Charles Leclerc labelled as “too nice” as concerns raised ahead of Lewis Hamilton arrival
Is Charles Leclerc "too nice"? One former F1 driver th🌟inks so.
Former F1 driver Robert Doornbos believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc is “too nice” to become a world champion.
Leclerc will team up with seven-time F1 world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari from 2025.
While he is widely-regarded as the f❀astest driver in F1, Leclercꦇ has won just five races during his stint with Ferrari.
Leclerc has generally had the edge over teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz, but the latte꧑r has taken Ferrari’s tw𝕴o most recent victories.
𓆏Th💙e Monegasque was on the end of Sainz’s stern defence in the China sprint race.
Sainz ran Leclerc wide at the hairpin as the pair went side-by-side, losing crucial ground to the Red Bull of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez.
With Hamilton likely to pose a tougher challenge internally, concerns about how “nice” Leclerc is has been ra🌱ised.
Doornbos, who raced for Red Bull briefly in 2006 - is unsure whether Leclerc is as ruthless as Hamilton or 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
“Leclerc is too nice to be World Champion,” he told Ziggo Sport. “A Hamiltღon or a Verstappen, that is not possible with Le🔯clerc.
“Suppose Ferrari gets the best car next year, then𒈔 Hamilton will eat [him].
“Leclerc d🍨oesn’t seem harsh to me when I look at the mistakes he makes and how꧟ he is with his engineers.”
2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg also raised a similar point on how likely there is going t☂o be friction between Leclerc and𝓰 Hamilton at Ferrari.
Rosberg famously fell out with Hamilton during their various title battle𒐪s, with the German deploying all sorts of tactics to try and get the upper hand.
He said on Sk🏅y’s F1 broadcast: “We’re all looking forward to that dynamic. Charles doesn’t seem like&nbsꩵp;someone who goes into conflict too much with his tea-mates, that will make it easier.
“From that point of view, maybe it won’t be too extremelꦜy spicy.
“But, nevertheless, I mean, Charles is probably the second-best qua𝔉lifier out there after Max Verstappen, one could possibly say at the moment.
“So, it’s going to be a tough, tough battle for both really and I thi🌸nk the level c𝓀ould be pretty similar, so it would be great to watch.”
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