He certainly isn’t a nice guy on track
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Following his sensational lap in Saturday's qualifying which saw Charles Leclerc claim a shock pole position for Ferrari, the Monegasque endured a heartbreaking result at the Hungarian Grand Prix despite his impressive pace during his first two stints of the race. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo delivers his latest analysis in his column branded as F1MATHS.
If they continue to blame drivers, then they're in for a rude awakening when Charles leaves them. With the exception of Max, you won't find anyone better. Charles has literally saved them from a complete embarrassment of a season by getting some podiums at least. Perhaps what Ferrari needs is new leadership that appreciates all their employees Mr.Elkann. Especially the drivers, who have been giving it their all these past few years even though the car has not been up to par with competitors.
his actual words.
In my opinion, he isn't blaming Charles. He just can't name Hamilton directly. As it were, Hamilton has been all talk.
This is certainly directed at Hamilton.We need drivers who think more about Ferrari and less about themselves
I don't know what's going on behind the scenes obviously, but publicly Lewis hasn't really been super critical of the team. If anything, he has been very critical of himself for his worse performances. Lewis was really expensive for this team to get, I agree. So far, it's fair to say he hasn't lived up to the expectation and it's likely Ferrari would have fared the same with Carlos, just with a much smaller price tag. Perhaps Vasseur was the man who pushed most to get him, so it might have been the catalyst for him to get grilled in the background.
That's the problem isn't it? He brought in Hamilton on big money and now that Hamilton isn't meeting expectation, it reflects poorly on his judgement.
Dont know why your making this like he's only talking about Lewis, he said everyone else but the engineers are not up to parAR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Nov 2025, 16:37That's the problem isn't it? He brought in Hamilton on big money and now that Hamilton isn't meeting expectation, it reflects poorly on his judgement.
Leclerc has 7 podiums. He said Ferrari wants to finish P2 and that the drivers (obviously Hamilton, he just wouldn't want to do that publically) need to perform. I don't understand why many are so touchy about this. It's true.
Luscion wrote: ↑10 Nov 2025, 16:41Dont know why your making this like he's only talking about Lewis, he said everyone else but the engineers are not up to parAR3-GP wrote: ↑10 Nov 2025, 16:37That's the problem isn't it? He brought in Hamilton on big money and now that Hamilton isn't meeting expectation, it reflects poorly on his judgement.
Leclerc has 7 podiums. He said Ferrari wants to finish P2 and that the drivers (obviously Hamilton, he just wouldn't want to do that publically) need to perform. I don't understand why many are so touchy about this. It's true.
Why is everyone beating around the bush? Is this the twilight zone? There is only one driver in this team that does a lot of talking and little performing. The Hamilton signing was supposed to be Elkann's masterpiece, and now it's not going so well.you can say that we have the mechanics who are winning the championship thanks to their performances and everything that was done during the pit stops. If you look at our engineers, there's no doubt that the car has improved. If you look at the rest, it's not up to par. And we certainly have drivers who need to focus on driving and talk less, because we still have important races ahead of us and it's not impossible to get second place."