The Mexico Grand Prix has confirmed it: 2024 marks the most effective model of Charles Leclerc we’ve ever seen in Ferrari.
Charles Leclerc equals his document for podium finishes in a seasonWith his third-place end final Sunday, the Monegasque has reached the rostrum in 11 races this yr, the identical as in 2019.
There are two principal variations between these two seasons: the variety of Grands Prix wherein he reached this threshold (21 in his first yr with Ferrari, 20 within the present Formulation One championship) and the automotive’s competitiveness, which was extra constant 5 years in the past (at all times among the many high three groups, with none “off” moments).
With three wins this 2024—Monaco, Monza, and Austin—in comparison with two in 2019, the one statistic wherein right now’s Charles Leclerc falls in need of his first yr with Ferrari is pole positions (3 as a substitute of seven).
This statistic reveals how the SF-24 struggles to discover a rhythm over a single lap, solely to be way more aggressive within the race. Final yr’s automotive, alternatively, was the alternative: extraordinarily quick in qualifying however difficult in the course of the race.
Maybe the subsequent Ferrari, which may also be Lewis Hamilton‘s first, will handle to realize an ideal steadiness between efficiency in each eventualities…
Oct 31, 2024
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