“Need to Stop Bottling”: Charles Leclerc Gets Badly Trolled as Fans Debate Uncanny Comparison to Moto GP Veteran

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Remember how Sebastian Vettel was being compared to Michael Schumacher in his Red Bull days? Comparison to other drivers on the grid is a familiar thing. However, comparing an F1 driver to a MotoGP rider, that's certainly new. As Charles Leclerc is being compared to a MotoGP Veteran who shares the same trait as the Monegasque, fans blow up social media and badly troll Leclerc.

Charles Leclerc has always been known as the driver who can extract the maximum out of a car. This requires pushing the F1 car just a little beyond limits, which many times leads to overcooking a corner. As a result, Leclerc ends up crashing multiple times. This habit, along with Ferrari's strategy blunder, probably cost him his first championship in 2022.

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— kd🚀(MCLAUGHLIN WIN) (@pireili) May 14, 2023

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Marc Marquez, on the other hand, has a similar riding style to Charles Leclerc, albeit on a motorcycle. The Spanish MotoGP racer, also like the Monegasque, is guilty of crashing multiple times. However, he more or less makes up for it and is a 6-time MotoGP champion for a reason. Marquez is usually late on the brakes and enters a corner with the bike sliding and twitching a bit. Yet, Marquez is able to control and use his aggressive but smooth style to get out of corners well.

A recent Tweet posted on Twitter highlighted the same as a comparison was made between Charles Leclerc and Marc Marquez. A photo of the Ferrari driver's Miami crash was uploaded alongside Marquez's crash at the MotoGP French GP. However, Leclerc's picture had the caption "Sexually attracted to walls" whereas The Spanish rider's picture had "On the limit against Ducati rocketship"

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Despite the similarities between the two, the caption of the pictures explains the major difference, i.e. Marc Marquez is usually able to save the bike from crashing on the limit, suggesting he has full control over his machine whereas Leclerc just bins it in the wall. Nevertheless, fans have trolled Charles Leclerc on Social media as this crashing resemblance was made. Let's see what the fans had to say.

Fans took to Twitter to Troll Charles Leclerc as a comparison was drawn with Marc Marquez. Many suggested how both of them might have a tendency to crash, but Marc Marquez has Six titles whereas the Monegasque has only won 5 F1 races. Others suggested that both of them need to stop bottling if they want a shot at winning the title this year. Let's see how the fans reacted:

Both of them need to stop bottling https://t.co/fpUYiurnRG

— oshillex!!! 🐝 (@oshillex) May 14, 2023

Marquez World championships 6-5 Leclerc race wins pic.twitter.com/qYHhHZV1JA

— Rudi Broeckx (@jeremybayern99) May 14, 2023

One is an 8 time wdc the other is a 5 time race winner 🧍🏽‍♂️ https://t.co/C7Td6ueCpY pic.twitter.com/ZZngZBOTmU

— Reese |( NOT RACE WEEK !!!😭🫶🏽🤩🤩) (@fasttcar) May 14, 2023

5 time illegal race winner vs 6 time world champion btw https://t.co/leonc5SWaa

— 𝑺𝒉𝒐 (@Ds11Smith) May 14, 2023

5 time F1 Race winner VS 6 time MotoGP World Champion

End of Comparison https://t.co/w3GWtIAilX

— Rei (@OfficialRei7) May 14, 2023

Others suggested that there is no comparison between Charles Leclerc and Marc Marquez and wondered how people had the audacity to compare a 6X title winner to Charles Leclerc

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people really have the audacity to compare them??? https://t.co/1aV3xJmNgj

— gigi (@JIGUJELLYBUBBLE) May 15, 2023

comparing marquez to leclerc is crazy 😭😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/58bIzQxMMA

— az (@44emissiary) May 14, 2023

Some explained how Marc Marquez has just come back from his fourth surgery and yet pushes on to challenge the Ducati.

On the limit vs a Ducati rocketship right after a surgery.

— El_Kutto 🇮🇳 (@El_Kutto) May 14, 2023

8 times world champion with a slowest bike after yamaha AND he just came back from his 4th surgery oh piss off https://t.co/QdRyaptMSo

— nini (@ninikokoba) May 14, 2023

idk how to explain this but imagine youre in a williams fighting around 6-8 red bulls every race and still managing to beat half of them (sometimes more) but you very nearly crash every time youre doing it https://t.co/wvVZMMyi3E

— raf (@marquezhive) May 15, 2023

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At least Marquez is putting up a fight in the process.

Leclerc is crashing out trying AND isn't making a dent

— Based (@basedman33) May 14, 2023

Many suggested how the Spanish rider is able to beat half of the field in a machine that is nowhere near the top, whereas Charles Leclerc, despite having competitive machinery, is just crashing out.

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Pranay Bhagi

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