Sometimes it’s the little things, the small but significant details both in and out of the car, that mark the potential greatness of a Formula 1 driver. The finest example of that in recent times came in Azerbaijan in 2019, when after his crash in Q2 Charles Leclerc returned not to his driver room to beat himself up in private, but to the Ferrari garage. As qualifying continued without him, there Leclerc stood side by side, shoulder to shoulder – in full view of the cameras – with his team to watch the remainder of the session. A likely candidate for pole position until his error entering Baku’s castle section, Leclerc only had himself to blame and his mistake, as he repeatedly...
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