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The man of nicknames – Formula 1

[Rassegna stampa] – Predestined, Doctor, Prince, Intrepid: for Charles Leclerc there is an overabundance of qualifications and epithets. The Monegasque Ferrari driver, who once again confirmed his skills on the track with an excellent race in the Red Bull Ring, took second place in the first Grand Prix of the year taking advantage of the misfortunes of others. Giving vent to the experience he gained in 2019 by often battling at the top of Formula 1.

The doctor
Doctor Leclerc has thought of relieving Ferrari pains, of freeing the voice of the fans in red while they couldn’t even speak. To give a shake to this F1 started towards yet another replica from a Mercedes brace. Valentino will excuse us if we have borrowed a nickname that has always been his, we acknowledge a safety car to have moved in the afternoon. Charles did the rest, scraping every tenth despite a car from impotence on the straight lines, driving on the track an already proverbial ferocity for overtaking as risky as successful, showing how much every prediction can be denied. Enough to change sign to a debut taken for depressing, to confirm at the first act any expectation about his mental tenure as the leader. Consistent and safe in a very delicate moment for Ferrari, with a look that usually requires many kilometers, a veteran experience. The desire to immediately make him a monument in the Maranello area comes from the gloom of the eve. It should be braked taking into account the knockout of Verstappen, the penalty imposed on Hamilton, the presumption of Racing Point and Perez. Unusual benefits. Leclerc did not kneel before the start, following a freedom that does not need striking gestures. But he, together with Lando Norris, was the first to expose himself, alongside the English champion. Hamilton, ousted from the podium, was well represented on the podium. Sensitivity and class. They are raw materials that he knows perfectly but that he does not own at all“.
Giorgio Terruzzi, Corriere della Sera

Prince
It would be appropriate to give it to him, a decent car! This I thought, I believe together with millions of Ferrari drivers, admiring the wonderful overtaking of Carletto against Norris and Perez. Yes: put a Ferrari worthy of the best tradition of the Cavallino into Leclerc’s hand and then the story will change. Crazy and absurd still knows how to be Formula One. With a scary red, in negative, the Prince of Monaco went to take a crazy second place. But be careful. Leclerc was formidable, yet he is the first to be aware that a swallow does not make spring, as my grandmother said. The circumstances, exploited magnificently by the Predestined, favored an almost triumphant epilogue. The safety cars. The two penalties imposed on Hamilton. And one Sunday at Fantozzi it was transformed, if only arithmetically, into a half masterpiece“.
Leo Turrini, Il Resto del Carlino

The Intrepid
From a Ferrari that trudges like a tricycle, he squeezes a blockbuster spaceship. The intrepid Monegasque climbs onto the podium of the first gp of 2020, in the year in which the redhead seems to be the (ugly) photocopy of herself: slow on the straight, clumsy in corners. From a seventh place to the start, he climbs the second step aided by luck but above all by tactical intelligence, indeed with that sixth sense that is nothing but talent. On the other hand, the script is perfect, to play the role of the fabulous boy“.
Alessandra Retico, The Republic

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