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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.
because Max does not like Hamilton.... So no surprises from hime to say that.....ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 18:11Verstappen praised Leclerc's race today when speaking in the press conference, saying Leclerc drove his heart out and that he was impressed. Thank you Max
(He mentioned this while talking about how McLaren were very quick so Red Bull didn't try bunching the pack, it wouldn't have worked since Mercedes and Ferrari probably didn't have the pace to stay ahead of McLaren anyway)
435 points off mclaren when you almost won the WCC last year will to that to a man
No, because Max knows the difference between a driver who can 'cope' with an unstable car and a driver who cannot. Why are you seeing 'politics' and associating emotion when driverA praises driverB, and concluding that it's because he hates driverC ? Such responses are facebook-teenager level.selvam_e2002 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 19:04because Max does not like Hamilton.... So no surprises from hime to say that.....ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 18:11Verstappen praised Leclerc's race today when speaking in the press conference, saying Leclerc drove his heart out and that he was impressed. Thank you Max
(He mentioned this while talking about how McLaren were very quick so Red Bull didn't try bunching the pack, it wouldn't have worked since Mercedes and Ferrari probably didn't have the pace to stay ahead of McLaren anyway)
Is this a joke? What does Verstappen praising Leclerc have to do with Hamilton? I even put the context in my post. He mentioned Leclerc because he was talking about the drivers running in the top 5selvam_e2002 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 19:04because Max does not like Hamilton.... So no surprises from hime to say that.....
or is he cooking the story for move to Ferrari in 2027?...replacing Hamilton....
Fred on Lewis' & Charles' moods https://x.com/simsgazette/status/1997724834189680767Frédéric Vasseur's assessment of the 2025 season.
- "The season was overall difficult, right from the first day in Bahrain, the pace wasn't magical. The start of the season was also very tough for us, with the disqualification in China, and after 3 or 4 races, McLaren probably had a 100-point lead. But we're competitive, we want to achieve good results and win races. Twice during the season, we made an excellent comeback, but we struggled all season with the details."
- "In the end, today in F1, you go from 6th to 16th for a tenth of a second, and we saw that too in Q1 in Abu Dhabi. I think only McLaren and Max had, at the end of the season, that little margin for maneuver that allowed them to manage the small issues. That's the reality of F1. I think it's a good thing for the sport today, even if it's sometimes not the case for the teams. We keep moving forward. I'd be devastated if the drivers told me we were doing a good job. The summary of the season for a driver is always to find where we can improve. I'm not here to say we're doing a good job."
- "It's in their DNA and in mine to fight with the team to do better work. The drivers need to come to us and push the team to give its best everywhere. Their reactions on television? I don't pay attention to them, they speak five minutes after the session and sometimes, the emotions come out. The most important thing for me is to have a driver who pushes the team to do better work, to work all together and try to achieve better results. I think Max and Lando push the team to give its best: as an F1 team, that's what we expect, it's part of their job. If Charles and Lewis were very satisfied with the car and everything else, that would be a problem. No matter if you're in first or tenth position, I think the debriefing today at Alpine, Williams, Red Bull or with us is the same. We're just trying to do better work on every pillar of performance: engine, gearbox, aerodynamics, setup, simulator; that's the DNA of what we do. We all have to push ourselves."
- "I think the car's philosophy will be completely different next year. Maybe the car's aerodynamic mapping won't be the same. And the problem we had throughout the season won't happen again next year. But we'll certainly have other problems."
- "We're focused on our project, we're developing it, we're pushing our limits and we're trying to do our best. It's certain that the more time we dedicate to the project, the better the results will be. But I don't know if McLaren, Red Bull or Alpine are ahead of us. No one knows. I think the most important thing is not to waste time trying to figure out if the others are ahead or behind. We'll only know in Barcelona, or more likely in Australia. And another point to consider is that next year, the hierarchies won't be set from Melbourne. Development and the ability to progress quickly will be very important. After Melbourne, the season certainly won't be over, whatever our position. The road will be long for everyone."
How do you lift Hamilton's mood?
Fred Vasseur: Lewis is completely different between the TV pen, where he doesn't necessarily want to answer, and the attitude he has half an hour later with us in the debriefing, where he is much more constructive. So, it doesn't bother me at all. I think that the comment stories in the TV pen today, we take the drivers too much just after the session, and we should give them time to calm down a little, to digest the emotions.
There are drivers who are able, after qualifying P16, to say that everything is fine, and there are some who are not able. Charles, on the day he is P2, manages to say that it's not good because he would like to have more, and I understand it. And honestly, it's the best engine we have for us to have drivers who push us to the limit, who will always find what is not going (well) to try to progress, and I think it's the DNA of what we're doing, of our sport.
Whether we are first or tenth in our sport, we must always have this desire to go further and push the team further. And I honestly do the same with them. It's not because they are on pole that I will not tell them that at Turn 1 they could have braked later, and I accept criticism when it's constructive in the other direction.
Well I can confirmed 99.9% to you that his manager is already talking to Mercedes & Aston Martin… that will answer your questionScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 17:49I wonder if the 7 races is referring to what he says before (setting the tone).. or if it's his own thoughts about potentially looking at other teamsLeclerc: The whole team is hugely motivated for next year. It's a huge opportunity to show what we're capable of. And it's really now or never to start on the right foot, because the first year will set the tone for the whole four years after. The first six and seven races will be especially important.
really? then why specific to Lecrec? not Alonso?....F1 is all about politics. 2021 Abudhabi is a classical example....venkyhere wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 19:12No, because Max knows the difference between a driver who can 'cope' with an unstable car and a driver who cannot. Why are you seeing 'politics' and associating emotion when driverA praises driverB, and concluding that it's because he hates driverC ? Such responses are facebook-teenager level.selvam_e2002 wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 19:04because Max does not like Hamilton.... So no surprises from hime to say that.....ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑07 Dec 2025, 18:11Verstappen praised Leclerc's race today when speaking in the press conference, saying Leclerc drove his heart out and that he was impressed. Thank you Max
(He mentioned this while talking about how McLaren were very quick so Red Bull didn't try bunching the pack, it wouldn't have worked since Mercedes and Ferrari probably didn't have the pace to stay ahead of McLaren anyway)
