Based on the Bahrain tests, it was clear that Charles Leclerc was better than Lewis Hamilton in every aspect. Dr. Helmut Marko claims that even if Hamilton can make sudden and big improvements, if this does not happen, it will be the end...
German Sky Sport F1 pundit Ralf Schumacher doesn't understand the hysteria surrounding Hamilton. After seeing the test results, he finds what's happening in public particularly schizophrenic:
"You can't expect great things from him. According to the most optimistic estimates, he is three to four tenths behind, but the truth is that it is not a tragedy yet. Maybe he still has to get used to the car, to his new situation and so on... What is happening at the moment is the equivalent of an earthquake, everyone is looking at him as a messiah. He is a seven-time world champion who has obviously changed teams because he wants to fight for the championship again. Theoretically he will be able to do it, but I am absolutely sure that it will not happen in his first year. I think that whoever expects this from him is living in a dreamland. In the meantime, if Charles Leclerc is consistently better than him and stays that way, it is quite obvious that Lewis Hamilton is over, he has already passed his peak. And we all know that Scuderia Ferrari are not very patient with unsuccessful drivers... So in the end, Ferrari could be the team that bury Lewis's career. The same applies vice versa if Lewis Hamilton were to beat Charles Leclerc. But "I don't give it much of a chance," Ralf Schumacher mused.
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