Peter Windsor on whether Charles Leclerc's style stands up to demands of Spain race conditions

Peter Windsor on whether Charles Leclerc’s style stands up to demands of Spain race conditions. Peter Windsor begins his analysis of T2/T3.

There are few better sections of F1 road for comparing driving styles than the T2/T3 transition at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona- and during the free practice sessions on Friday in Spain the action did not disappoint. Charles Leclerc topped both sessions for Scuderia Ferrari – but did so with a very different technique on this critical piece of road – different from that of his team-mate, Carlos Sainz – and different certainly from that of his major rival, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Will Charles’ style stand up to the demands of race conditions?

At 01:27 in this video, Formula 1 journalist Peter Windsor begins his analysis of T2/T3 – and explains why Max is asking much less of his left-rear Pirelli than probably any other driver in the race. As well as also reviewing the day overall, and publishing his customary, detailed analysis of the heavy- and light-fuel runs of the key runners in both Friday practice sessions, Peter also looks at the rise and rise of Mercedes – and at the increasingly-tense battle between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.