The magic of Lewis Hamilton appears to be over: the seven-time F1 world champion, now in his first 12 months at Ferrari, seems to be unrecognizable, and Carlo Vanzini fears Charles Leclerc might “retire” him. Ending solely sixth on the chequered flag of the Spanish Grand Prix, the Briton even gave strategy to Nico Hulkenberg’s Sauber. It was a disheartening consequence after one more race spent within the shadow of his teammate.
It’s a matter of “adaptation,” as usually repeated in latest months. After spending his whole profession with McLaren and Mercedes, it’s solely pure that Hamilton wants time to regulate to new techniques and constructions. Nonetheless, on the ninth spherical of the season, there are nonetheless few constructive indicators from Ferrari #44. Far off his teammate’s tempo, he was even crushed in Barcelona by a stunning Nico Hulkenberg.
The comparability with Charles Leclerc is placing: the Monegasque is constantly forward in races – besides at Imola, the place he was overtaken throughout a restart on used tyres – and has been outqualified solely in Shanghai and Barcelona. However what’s worrying isn’t just the ultimate consequence, however the race tempo itself: the Briton is commonly slower, much less efficient by way of race rhythm, and when forward, finally ends up giving up the place.
Hamilton like Vettel: “retirement” comes from Leclerc
In his post-race debrief on his YouTube channel, Carlo Vanzini analysed what occurred in Spain: “I’ve at all times mentioned Hamilton could be an awesome match for Ferrari by way of mindset, power, and work technique. I at all times warned a few doable boomerang impact – enthusiasm, if not backed up by outcomes, may backfire.”
“I mentioned this as a result of I assumed Ferrari could be combating for the championship, as they claimed themselves – not the media, as Fred Vasseur says. I imagined a Lewis Hamilton who would carry out one of the best in Charles Leclerc, with each drivers combating for podiums. And in a manner, that is occurring: Leclerc is combating for 4th–fifth, whereas Lewis is 2 or three positions behind.” – he identified.
“That is already the second time he’s been requested to maneuver over for Leclerc, and it’s fairly embarrassing that, as soon as overtaken, he falls to this point again. After all, there are mitigating elements – he’s driving a automobile he doesn’t but know, and so forth. However this was a monitor the place Hamilton has six pole positions and 6 wins. If he begins fifth and finishes sixth, whereas Leclerc begins seventh and finally ends up third, one thing’s not working.”
“Lewis Hamilton’s success would have come together with Charles Leclerc’s and Ferrari’s success within the constructors’ standings. We’ve by no means seen this sort of Lewis earlier than. It’s too early to say for positive, nevertheless it looks as if a repeat of the previous: Leclerc retired a four-time world champion like Sebastian Vettel, changing Ferrari’s final world champion, Kimi Raikkonen – and now he appears on monitor to retire a seven-time world champion.”
“I’ve at all times mentioned: if sooner or later Ferrari has a automobile able to 1-2 finishes, we’ll see Lewis Hamilton shine. In any other case, we’ll see him battle. Let’s look forward to a brand new automobile and the driving model dictated by the upcoming rules.” – the F1 commentator concluded.
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