Davide Valsecchi considers Norris and Leclair as favorites

      Davide Valsecchi, a former racing driver who once won a GP2 title and is now an expert on Sky Italia, believes that Charles Leclair should take full advantage of the situation when all attention is focused on Lewis Hamilton, his new team-mate. Accordingly, Monegasque is no longer under such strong pressure, compared to very recent times, when he was called "Mr. Ferrari".

      "Right now, all the talk is about Lewis, his passionate love of pizza or jackets in the style of Gianni Agnelli (former head of Fiat)," Valsecchi said in an interview with Corrierre dello Sport. "But Charles is under less pressure, he is no longer considered the chosen one of fate. In addition, he performed more consistently than ever in the second half of last season.

      If I were betting, I would say that the balance of power is like this: Norris, Leclair, Verstappen and only then Hamilton."

      Martin Brandl spoke about the same thing on British Sky: "It seems that Charles likes this position, because Lewis is not in the spotlight right now, so there is less pressure. He will learn from Lewis, and I think Charles is a very mature professional, he doesn't have to prove anything to anyone, and he's just glad that he can go about his business now."

      According to Leclair himself, he looks at what is happening a little differently: "I don't think that's the case, because Ferrari doesn't single out any one driver, and equal support is provided to the whole team.

      Of course, Lewis has the status of a legend of our sport, and he's getting a lot more attention now, but that's fine by me. I understand everything perfectly, and I think that all this is normal..."