Charles Leclerc has explained why he refrained from trying to copy Lewis Hamilton’s driving style when extracting the most out of Ferrari’s 2026 Formula 1 car was tricky.
As F1 switched to new regulations for this season, Leclerc sometimes struggled with the Scuderia’s SF-26. After the Monegasque noticeably outperformed team-mate Hamilton last year, their head-to-head has been a lot more balanced in 2026.
Looking at qualifying as the best way to evaluate pure performance, Hamilton is up 10-9, while Leclerc has been 0.023s faster on average – but that figure is skewed by the fact he didn’t set a time when he cras
