Günther Steiner: “What Leclerc is lacking against Alonso, Hamilton and Verstappen”

It had already happened before Mexico, it happened in Mexico, and it will happen again after Mexico: the two alpha males at Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, staking a claim to the same patch of tarmac – and then it all goes pear-shaped.

Long-serving Haas team principal Günther Steiner also watched the duel between the Ferrari aces and observed how the two sparring partners behaved after the race.

As always, the 61-year-old South Tyrolean has a clear take on how to assess the situation. Speaking on the ‘Red Flag’ podcast, the Merano native says: ‘I think Leclerc gets carried away by his emotions too much, without really thinking things through. The other stars, on the other hand, calculate every move. In this respect, Leclerc isn’t on the same level as Verstappen, Alonso and Hamilton, who are much cooler-headed and hardly ever make mistakes, whilst Leclerc slips up more often.”

“Leclerc is much more fiery than the three drivers I’ve mentioned, and another driver I could also add to that list is Kimi Antonelli. If we take his age into account, he proves to be wide awake and calculating in the race. This year, he has often been content with what he could achieve, even if it wasn’t victory, and with very few mistakes he has clinched the title well ahead of schedule. That’s just how champions drive.”

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