CMSMJ1 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2023, 14:21
Where do you draw the line?
Neither driver are really going to step up and declare their results are in line with their talents?
Carlos is good and delivering in spite of the team being incapable of managing a race or developing a car.
Charles is delivering better against the same headwinds but it does seem that the team favour him.
It has been drawn last year -->
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Carlos was making loads of driver errors, throughout the entire season. Even after he was gifted contract extension for 2 full years (completely mind-boggling decision considering his results, when a 1+1 team option extension was more than a generous offer) he immediately made a big mistake in Imola Q session and also made a big mistake in Spain in T4 on lap 7 which ultimately cost him an easy podium with Leclerc's PU saying "I'm out".
The reality is Carlos is simply not delivering. He lost 39 points in races so far this season, all on his own. The only improvement from last year is that he's not making DNF mistakes, at least not yet. There hadn't been a driver in Ferrari that made so many mistakes in the last 25 years, at least.
Leclerc on the other hand lost 0 points in races this year. The team lost him at least 2 podiums (Bahrain, Monaco). PU issue in Bahrain alone lost him 15 points and gave Carlos 2, which would turn around the positions in the Championship. So we can only begin to imagine what would have happened if Xavi hadn't made so many mistakes as Leclerc's engineer. Monaco podium, Austria Sprint podium, the list goes on... The team knows this, Leclerc knows, Sainz knows...