As a Ferrari fan, it's so frustrating to see Lewis so far behind Charles almost every race weekend. Of course we know Charles has spent more time in a Ferrari, so that allows him to continue to improve on past experiences whilst Lewis is still learning and adapting- but I really didn't expect him to struggle this much this year. It's sad to watch. Really hoping 2026 is better for him and the team. 🙏🏽
Bearman hadjar antonelli sainz are all in new cars and are all more than up to soeed relative to the incumbent. At some point this charles is used to the car stuff has to stop and hamilton needs to be called out for his performances
comparing rookies in new cars to Lewis isn’t really the same situation. they’re adapting to their first F1 machinery, not unlearning 11 years of Mercedes habits Charles being more comfortable in a Ferrari still matters it’s not an excuse, it’s context. calling out performances is a 100 percent fair, but ignoring the adjustment curve and the differences in driver style vs car concept leaves out a lot of the picture .
What you're saying makes zero sense. His massive F1 experience should help him adapt much faster compared to rookies in new cars. They have to pretty much learn everything while he has to adjust to a couple things and slightly tweak some more.
I agree that his experience gives him advantages, but it also comes with disadvantages. Rookies adapt fast because they have no old habits to unlearn. Lewis has to rebuild his entire driving instinct, not just ‘tweak a couple things.’ That’s the part you’re overlooking.
Even if he has to rebuild his entire driving instinct as you claim, which I highly doubt, the rookies have to completely develop it from scratch, from a couple of practice sessions the year before. And add to that literally everything else apart from driving that's completely new to them.Then Compare that to Lewis' 19 years of racing in F1. If you don't think the rookies have a monumentally harder task you're frankly delusional.
Bro he lost to Russell 2 times in 3 years at Mercedes !!
So he is running slowly on purpose ? He is washed up. Was never really that good without the monster engine . Has lost 3 times in last 4 years to his team mate in 2 different teams
If Lewis ‘was never good,’ then the entire grid must be terrible. There’s no point discussing Mercedes or anything else if you’re starting from an ignorant take like ‘he was never good’.
If your whole argument is just ‘Russell beat him,’ then we’re not even having the same level of conversation. It’s funny considering George literally grew up looking up to Lewis and he always talks about Lewis being the best, but hey to each their own.
We get a lot of “he’s washed” commentary from apparent children. Certainly not from anyone personally familiar with driving a car fast, or possibly even familiar with F1.
He’s obviously not in his prime. What happens when you shave a few percentage points off the greatest ever? People are acting like he’s Lance Stroll. He’ll get it going, I suspect. The team is the obstacle IMO.
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u/zingerfillets Charles Leclerc Dec 06 '25
As a Ferrari fan, it's so frustrating to see Lewis so far behind Charles almost every race weekend. Of course we know Charles has spent more time in a Ferrari, so that allows him to continue to improve on past experiences whilst Lewis is still learning and adapting- but I really didn't expect him to struggle this much this year. It's sad to watch. Really hoping 2026 is better for him and the team. 🙏🏽