Leclerc was already ‘Charles 2.0’
“I never particularly struggle with pressure.” Charles Leclerc said that ahead of FP1 in Australia last weekend, and it was clear throughout the rest of the event, which he utterly dominated.
The result of the Melbourne race, with Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Jr retiring, leaves Leclerc in a commanding championship position after three races. Yes, that’s still a very small chunk of the season, but in 2021 the biggest gap between Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton was only 32 points (33 if you count the brief time between the sprint
