Charles Leclerc vs Lewis Hamilton in 2025
The 2024 Formula One season has just begun, with five out of 24 total GPs scheduled for this year, but often the future of Lewis Hamilton at Scuderia Ferrari is already being imagined. In 2025, in fact, the Englishman will arrive in Maranello finding Charles Leclerc as his new teammate, and for some former drivers, it will be at that point that the difficulties for the Monegasque in the internal struggle with the seven-time Formula 1 champion will begin.
The obstacle of being too nice
This is also believed by Dutchman Robert Doornbos, who in the 2005-2006 period competed in a total of 11 races driving for Minardi and Red Bull. Now a television pundit, the 42-year-old has expressed his opinion on Charles Leclerc’s future and how the latter’s personality could seriously hinder him in the challenge with Lewis Hamilton or, more generally, for the Formula 1 title: “Charles Leclerc is too gentle and nice to become Formula 1 world champion,” he explained in an interview for Ziggo Sports. “He is not able to do what a world champion does, and he cannot do what Hamilton or Verstappen can do. Suppose Ferrari builds the best car for the next season. At that point, he will be eaten alive by Lewis Hamilton. Charles Leclerc simply has a certain gentleness when it comes to mistakes or dealing with his engineers.” – the Dutch former racing driver pointed out.
The first signs from Nico Rosberg
A kindness that a world champion like Nico Rosberg had the opportunity to emphasize last year after the Italian Grand Prix, when the two Ferrari drivers fought for 3rd place. The challenge ended in favor of Carlos Sainz, with Charles Leclerc finishing behind him. However, at the end of the Monza race, the German was surprised by the comments of the Monegasque driver, in which he praised his Maranello teammate, emphasizing how the battle reminded him of karting days: “I watched Charles when he got excited about the race and the duel, and I wondered if he was saying the opposite of what he meant, but he seemed very sincere,” he said at the time in Monza. “I think he’s a bit too kind. He had already lost in strategy the day before when he allowed the team to follow Carlos’s slipstream twice instead of splitting it between the two drivers. I don’t know, maybe Charles Leclerc is really very kind, but I think he’s a bit too much.” – Nico Rosberg concluded.
