#prev tags merci rain....

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sorry prev anon again lol

I was looking at the forecast and it seems like 80% chance of rain for qualifying and 40% for the race. Do you think rain will make the race more exciting or more stressful? I know some drivers are great in the rain (ex: Alonso) but idk much about Charles’ racing style in the rain, is he usually just as strong in wet conditions?

Hiya!

No need to apologize I love these little anon asks!

For me exciting and stressful is pretty much always the same lol. Rain just makes everything a lot more unpredictable. And Hungary last year the start for example shows how mad it can be. You are also a lot more at the mercy of others.

Charles has this imo unfair tag of not being great in the wet. It started with him having a few spins in the wet in his rookie season but he also had that amazing Brazil Quali lap where he was the only driver to still improve on slicks while it was raining. He himself said he struggled because he had to relearn how to feel the grip when its wet because F1 has power steering and no lower racing does. Btw he was great when it was wet in the lower Formulas.

People remember him pushing too much in Turkey in 2020 on the last lap but not that he made up a 40 second gap to Vettel in the wet.

Even in Monaco he showed he is great in the wet when he put a decent gap for Monaco on the others.

He's had his mistakes but overall he is good when it's wet imo. It doesn't slow him down much.