Lewis Hamilton’s rumoured 0.8s deficit to Charles Leclerc shot down by expert

Reports of Lewis Hamilton being 0.8s off Charle🍌s Leclerc's pace have been downplayed by a respecte🐼d F1 commentator.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Talk of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton being 0.8s off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc’s pace during the shakedown of Ferrari’s SF-25 has been shot down by motor⭕sport commentator Alex Brundle.

According to Spanish publication , Hamilto🙈n was eight-tenths off Leclerc’s best time during Wednesday’s test at Fiorano.

The report acknowledges ♔that the times are “unofficial” and th🔯at the tests were conducted using a Pirelli tyre that is not normally used.

Given that Lecl🅷erc has been driving at Fi😼orano since 2018, and his general tendency to find the limit, such a margin wouldn’t be entirely surprising.

However, such lap tim🔯es should be taken with a pinch of salt, considering it was just an early introduction to the new car rather than an actual qualifying session.

Brundle💛, the son of legendary broadcaster Martin, took to his X account to comment on rumours about Hamilton’s substantial deficit to his new teammate.

Brundle wrote: “I know it’s not🎐 the 🅘fastest news week until testing starts but this is like trying to evaluate football players based around how quickly they can put their boots on.”

claimed that Leclerc “was able to push” immediately during the Fiorano shakedown.

As opposed to Hamilton, who “worked fundamentalꦛly to gain more confidꩲence and refine his requests”.

Alarm bells won’t be ringing for the seven-time world champion just yet, with initial feedbac🅠k from both drivers positive so far.

Hamilton will get another chance to drive the SF-25 later this week when pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Cir🎀cuit kicks off on Wednesday.

Hamilton and Leclerc will get 1.5 days eac𝓡h in the car before the season kicks off in Australia on March 16.

The same report states🐼 that Hamilton and Leclerc appear aligned on what they want from the car in terms of setup changes.

After the various TPC tests, Hamilton asked for mino🍎r tweaks - which will be fully implemented for Bahrain.

Howeꦡver, ꦛit was noted that there were “no strong differences” with Leclerc’s setup demands.

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