Why? At some point it’s necessary to have a number 1 driver, if you want to be world champion. Leclerc and one of those drivers would likely make it harder to name a number 1 driver.
Leclerc's performance illustrates how much Vettel tends to "leave on the table" during his time at Ferrari. Alonso on the other hand was delivering more than the car potential at his disposal. Repeat Alonso at Maranello would along with Leclerk create a formidable pairing.
Vettel does not seem to have the drive to win, he has just lost it. Unless you put lec in the same car against max or ham you would not know if he is really good or Vettel has lost his speed.321apex wrote:Leclerc's performance illustrates how much Vettel tends to "leave on the table" during his time at Ferrari. Alonso on the other hand was delivering more than the car potential at his disposal. Repeat Alonso at Maranello would along with Leclerk create a formidable pairing.
Not wanting to read anybody's mind, objectively Leclerc is showing that the king has no clothes. Imagine Leclerc next year when he has 1 full season under his belt. If Vettel stays on at Scuderia in 2020, Leclerc will be mopping pavement making Vet no longer employable if you think 2019 is bad enough. Additionally, look at Kimi, current Leclerc perf. puts him in pretty bad light when he used to sweat and still play distant second fiddle to Vet, who himself is not (no longer, or perhaps never was) a top flight driver. So does Kimi like Leclerc?gdanielwesley wrote: ↑29 Sep 2019, 04:24Vettel does not seem to have the drive to win, he has just lost it. Unless you put lec in the same car against max or ham you would not know if he is really good or Vettel has lost his speed.321apex wrote:Leclerc's performance illustrates how much Vettel tends to "leave on the table" during his time at Ferrari. Alonso on the other hand was delivering more than the car potential at his disposal. Repeat Alonso at Maranello would along with Leclerk create a formidable pairing.
When Alonso joined Ferrari I thought it was the holy grail like the time with ms in Ferrari. But it wasn't to be.
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Well today he had no chance to deliver, Ferrari didn't want him to win. His MGU-K (or ES/CE) issue just lost him P2.ME4ME wrote: ↑29 Sep 2019, 15:13Another great race by Vettel. He still has it in him, yet he needs to deliver consistently.
I feel that Leclerc's sense of entitlement has gone to his head. He needs to understand that there is more to it than great performance on a saturday. He'll learn, just like he did after Austria.
The internet has accelerated the higher use of inflammatory language. It's unfortunate.
The best and only reason he needed was that it was order by his boss.AMG.Tzan wrote: ↑29 Sep 2019, 15:28Vettel was great today i have to say! Don't know what the strategy was, to give the place back or not but...Vettel's pace after getting the lead was really strong and he had no reason to give the place back since Leclerc was nowhere near him at all! It really reminded me of the Red Bull days where he was able to open a gap at the start of the race and get out of DRS range really quickly!
Leclerc on the other hand wasn't able to even follow Vettel closely...maybe that was what he was told to do but even after that he wasn't able to get by Bottas! I was expecting him to pass at least Bottas! Maybe he set up the car too much for Qualifying i don't know...
LOL.Jolle wrote: ↑29 Sep 2019, 17:54The best and only reason he needed was that it was order by his boss.AMG.Tzan wrote: ↑29 Sep 2019, 15:28Vettel was great today i have to say! Don't know what the strategy was, to give the place back or not but...Vettel's pace after getting the lead was really strong and he had no reason to give the place back since Leclerc was nowhere near him at all! It really reminded me of the Red Bull days where he was able to open a gap at the start of the race and get out of DRS range really quickly!
Leclerc on the other hand wasn't able to even follow Vettel closely...maybe that was what he was told to do but even after that he wasn't able to get by Bottas! I was expecting him to pass at least Bottas! Maybe he set up the car too much for Qualifying i don't know...