Is Charles Leclerc suddenly facing major Ferrari pressure?

Charles Leclerc sits fourth in the drivers' standings on 75 points, a staggering 40 behind teammate Lewis Hamilton in second. Seven races into the season, the Monégasque has zero wins, zero poles and just two podiums. 

Hamilton, meanwhile, has climbed to 115 points on the back of successive finishes of sixth, second, second and first across the last four rounds, capped by a triumphant victory at Barcelona last weekend.

The contrast is damning. While Hamilton's form has surged since Miami, Leclerc's has cratered. A final-lap spin in Miami threw away a podium. Montreal was, in his own words, "the worst weekend of my career." 

Then came Monaco, his home race, where a crash on lap 65 ended any hope of redemption. "I look like an idiot," Leclerc said afterwards. "And when you look like an idiot for a mistake of yours, it's fine, but it's borderline dangerous."

Barcelona offered no relief. A Q3 crash at Turn 4 left him starting 10th, and a power steering failure forced yet another retirement. Two consecutive DNFs at a time when Hamilton is winning races is not a good look.

Fred Vasseur has publicly backed Leclerc, insisting "he will be winning races soon," but results do not lie. The seven-time world champion is making the SF-26 work. 

Leclerc, at 28, should be in the absolute prime of his career, yet he is being comprehensively outscored by a 41-year-old teammate. If anything, the pressure is only going to intensify as the season enters its middle stretch.

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