Charles Leclerc explains why he’d be happy to spend his entire F1 career with Ferrari. Charles on why he'd be happy to spend his entire F1 career with Ferrari.

Ahead of the 2020 Formula One season, Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc signed an incredible five-year contract with the Maranello team, which will keep him at the Italian side until the end of the 2024 championship. However, Charles confirmed that he would be more than happy to stay at the Scuderia even longer than that…

Charles Leclerc was the guest on this week’s episode of our Beyond The Grid podcast, and his wide-ranging chat with host Tom Clarkson sees him cover everything from how long it took him to fit in at Ferrari (longer than you might think, incidentally) to his burgeoning love of playing both chess and the piano.

But asked whether he felt signing a five-year contract with Scuderia Ferrari – which Charles Leclerc did after his breakthrough 2019 season with the team, which saw him claim his first two F1 victories, along with seven pole positions – had been a risk, he replies:

“I’ve signed with Ferrari, so I don’t call that a risk! For me, it was an incredible opportunity,” he adds. “The first time I knew I was going to be a Ferrari driver, I could not believe it, and it’s a dream for me. For me it was not a risk – I was signing for five years for the team I’ve always been dreaming of. Of course we are going through more difficult moments [now], but that only motivates me to push even more the team to try and bring it back to where it belongs.” – he explained.

Driving for Ferrari remains the ultimate goal for many Formula 1 drivers. But having achieved his dream in 2019, in what was only his second year of Formula 1 racing, would Leclerc be happy to spend the rest of his career at the team?

“Of course I would be,” he says. “But I would be even more happy if we get back to winning, because that’s what matters, and I know that this is what matters also for the whole team. We are pushing like crazy to try and come back to winning, because this is what this team is used to doing. It’s not nice to be fighting where we are fighting at the moment.” – Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc concluded.

Listen to Charles’ full interview: