The commonality he has with Hamilton is not Sainz: “It’s positive.”

Charles Leclerc He has the challenges of his life ahead of him. He has weapons to fight Ferrari Even in the case of titles, you will need to defeat seven champions Lewis Hamilton In the same car. Monegasco already had hard root bones Carlos Signs As a teammate, but now the level is taking another step.

However, Leclerc is pleased that Hamilton has arrived at Maranello. McLarenlast year’s champion team and favourite by 2025.

“Our driving styles are very similar, and we both like to push a lot, especially on the curve. And in that, we are very similar, so I think it’s positive because we need to do the same thing as cars,” Charles explained in a statement collected by Motorsport.com.

Carlos Sainz had a different style. Madrid liked the cars that were stable on the back and fewer in front. Charles, who had little stability in the rear, was not an issue.

Hamilton arrives in another situation

I was asked if the arrival of Hamilton In Ferrari In contrast to that of Leclerc, Monegasco saw the difference, especially due to the background on which Mercedes arrives.

“It’s very good to see. Obviously, it’s very different. It’s a situation where Lewis joins the team because when I joined, I only did it for a year in Formula 1, so it was still new to me. For Lewis, the Italian team is very new, but has achieved a lot and arrived here as a sport legend“He found it

Equality for the first two days

Both preseasons were very good, finishing on day 2 and third place respectively, with Hamilton at just 50,000 faster than Leclerc. Without a day to finish the test in Bahrain, duels are incredible