Just_a_fan wrote: ↑05 Aug 2020, 11:20
Watch Seb in interviews around the race and he looks like a man that's had enough of it all.
While this may true, i’m not sure i’d draw the same conclusion as you.
Seb has all the right reasons to try and beat his team mate:
1.)
He may be fighting to stay in F1 and for this he needs to be attractive enough for other teams (RB, Aston/RP etc)
2.)
He wants to protect his image and legacy of a 4 time WDC
3.)
To prove to himself and to Ferrari that they made a mistake of letting him go and choose Leclerc over him
Much can be said about his motivation etc, but in the end, i just think the car is hard to drive and Leclerc is better at that. It’s that simple. It’s no different than Button/Hamilton. Give both a strong car and both will perform, give a difficult car and only those that can drive around issues will prevail.
I think this has always been a trait of Seb, but it was masked well in his years at RB and later at Ferrari against a team mate (Kimi) with equal requirements.
The fact that he lost much of free practice just adds to the problem of having a setup that suited him.
Once they sort out the car to his liking (if they can), he will be better and IMO not far behind Leclerc.