Leclerc Sympathizes With Sebastian Vettel, Weighs in on Reason Behind Teammate’s Ferrari Struggles

The lackluster SF1000 has been one of the main reasons behind Scuderia Ferrari’s dismal 2020 campaign. Yet Charles Leclerc has managed to extract the best out of his car; however, the same can’t be said about his teammate Sebastian Vettel.

Leclerc has been outperforming his machinery for the better part of this season, whereas the 4-time World Champion continues to struggle big time. Fortunately and unfortunately, the Portuguese Grand Prix tells the same tale.

The Monegasque has been brilliant throughout the weekend thus far. He will be starting the race in P4. Vettel, on the other hand, was knocked out in Q2 for the 8th consecutive time and will begin the race in P15.

Following the qualifying sessions, Leclerc addressed the problem that his teammate seems to be facing and believes that Vettel will do much in the Main Race.

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He said, “We speak (spoke) a little bit with Seb. From what I understand, he’s probably not at ease as much as I am with the balance we have in the car.

“The rear is moving quite a bit. (But) I just feel quite good in the car at the moment. I’m sure that for tomorrow it will be a lot better for him.”

Vettel fans would definitely hope Leclerc’s claims come true. However, the German doesn’t share his teammate’s sense of optimism.

Sebastian Vettel not hoping for a lot better at the Portuguese Grand Prix

The 33-year-old was obviously unhappy with his Quali outing and opened up about why he failed to notch a noteworthy performance.

But more importantly, starting from P15, Vettel is expecting yet another race with no points being added to his season tally of 17.

He said, “We’ll see what we can do tomorrow. The problem is we are stuck in traffic tomorrow for the whole race. So It’s going to be the same as the last races.”

So for Vettel fans, it is advisable to keep expectations low. However, don’t rule out any miracles just yet, after all, we have witnessed some intense drama this year.

Maybe with a dose of good luck and excellent strategy, Vettel could end up surprising his fans.

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