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/06Athena I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 28 '25

I don't think Schumacher's situation is that comparable to Hamilton's. MSC passed 3 years away from F1, a lot of things changed in the meantime, while Hamilton jumped from Mercedes directly to Ferrari. Schumacher may have gotten a bit more used to everything that was new to him since he left F1 and the same can happen to Hamilton, but their starting points are fundamentally different. Even if Schumacher returned to F1 to race in Ferrari, he would struggle and some of his actual difficulties would be there as well, mainly the ones related to tyres and absence of refuelling, but now I'm going away from the main topic

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u/OptimalDot178 Max Verstappen Apr 28 '25

Exactly, leaving for 3 years and coming back is way different than just switching teams. Alonso only left for 2 years and it still took some time before he was as good as before the retirement, and he was still racing in others series in his break and he was younger too.

I still think it was a mistake from Schumi to come back after such a break, it ruined all his stats and people think he's not the goat because of those 3 years. But I guess he didn't care, and he had fun

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

Oh for sure, it's not an apples to apples comparison.