“Tell Lance my break balance suggestion,” said Fernando Alonso, who is an absolute master at reading the race. Nando, who has raced more than any driver in the history of sport, time and again proves why that is. The man predicted a tire degradation on Mercedes and the same unfolded, seeing him finish the race in a better position than Lewis Hamilton. While the man’s mind functions faster than a computer, even in the middle of the high precision and even higher pressure race, a new one from his old team cast his own spell on him.
Charles Leclerc was the pole man for today’s main race and, knowing well enough that he cannot dream of fighting the monster DRS of the Red Bulls, his only hope of pole conversion was to get a podium. While he did manage to hang to third place in a race that was mostly a lonely one, the threat from Nando had begun getting closer towards the end of the race. But how did Charles fight it off?
Talking to Damon Hill after the race, Leclerc revealed his strategy. He said, “He was pushing! I knew what his intentions were at the beginning because he always does that. Trying to keep the tires at the beginning of the stint and push at the end. So I tried to do the same!”
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Hearing this, the fans went into a frenzy, calling Leclerc a mastermind.
Fans suggest Charles Leclerc is a Genius
While everyone stays glued to their screens to understand what the Spaniard will pull next, a very nonchalant Charles Leclerc punctured a hole in the matador’s age-old secret El Plan. Provide if this is what it is. Leclerc used his own plan against him being on the “same strategy“.
Learned from the master, great race ,👍
— D_L (@Mospeedy) April 30, 2023
The commentators: constantly lauding Alonso for his genius racing mind…
Charles: he always does that.
😂😂— Edno Kroboppel (@VonEdno) April 30, 2023
Charles discovered the El Plan 🤣
— Cătălina (@catalinam36) April 30, 2023
Charles 'Genuis' Leclerc.
— Shankar Gowda (@Starstuffe) April 30, 2023
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Mastermind 😂👑🪄 https://t.co/aBi5jo7BKj
— ♆𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚎♆ (@LMMM_28) April 30, 2023
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