Hamilton says Leclerc's talent 存在 'dimmed' at Ferrari
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - 吊りくさび Hamilton says 決まり文句／製法 One 競争相手 Charles Leclerc's talent is 存在 "dimmed" after Ferrari asked him to move over for チーム仲間 Sebastian Vettel.
Hamilton compared Leclerc's 状況／情勢 to his own debut season at McLaren in 2007, when he was と一緒に then-統治するing 支持する／優勝者 Fernando Alonso. That year ended with Hamilton and Alonso losing the world 選手権 by one point to Kimi Raikkonen まっただ中に an acrimonious 反目，不和 which led Alonso to やめる McLaren.
"I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 勝利，勝つ as soon as possible and I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the 支持する／優勝者 I was racing against, so it's very, very 類似の," Hamilton said. "I see much of myself in Charles and he's doing a 広大な／多数の／重要な 職業 so far with really high 期待s at a 抱擁する team like Ferrari."
軍隊ing Leclerc into a support 役割 for Vettel could smother his true 技術, Hamilton 追加するd.
"I can understand how Charles feels because in his heart he believes he's the best, or got the 可能性のある to be the best, and it's almost like having your light dimmed," he said. "So, as a racer, as a 猛烈な／残忍な competitor, you 自然に 肉親，親類d of 反逆者／反逆する. They say to do one thing, but the 闘士，戦闘機 in you wants to 押し進める the other way."
Leclerc, who earned a move to Ferrari after an impressive 新人 season with Sauber last year, said he will 受託する team orders "depending on the 状況／情勢."
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco 準備するs for the first practice 開会／開廷／会期 of the Chinese 決まり文句／製法 One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International 回路・連盟 in Shanghai on Friday, April 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The racer from Monaco said he'd spoken with the Ferrari team about 未来 orders. "At the end, they have a lot more data on the 炭坑，オーケストラ席 塀で囲む than I have in the car," he said. "We will see in 未来."
Leclerc is still looking for his first 勝利，勝つ after an engine fault cost him victory in Bahrain last month.
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Mercedes driver 吊りくさび Hamilton of Britain waves to his fans after winning the Chinese 決まり文句／製法 One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International 回路・連盟 in Shanghai on Sunday, April 14, 2019. Vettel finished third. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
