Charles Leclerc on car development, which has been a controversial matter during the current season and later escalated given Red Bull’s budget cap controversy:
“It’s not always nice, because whenever you want something in the car, sometimes the guys say no,” he says. “And that’s not the best to hear. But in the end, it is part of the challenge. I like it. And I think it’s great the way we have been working, especially technically, in the past two years. It’s been two very difficult years for the team. But on the other hand, inside the team, it was always very clear where our weak points were on the car for the performance. And we’ve been working on them for this year’s car. It’s amazing to see the steps forward.”
But even an unsuccessful title duel is better than not being involved in the fight for race wins and title, as was the case in the last two years, flawed title-challenging campaign is better than what Ferrari went through in the last two campaigns, as the Monegasque driver confirms in his recent interview for The Race:
“You’ve always got the pressure whenever you are a Ferrari driver. I’ve always had it. It doesn’t change to be fighting for top positions this year, if anything, it feels a bit more normal. You probably feel even more pressure whenever you are fighting for seventh or eighth with a Ferrari because you know the team doesn’t belong there. So you are pushing yourself to come back as quickly as possible to the top. It definitely felt nice, at least for me personally. It was a relief to be fighting for top positions after two very difficult years. Especially as I did my first year in Ferrari and everything was pretty strong. I was fighting for mostly podiums and sometimes wins. But then to do such a step back in 2020 and 2021 wasn’t easy. So, I’m very happy to be back.” – Charles Leclerc added.
Now the focus is mostly on the 2023 Formula 1 season, and the Ferrari driver is confident he will tackle next year in his best form yet.
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“The discipline I’ve had this year was much better compared to my previous years, just in general. When I mean discipline it’s not so much on track, but it’s mostly off track, coming back home and having the discipline of relaxing in between races, which was a thing that I never knew before this year. Basically, I was always moving right and left and I would be destroyed from the sixth race onwards during the season. And that wasn’t helping.
“I do believe that fighting for wins and fighting back for podiums also helped me personally. I just feel more complete and every year you just learn from the previous experiences. I think this has always been a strength of mine. I’ve always been very honest with myself and tried to learn from my mistakes and try to strengthen my weaknesses. I think the first few years it was always very clear where I was. For next year, it’s all about working in the details and just trying to improve in every single area by a little. That will make a difference in the end. But I feel a much more complete driver than I was.” – Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc concluded, ahead of the United States Grand Prix this weekend.
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