Two generations, the identical obsession with velocity: that is how Charles Leclerc attracts nearer to Ferrari’s most profitable driver and Formulation 1 legend, Michael Schumacher.
There’s a quantity in Ferrari’s lengthy historical past that connects two seemingly distant eras: that of Michael Schumacher and that of Charles Leclerc. Two very completely different drivers, two distinct intervals of Formulation 1, but a purple thread ties them collectively by means of statistics: mixed, they’re answerable for simply over one-third of the 254 pole positions achieved by the Maranello workforce.
Michael Schumacher, between 1996 and 2006, claimed 58 pole positions, symbolizing absolutely the dominance of an period that’s unlikely to be repeated. Charles Leclerc, who arrived at Ferrari in 2019, has 27 poles, a testomony to pure expertise and an nearly instinctive means to extract the utmost even from vehicles not at all times able to combating for championships. Collectively, their numbers add as much as 85 pole positions, roughly 33.5% of Ferrari’s whole historical past.
To understand the dimensions, one solely wants to take a look at different notable names of the trendy period. Sebastian Vettel, in 5 seasons with Ferrari, managed 12 poles; Fernando Alonso achieved 4 between 2010 and 2014; Carlos Sainz has 5, whereas Lewis Hamilton remains to be at zero. All distinctive drivers for the Scuderia, but removed from the figures that solely Michael Schumacher and Charles Leclerc have reached. The one different driver approaching these numbers is Niki Lauda, with 23 poles.
Two generations, two approaches to hurry
The German dominated with the surgical precision of the F2002 and F2004, leveraging unmatched technical and psychological superiority. Leclerc, alternatively, shines within the chaos of the trendy period, extracting not possible tenths even when the automotive is less than championship customary, as demonstrated by his sudden pole in Hungary.
Throughout two completely different eras, Schumacher and Leclerc have made qualifying an indicator of their careers. The numbers present that in relation to Ferrari pole positions, their names stay on the very prime, connecting two generations of drivers by means of sheer velocity, talent, and willpower.
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