Treeline

kimi you've mentioned jannik sinner. who is more famous in italy?

"Charles (Leclerc) — I've followed him since his karting years at Merlin," he [Fred] explained at the time, eyes sparkling. "I constantly kept an eye on his progress. GP3 champion with ART in 2016. F2 champion the following year, but unfortunately not with us. I'm happy, because he's the first driver I had in the junior series that I'm getting back in F1. It allows for a closeness completely different from the relationship you can have with a driver who has five seasons behind the wheel already. He's someone I watched develop, whom I understand well, whom I have a good handle on, in whom I have total confidence. It's satisfying. On a human level, he’s a kind, well-mannered kid, not showy, very grounded, demanding enough, and also charismatic. He has this ability to get everyone on board with his project. And then, he's a hard worker… He only did FP1 sessions for us last year, but he didn't miss a single evening debrief. I know some — I won't name names — who would have been back at the hotel ages ago! Through his work, his commitment and his kindness, he brings people along with him. All the drivers are fast, but the great champions have this extra quality: they create synergies."

he's still the only driver on the grid that likes to play and overlap the throttle and brake pedals to induce even more rotation into the car but when he tried that with this specific car (post miami) it wouldn't do. it would cost him lap time and serve him either a setup with horrible understeer or a setup with too much front and no rear-end and a completely fucked up deployment map

somehow and in someway, he has managed to get the car back into that very exact place he prefers and was immediately on top i'm just always wowed by the amount of pure talent he has