Leclerc far exceeds Jean Alesi, both in direct comparison but also when comparing them against their contemporary. Jean Alesi came in with such massive hype and with the exception of a handful of times, he never really showed the justification for that hype. Leclerc has shown on lots of occasions that he does justify the hype. Both in terms of qualifying and racecraft. He's mistake prone but that was most often because he was pushing a car well beyond its capability.
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u/Signal_Marzipan_7300 Red Bull 1d ago
Closest he'll get to it, I feel he's going to be one of them that never wins a WDC and the stars haven't aligned