Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc said he and new team-mate Carlos Sainz must not do anything “stupid” at the Maranello team this season.
Charles Leclerc came into Ferrari for the start of the 2019 season with the status of number two driver to Sebastian Vettel, but after matching, and at times outperforming Vettel from the start, tensions started to rise.
There were numerous comings together and flashpoints between the pair until Vettel left the team at the end of 2020, and Charles Leclerc said recently that there was a “strange atmosphere” at Scuderia Ferrari in the early stages of last year.
Last season was slightly more well-mannered on the track between Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel as they no longer had the car to fight for wins, but Ferrari now very much see 2021 as a year to build for a better future under the new regulations in 2022.
And so, Charles does not want to get into any “stupid” situations with Carlos: “We are about the same age, we have the same interests,” he said of Sainz in an interview with Code Sport Monaco – “It promises to be a lot of fun. We get on really well and we can’t wait to be able to fight on the track, without doing too much stupid things together. It’s going very, very well with Carlos. I don’t think I’ve spent as much time with him as with any other team-mate. We are very motivated.” – he explained.
Charles Leclerc’s 2020 Formula 1 campaign was very impressive with the Monegasque driver scoring 98 points in the SF1000, including two podium finishes.
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