Charles Leclerc labelled as “too nice” as concerns raised ahead of Lewis Hamilton arrival
Is Charles Leclerc "too 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, Leclerc has won just five races during his stint with Feꩲrra🌌ri.
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 Ferrari’s two most recent victories.
The M⛎onegasque was on the end of Sainz’s stern d𓃲efence 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 chall💙enge internally, concerns about how “nice” Lec𓃲lerc 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.
“Leclꦚerc is too nice to be World Champion,” he told Ziggo Sport. “A Hamilton or a Verstappen, that is not𝓀 possible with Leclerc.
“Suppꦍose Ferrari gets the best car next year, then Hamilton wi♌ll eat [him].
“Leclerc doesn’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 s🐽imilar point on how likely there is going to be friction between🍨 Leclerc and Hamilton at Ferrari.
Rosberg famously 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 looking forward to that dynamic. Charles doesn’t seem like someone who goes into conflict too muc🍌h with his tea-mates, that will make it easier.
“From that point of view, mayb♐e 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 tough, tough battle for both really and I thin♎k the level could be pretty similar, so it would be great to watch.”
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