“Max Verstappen made errors like that,” David Coulthard draws similarities between Charles Leclerc and the reigning F1 Champion


“Max Verstappen made errors like that,” David Coulthard draws similarities between Charles Leclerc and the reigning F1 Champion

Charles Leclerc (on the left) and Max Verstappen (on the right)

Charles Leclerc has got potent machinery under him this year but despite having one of the fastest cars, the Monegasque has considerably fallen behind his 2022 rival Max Verstappen.

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While Ferrari has suffered with reliability issues this season, the setbacks have not been all down to the F1-75. Charles Leclerc has himself made quite a few errors this season and that has cost him valuable points.

David Coulthard the former Red Bull driver believes once Leclerc manages to put his errors behind him, he will then become the real deal in the sport.

The 24-year-old’s most embarrassing mistake came during the French Grand Prix where he slid into the barriers and fans thought it was down to a mechanical issue, however, Leclerc himself admitted that the crash was down to his lapse in concentration.

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Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc crashing in France

Leclerc has never shied away from taking the blame on himself whenever he has committed a mistake and it was on show in ample amounts when in 2019 he called himself stupid for parking his car alongside the barriers in Baku.

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David Coulthard has backed Charles Leclerc to become a top-level driver in F1

David Coulthard
David Coulthard

While Leclerc has previously called himself stupid, Coulthard does not agree with the Monegasque’s statement and has dismissed it by saying, “He’s not stupid, he’s a brilliantly fast driver.”

Moreover, he has also stressed the fact that Leclerc is driving for the biggest team in F1, “It’s more than a racing company. It’s a country, it’s a worldwide Tifosi.”

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Ferrari has a glorious history in the sport and Coulthard has sympathized with the 24-year-old knowing that it is not easy to take on the mantle of representing the huge army of the Tifosi.

Coulthard has further added, “Once he’s ironed out those little errors – and let’s remind ourselves Max Verstappen made errors like that in his early career – he will be the real deal.”

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc

The former Red Bull driver is convinced that Charles Leclerc has got everything in his arsenal to achieve unprecedented things in the sport and believes that currently, he makes the kind of mistakes that Max Verstappen made early on in his career.

After all the mistakes, Max has now become a World Champion in F1 and Coulthard feels that Charles Leclerc can also do the same.

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