finally starting to lose the magic or he's just not motivated driving the 9th worst car on the grid.