“A very boring race”: Charles Leclerc’s honest admission highlights Ferrari’s ongoing struggles | Austrian GP. Charles Leclerc finished third in the Austrian Grand Prix but called the race “very boring".

Charles Leclerc finished third in the Austrian Grand Prix and secured his fourth podium of the 2025 Formula 1 season. However, the Ferrari driver made an admission that should give the team reason to reflect.

The third-place result marked Charles Leclerc’s third podium in the last four races, yet the Monegasque was not entirely satisfied with how the race unfolded. Speaking during the official FIA press conference, Charles Leclerc described his race as “very boring” and lacking in any particularly notable moments.

“Oh, I wasn’t expecting that question,” Charles Leclerc responded when asked to identify the key moments of his race. “There weren’t many from my point of view. Obviously, the start – I would have liked to do a better job to be fully alongside Lando Norris. Maybe that could have changed things for three or four laps, but I don’t think we had the pace to stay up there.”

Lift and coast still a major concern for Ferrari
The Ferrari driver revealed that he spent most of the race alone, with very little on-track action. “From Turn 1 to the end, it was a very boring race. I was alone, managing several issues,” he explained. Although he avoided going into technical specifics, Charles Leclerc emphasized that the need to perform lift and coast — reducing fuel consumption and managing power unit temperatures — affected the first stint of his race.

“Let’s not call them problems,” he added, “but we do need to manage a few things given the situation we’re currently in. Lift and coast was a bit frustrating, and we paid for it during the first stint. But the second and final stints were more positive, which was good.” – the Monegasque driver concluded.

While the podium result is a solid outcome, it also underscores the current limitations of the SF-25. For Charles Leclerc, it was a relatively uneventful race, albeit one executed with intelligence and strategic awareness. Ferrari must now focus on addressing race pace management and reliability issues ahead of the next events on the calendar, starting with the highly anticipated British Grand Prix at Silverstone.