Charles Leclerc labelled as “too nice” as concerns raised ahead of Lewis Hamilton arrival
Is Charles Leclerc "tooꦛ nice"? ♏One former F1 driver thinks 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 fastest driver in F1, L🍒eclerc 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 latter has taken Ferrarꦐi’s two most recent victories.
The Monegasque wa♏s 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” L⭕eclerc is has been raised.
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 Ham🌱ilton or a Versta🅘ppen, that is not possible with Leclerc.
“Suppose Ferrari g༒ets the best c💛ar next year, then Hamilton will eat [him].
“Leclerc doesn’t seem harsh to me when I look at the mistakes he mak🦋es and how he is with his engineers.”
2016 F1 world cဣhampion Nico Rosberg also raised a similar point on how likely there is going to be friction between Leclerc and Hamilton at Ferrari.
Rosberg fam💎ously fell out with Hamilton during their various title battles, with the German deploying all sorts of tactics to try and get the upper ♋hand.
He said on Sky’s F1 broadcast: “We’re all look🌸ing forward to that dynamic. Charles doesn’t seem like 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 extremely spicy.
“But, nevertheless, I mean, Charles is probably the second-best qualifier out there after Max Verstappen, ⛎one could possibly say at the moment.
“So, it’s going to be a t🤡oꦜugh, tough battle for both really and I think the level could be pretty similar, so it would be great to watch.”
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