Ferrari chief's brother reveals Leclerc signing
Charles Leclerc is definitely joining Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari next year.
We reported this week that the news should be at least internally clarified during a meeting at Maranello on Thursday.
Indeed, after that meeting took place, news started to leak out.
On the Facebook page of Garage Italia, a company headed by new Ferrari chairman John Elkann's brother Lapo, Monaco-born Leclerc was officially congratulated.
"Charles, we are proud to have believed in you since your debut in F1," La Gazzetta dello Sport quotes the quickly deleted post as having read.
"We are proud to have accompanied you on the track, curve after curve. And we're happy to see you at the wheel of the red car," it added.
The post was promptly deleted.
It now reads: "Let's hope the dream comes true!"
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So, the whole F-1 is a rigged game. The team orders, the "wing-man" roles, complex, unduly cumbersome additions to the cars make races more and more boring. It is said, justly so, that the race can't be won at the start but it can be lost. No need to start listing number of collisions in a scramble for the lead at the outset. Rare are the occasion when comparable, opposing, cars and drivers fight in the middle of the race. Even then, when it happens, the losing driver is done in by his tyres. Huge number of spectators go to Indy 500 hoping for a spectacular crash. I now watch the F-1 races, intensely, for the opening lap, then I go to sleep, and read the results afterwards. Life is boring as it is, why make it more so by adding to it dull Formula 1 races. If you are into gossip the rest of season will be spent watching the Vettel-Raikkonen relationship unravel. The winner of the season is already known, and therein is a problem: isn't it only a matter of time before Verstappen and Leclerc become champions, or is it?
In Verstapen Case I'm not sure. If RedBull get back to a Championship contending team then you maybe right but look at the two big teams lead by LH and SV and tell me if either team would think that having Max in their team would bring harmony. I really doubt that. Certainly in whichever team in the future Hamilton go's to because I think that he is rightly regarded as the best of his generation in the sport, so I don't see an opening being made there. Seb was held in almost as high a regard but I suppose Max's best hope of a top team would be if Ferrari lose faith in Seb and Leclerc doesn't shine. Either way Max will have to reign in his childish tendencies not to mention his huge and unshakable belief that he's always right.......even when every man and his dog can see he isn't.
BlackDog, you and I agree about Verstappen, I think, we just said it differently. He, in many ways is a re-run of Lewis Hamilton. I used to dislike him (I generally am a contrarian and by instinct side with the underdogs.) I was getting sick of everybody treating races as a mere nuisance in Max's way to the Champion title. But now I feel for him as everybody is turning on him. More or less same sentiments apply to Vettel. Lewis is truly unhappy, not to say tragic case. Watching him on a push-scooter in Monza was really telling. He, I think, is friendless and overcompensates for it with tattoo's, piercing, horrible haircuts, and the rest. Anglo media don't help it any bit by being unable to wean themselves off the mantra: Lewis, Lewis, Lewis, Lewis. If Alonso is a non-winning version of Hamilton, media are on the way to turn Hamilton into a winning version of Alonso. I have said previously I sincerely feel warmly for the man, but I am sick of the circus. My fear is that Leclerc will be put through the same grinder and come out a controversial, unlikeable young man.
I too am not interested after the first ten or so laps. Liberty Media by their own admission are more interested in theater and celebrity rather than racing. I'd like Bernie back at the helm with David and Steve as announcers. These English poofters who do the announcing never shut the hell up. And most of what they talk about is completely superfluous.
Interesting read of all comments: I have followed F1 for years. I find it very disheartening that "the team" is not really a team. It is all about me. I am happy for Leclerc getting his chance but I doubt very much that Sebastian will assist in his development. Instead he will eat him, because I am great. Alonso is another example of the an egocentric individual. I get it that the drivers are special, if got into one of those cars, my drive would be maybe 5 seconds and then into the wall. However, managing these people must be a nightmare.
I agree that it must be difficult to manage some, if not all of these people but lets remember that the only real measure of your true measure of your ability is your team-mate, so that gives a built in competitive dynamic, which when added to the individuals own competitive edge makes some go down right dangerous. MaxV is a case in point. But then Teams are just as ruthless. Most of us in our work-places will achieve averageness, some will be above average but with F1 only exceptional, or very deep pockets will cut the mustard.
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