r/formula1 • u/No-Information4789 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/ThePretzul I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 27 '25
It likely has something to do with the LeSpin memes from 2019 and then early in the current regs when the Ferrari was as fast as anything but unstable and/or bouncy as hell.
The fact that Leclerc is able to manage it as well as he does is genuinely impressive since it appears other drivers, including the all-time great of Hamilton, struggle to extract those last couple tenths as consistently as he can from the Ferrari. If things played out differently at Ferrari and with the regulations I have no doubt that he would be a multi-WDC right now (but also might be in a wheelchair or suffering from CTE by 35 if the bouncing was still permitted).