PREMA Racing’s Noel León tackles the task of creating the ultimate racing driver, taking the traits of multiple F1 drivers and combining them into the perfect racing template.
Here is what the PREMA Racing driver came up with…
INTELLIGENCE
“Lewis Hamilton. He’s quite smart, not involved in crashes often, so I’ll pick Hamilton.”
WET WEATHER DRIVING
“Hamilton or Max Verstappen. I’ll go with Max so I don’t repeat my first answer!”
QUALIFYING SPEED
“Charles Leclerc. He’s really, really fast. When he nails that lap, he’s always up there.”
CORNERING STYLE
“Max. He attacks the corners a lot. But another choice, Yuki. Tsunoda looks to carry a lot of entry speed.”
TYRE MANAGEMENT
“Checo! He’s really good at that. Who else is good at tyre management? I’ll stick with Checo Perez.”
BRAVERY
“Yeah that’s Max. He’s always taking risks in the car.”
SMOOTH DRIVING STYLE
“Maybe Carlos Sainz, he’s the smooth operator. He always looks quite smooth and under control.”
OVERTAKING ABILITY
“Leclerc. He overtakes so much. I remember Monaco that one year – he didn’t finish but he was making a lot of moves.”
ANYTHING ELSE?
“Mentality. The mentality for me is quite important. To win a title, you need always be up there, top five and getting P1s consistently. And a lot of that comes down to mentality. You can’t have a good mentality one week and then one week not, because then the results don’t come.
“I think Max is really good at this. He’s always up there, even not on his best days or with his best performances, he’s always at like 97% and up there. That’s why he’s winning these titles, he’s not in P12 one week and back to P1 the next. He’s just always up there.”