Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc is gearing up for his second season alongside the Italian side and team principal Mattia Binotto is confident it will be a success. Charles Leclerc will deal with any problems which come his way as his second season with Ferrari unfolds. That is the verdict of Leclerc’s boss Mattia Binotto, who’s been impressed by the 22-year-old’s ability to learn quickly.
Charles made the step up from Sauber to Ferrari after just 12 months in F1 ahead of the 2019 campaign as the veteran Kimi Raikkonen went in the opposite direction.
The Monaco-born driver made quite the impression straight away and went on to trump his team-mate Sebastian Vettel over the course of the campaign. Charles ended 2019 fourth in the World Drivers’ Championship standings having collected two Grand Prix wins and racked up 10 podium finishes.
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto believes Leclerc is in for a challenging 2020 season but has predicted he will overcome any issues he faces: “Charles prepared very well during the winter and has already started to demonstrate it in the tests, as Sebastian did,” Mattia Binotto told Formula1.com.
“Charles knows that the second year in a top team has more pitfalls, but he is a boy who learns so quickly that I am sure he will be able to manage the pressure in the best way.”
Charles Leclerc put pen to paper on a new five-year contract over the winter as Ferrari showed he is integral to their plans moving forward. Sebastian Vettel, who is still waiting on a new deal, started last season as the team’s No 1 driver but Binotto has confirmed that’s no longer the case after 2019’s internal battle for supremacy.
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