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[Fakepivot]

Leclerc has been hugely disappointing lately.

oh for f sake, come on you guys should quit this cl vs lh bs.. charles had machanical issue but before then his pace was good.. he will be back you will see

[edu2703]

Leclerc has been hugely disappointing lately.

My biggest fear is that Leclerc will spiral downwards. Seeing Hamilton consistently ahead of him, now with real chances of fighting for the WDC, will put immense pressure on him and lead him to take even more unnecessary risks in his desperation to deliver results.

We all know how badly Leclerc copes with pressure. Four consecutive bad race weekends, many people doubting his driving ability, and now with Hamilton winning, it's a level of pressure he's never experienced in F1 before, not even when he was leading the championship in 2022. He'll have to do a lot of mental work to deal with this from now on to avoid that.

[Brahmal]

My biggest fear is that Leclerc will spiral downwards. Seeing Hamilton consistently ahead of him, now with real chances of fighting for the WDC, will put immense pressure on him and lead him to take even more unnecessary risks in his desperation to deliver results.

OTOH the car is shaping up to be very competitive which will give him hope. The team can lift him.

[Badger]

Leclerc has been hugely disappointing lately.

He was looking good before the bad luck hit. The car is strong and getting stronger, he just needs a bit of consistency.

Was he? He couldn't get past Verstappen on same age tyres, in fact he was falling back from Verstappen in the final stint. Even without the DNF this was not a good weekend for Charles seeing what kind of pace his teammate had.

[Luscion]

Besides the WDC, the fight for the WCC with Mercedes may also be a real possibility now. But for that to happen, we obviously need both drivers to maximize results from now on and avoid throwing away points on silly mistakes.

Hopefully, the engine upgrades for the Austrian GP will bring even more performance improvements to the car.

Wasn’t Ferrari bringing the new engine at Spa, or has the timeline changed?

Reports say since they've qualified for over 4% and are now allowed two upgrades this season theyve push forwards the first upgrade and will bring it to Austria

[Macklaren]

Congrats tifosi! enjoy this wonderful moment

[dans79]

Was he? He couldn't get past Verstappen on same age tyres, in fact he was falling back from Verstappen in the final stint. Even without the DNF this was not a good weekend for Charles seeing what kind of pace his teammate had.

he was likely slowly loosing hydraulic pressure!

[rifrafs2kees]

Let's not overreact; "screwed" is Russell's plight. Leclerc has pace in both qualifying and race. He just needs to tone down the gambling.

[AnotherAlex]

Leclerc has been hugely disappointing lately.

He was looking good before the bad luck hit. The car is strong and getting stronger, he just needs a bit of consistency.

Was he? He couldn't get past Verstappen on same age tyres, in fact he was falling back from Verstappen in the final stint. Even without the DNF this was not a good weekend for Charles seeing what kind of pace his teammate had.

Definitely.
With one lap older hards to the mediums Verstappen put on under the VSC, Leclerc was all over him, with only Hamilton faster than them. About 5 laps before his retirement, when Verstappen's medium might have been expected to fade, Leclerc dropped back to Piastri's pace and was losing around a second a lap, so clearly the mechanical issue was there for a number of laps before his retirement.

[Badger]

He was looking good before the bad luck hit. The car is strong and getting stronger, he just needs a bit of consistency.

Was he? He couldn't get past Verstappen on same age tyres, in fact he was falling back from Verstappen in the final stint. Even without the DNF this was not a good weekend for Charles seeing what kind of pace his teammate had.

Definitely.
With one lap older hards to the mediums Verstappen put on under the VSC, Leclerc was all over him, with only Hamilton faster than them. About 5 laps before his retirement, when Verstappen's medium might have been expected to fade, Leclerc dropped back to Piastri's pace and was losing around a second a lap, so clearly the mechanical issue was there for a number of laps before his retirement.

Zero indication of a mechanical issue from his team radio before the power steering failed. Let's not assert such things without evidence.

Leclerc never got within one second of Verstappen and then started falling back. He clearly did not have the pace of Hamilton today. With that many laps to go the hard was the right tyre.

[Sidiamal]

Painfully premature to write off Leclerc. Patches like this can happen to anyone. A reset, a straightforward weekend and he'll be back in the game. Austria is the perfect opportunity, a track the car should be suited to and where he's usually dynamite.

[woocasz]

Leclerc has been hugely disappointing lately.

He was looking good before the bad luck hit. The car is strong and getting stronger, he just needs a bit of consistency.

Was he? He couldn't get past Verstappen on same age tyres, in fact he was falling back from Verstappen in the final stint. Even without the DNF this was not a good weekend for Charles seeing what kind of pace his teammate had.

what??
stint 1: he clearded Piastri pretty easy, after Max pit, he matched Antonnelli pace in the free air
stint 2: when everyone was on hard tire, he went out on lap 17 losing 21,5s, he end up this stint being the fastest driver on the grid.
stint 3, he was right behind Max, ready to overtake, when power steering gave up, after that he fell like stone in the water.

he did mistake yesterday, which cost him podium or even a win today.
he will back stronger.

[Luscion]

[woocasz]

Was he? He couldn't get past Verstappen on same age tyres, in fact he was falling back from Verstappen in the final stint. Even without the DNF this was not a good weekend for Charles seeing what kind of pace his teammate had.

Definitely.
With one lap older hards to the mediums Verstappen put on under the VSC, Leclerc was all over him, with only Hamilton faster than them. About 5 laps before his retirement, when Verstappen's medium might have been expected to fade, Leclerc dropped back to Piastri's pace and was losing around a second a lap, so clearly the mechanical issue was there for a number of laps before his retirement.

Zero indication of a mechanical issue from his team radio before the power steering failed. Let's not assert such things without evidence.

Leclerc never got within one second of Verstappen and then started falling back. He clearly did not have the pace of Hamilton today. With that many laps to go the hard was the right tyre.

Did you watch the race at all?
from lap 42 after the VSC, he was in the 1-2s range behind Max (on new medium tyres) for 10 laps, when he lost the power steering he fell off like a stone

[AnotherAlex]

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Thanks Luscion.

I don't suppose you have one for Leclerc and Verstappen (perhaps with Norris or Piastri for good measure)?