Leclerc acknowledged Verstappen’s exceptional driving skills but found the performance gap between him and Perez surprising, even without access to the detailed data from within the team.
“I think Max is a great driver, but at the same time, there are many who cannot explain such a wide margin between him and Checo,” Leclerc remarked in an interview with the Italian edition of Motorsport.com. “Personally, I think it is impossible to read the situation well from the outside; only inside the team do they know everything precisely.”
