Former Components 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Charles Leclerc has been introduced with a useful probability to check Lewis Hamilton’s title-winning qualities following the Briton’s first Ferrari grand prix triumph on the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
Hamilton ended his victory drought and claimed his first grand prix win with the Maranello outfit throughout a dramatic Barcelona-Catalunya marketing campaign. The seven-time champion pulled off a three-stop technique, capitalising on a well timed digital security automotive to safe his 106th profession victory.
Whereas Hamilton celebrated his Ferrari milestone, his team-mate Charles Leclerc endured a difficult weekend. The Monegasque driver suffered a crash in qualifying and was finally pressured to retire from the race after he misplaced energy steering.
Talking on F1 TV‘s post-race evaluation programme, Montoya defined: “This can be a actually vital time, for instance, for Charles to take a look at how Lewis introduced the crew ahead and study.
“In fact, he desires to beat Lewis, and he’ll beat Lewis in lots of races as nicely, however that is a tremendous alternative that Charles has to know what makes Lewis Hamilton a seven-time world champion.”
Though Leclerc’s race in Barcelona didn’t finish the way in which that he would have hoped, he congratulated Hamilton throughout his interview following Sunday’s racing.
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“I do not wish to take any credit score for at present,” Leclerc defined. “I do not suppose I’ve carried out a lot for the crew. I feel Lewis and the crew finally gained it on their very own, and I want I had been a bit extra in entrance to possibly be a bit extra within the mixture of issues. However it wasn’t my fault.
“So an enormous congratulations to Lewis, who has been on it now for fairly a bit and has been unbelievable, and an enormous congrats to the crew as nicely.”
Hamilton at the moment sits second within the drivers’ standings, 41 factors behind championship chief Kimi Antonelli and 9 factors forward of George Russell in third. Leclerc sits fourth, 40 factors behind his team-mate.
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