Sieper wrote: ↑21 Jul 2019, 21:17
Whilst I am not disagreeing with your reasoning behind Max’ line on the pass on leclerc I did not find it overly aggresive or with the wrong attitude. Imho leclerc does exhibit that wrong attitude with much more vigor. It is strange for me seeing people write exactly the opposite point. Leclerc for example in Monaco already announced (after the dissapointment in qualy) that he would be having a temper in the race, and boy did he keep word. Max handled that so much better in 2018, whilst he was under much more pressure at that point. For me the Max of 2019 is in a mental better place and I feel he is racing Fair. He kept Charles alive in Silverstone on several occasions.
Max is just always receiving more headwind because he was the first super young Guy to enter F1. Everyone wanted to mark their turf. In many ways this Paved the way for other youngsters at top team, Charles and Lando, even George (Hey, at least in F1).
But be sure to see these two duke it out in the future.
Max has received "headwind", as you say, cause he's had more than his fair share of contact that has stemmed from his aggressiveness. He's has also lost many positions cause of those contacts. I agree, he is driving much better but still too much contact for my liking.
With regards to LeClerc in Monaco, he was too aggressive and paid for it. With a little patience he would have ended up with points. I was gonna say he drove like Max but that would be unfair to Max as he doesn't normally drive as aggressive as LeClerc did in Monaco. With leClerc , I think, people haven't made to much of it cause it was a one off.