Ferrari warned prioritising Lewis Hamilton’s comfort could alienate Charles Leclerc

“But the consequence of that is if they really focus on making Lewis comfortable, they're going to have issues 🐻with Charles in the long term.”

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc

Juan Pablo Montoya has warned Ferrari that prioritising168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton’s comfort could alienate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

Ferrari have endured a disappointing start 🍸to the 2025 F1 season.

Neither Leclerc nor ෴Hamilton have finished on the podium in any of the opening four ra𒁃ces.

The only highlight for Ferrari has been Hamilton’s spriꦉnt race triumph in Shang🐠hai.

In terms of the teammate he꧋ad-to-head, Leclerc has tended to be the quicker of the two Ferraris, which isn’t too surprising given Hamilton is new to the team.

To aid Hamilton with his acclimatisation process, Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur has said they will look to make changes to ensure the seven-ti♋me world champion is more “comfortable”.

Montoya believes that focusing on Hamiltonꩲ could cause issues for Ferrari with Leclerc in the long term.

. “I think everybody's working hard to make him comfortable. But the consequence of that is if they really focus on making Lewis comfortable, they're going to have issues with Charles in the long term.

“Look at Max. Every time Max is really, really quick, the teammate is miles away. When the teammate is close, they're notඣ that quick. They're not as competitive.

“Look at Checo. Two years ago, when Checo started the seas✅on so well, people thought the two drivers would be fighting it out for the championship. But when they finally made the car good enough for what Max wanted, Checo couldn't drive it.

“I think Ferrari might go through the same thing. As they develop the car for Lewis, to make him comfortable, all⛎ those things are going to compromise the performance of Charles. So that's going to be interesting to 𓆉see how far Ferrari is going to go out of the way to make Lewis comfortable.”

Montoya tells Leclerc to “learn” from Hamilton

Leclerc🌞 is still waiting for his first serious F1 title challenge.

Leclerc challenged Verstapꦚpen in the first half of 2022.

However, a combination of driver errors and Ferrari blunders on the pit wall put Leclerc out of title contention, even before the infamous technical directiv💃eꦯ which curtailed Ferrari’s season in 2022.

It looks like Leclerc will▨ have to wait until 2026 to have the opportunity to fight for the title.

Montoya believes that Leclerc🀅 can learn a lot from Hamilton during this time.

“I think Charles has a greaꦛt opportunity to learn from Lewis,” Montoya added.

“Even if he gets close to Lewis, I think he could learn a lot from Lewis. Charl♔es does a really go♛od job already, but I think he could learn from Lewis a lot.

“And I think 🍌if he is smart about it, he can end up with a Ferrari that can actually win championships.”

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