Charles has championship potential, I would put him in the same category as drivers like Lando, George, and Oscar. Or going further back, Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen.edu2703 wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:27This season is set to definitively bury the discussion about Leclerc being a WC contender. Leclerc is a good driver, nothing more. He will never be champion and was never destined to be. With him easily succumbing to pressure, seeing Hamilton consistently ahead of him, he's likely to enter a downward spiral, trying his best to be ahead of Lewis and making mistake after mistake.
The good thing for Ferrari this season is that Hamilton is back to his prime, achieving good results, keeping the car clear of the barriers and getting good results. If Leclerc continues with this nonsense and throwing away important points, he'll have to sit down for an uncomfortable conversation.
Being faster is worth absolutely nothing if you keep crashing out.woocasz wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:40Charles crashes out today and suddenly Hamilton fans is quick to jump in and praise Hamilton while putting Charles down!edu2703 wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:27This season is set to definitively bury the discussion about Leclerc being a WC contender. Leclerc is a good driver, nothing more. He will never be champion and was never destined to be. With him easily succumbing to pressure, seeing Hamilton consistently ahead of him, he's likely to enter a downward spiral, trying his best to be ahead of Lewis and making mistake after mistake.
The good thing for Ferrari this season is that Hamilton is back to his prime, achieving good results, keeping the car clear of the barriers and getting good results. If Leclerc continues with this nonsense and throwing away important points, he'll have to sit down for an uncomfortable conversation.![]()
The definition of outperforming someone is being quicker overall in races and in qualifying. If Leclerc is hitting the wall that still does not mean Hamilton has outperformed him on performance at all.
Without problems with brakes Leclerc would be leading Hamilton by quite big margin by now, so clearly the talk about Hamilton already outperforming Charles is trolling big time.
Mate, not helpful to look for excuses right now. Leclerc has to sort his mind out now tbh
The definition of outperform is finishing the session ahead of the other driver, not imagining a hypothetical scenario of whether Charles would be ahead if he hadn't crashed.woocasz wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:40The definition of outperforming someone is being quicker overall in races and in qualifying. If Leclerc is hitting the wall that still does not mean Hamilton has outperformed him on performance at all.
Without problems with brakes Leclerc would be leading Hamilton by quite big margin by now, so clearly the talk about Hamilton already outperforming Charles is trolling big time.
To be it seems like Hamilton fans are just happy to see him performing well again after not getting on with the cars for a few years.woocasz wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:40Charles crashes out today and suddenly Hamilton fans is quick to jump in and praise Hamilton while putting Charles down!edu2703 wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:27This season is set to definitively bury the discussion about Leclerc being a WC contender. Leclerc is a good driver, nothing more. He will never be champion and was never destined to be. With him easily succumbing to pressure, seeing Hamilton consistently ahead of him, he's likely to enter a downward spiral, trying his best to be ahead of Lewis and making mistake after mistake.
The good thing for Ferrari this season is that Hamilton is back to his prime, achieving good results, keeping the car clear of the barriers and getting good results. If Leclerc continues with this nonsense and throwing away important points, he'll have to sit down for an uncomfortable conversation.![]()
The definition of outperforming someone is being quicker overall in races and in qualifying. If Leclerc is hitting the wall that still does not mean Hamilton has outperformed him on performance at all.
Without problems with brakes Leclerc would be leading Hamilton by quite big margin by now, so clearly the talk about Hamilton already outperforming Charles is trolling big time.
You're doing the same thing you've accused some of doing. I'm not even sure Leclerc is faster than Hamilton in this formula and with this car.woocasz wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:40Charles crashes out today and suddenly Hamilton fans is quick to jump in and praise Hamilton while putting Charles down!edu2703 wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:27This season is set to definitively bury the discussion about Leclerc being a WC contender. Leclerc is a good driver, nothing more. He will never be champion and was never destined to be. With him easily succumbing to pressure, seeing Hamilton consistently ahead of him, he's likely to enter a downward spiral, trying his best to be ahead of Lewis and making mistake after mistake.
The good thing for Ferrari this season is that Hamilton is back to his prime, achieving good results, keeping the car clear of the barriers and getting good results. If Leclerc continues with this nonsense and throwing away important points, he'll have to sit down for an uncomfortable conversation.![]()
The definition of outperforming someone is being quicker overall in races and in qualifying. If Leclerc is hitting the wall that still does not mean Hamilton has outperformed him on performance at all.
Without problems with brakes Leclerc would be leading Hamilton by quite big margin by now, so clearly the talk about Hamilton already outperforming Charles is trolling big time.
How was it a free pole again? I am lost.
It seems FP1 missing meant next to nothing. Norris and Hulk were quicker than their team mates the whole weekend, despite missing FP1. I think Hadjar also lost it and he was fine, eventhough Max´s seemed to have screwed his last sector on the final lap.
Crashing into a wall due to technical problems (3 out of 4 brakes weren’t working in Monaco) versus a mistake of your own – can you see the difference?edu2703 wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:55The definition of outperform is finishing the session ahead of the other driver, not imagining a hypothetical scenario of whether Charles would be ahead if he hadn't crashed.woocasz wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 17:40The definition of outperforming someone is being quicker overall in races and in qualifying. If Leclerc is hitting the wall that still does not mean Hamilton has outperformed him on performance at all.
Without problems with brakes Leclerc would be leading Hamilton by quite big margin by now, so clearly the talk about Hamilton already outperforming Charles is trolling big time.
The championship isn't defined by hypothetical scenarios. For Charles to outperform Lewis, first of all he needs to finish the session, not crash trying to be better than him. Nobody analyzes to determine who is the best driver based on hypotheses or how fast they were going before crashing.
I feel Leclerc's fans are experts at imagining hypothetical scenarios where their favorite driver would be a multi-champion if it weren't for a thousand variables, none of which are directly his fault. It's no coincidence people make memes of Leclerc on social media as "Meet the Potential Driver".
Calling that a free pole for Charles is like calling roulette a free double upwoocasz wrote: ↑13 Jun 2026, 18:11Crashing into a wall due to technical problems (3 out of 4 brakes weren’t working in Monaco) versus a mistake of your own – can you see the difference?
Todays crash is on him, Im pissed too, cause it was a free pole for Charles, but comparing today’s crash with what happened in Canada and Monaco (technical failure) is just trolling.