Lewis hamilton He has yet to renew his contract with Mercedes, and although he has repeatedly reiterated his intention to continue in F1 with the star team, in recent days rumors have circulated about the possible signing of charles leclerc next to the box Brackley. Charles have a contract with Ferrari until the end of 2024, but the Monegasque still does not have the car he wants to win the title and at the beginning of the championship he showed his dissatisfaction on several occasions with the Italian team.
Charles suffered a reliability problem in the first race that hurt him in the second when he was penalized for changing the electronic control unit. In the second race, at jeddahcomplained of rolling on the back Sainzand in the classification of the third event of the season, the Monegasque criticized that publicly Carlos don’t give him a slipstream that is too hard to give. leclerc he was not happy, and he knew that the Italian press was in his favor, as well as ‘typhoid‘, He pressed the team again, or so it seemed, with an answer that could create tension in the team.
In the run-up to the Azerbaijan GP, in Baku, they asked him if he had spoken to Mercedes. Your answer raises questions. He wants to be the leader of Ferrari and in situations like this, a leader must put an end to rumors and help the team. Charles did not, adding strength to that possibility with a dubious answer. “Not now”said the Monegasque.
“At the moment I am fully committed to the project in which I see myself now, which is at Ferrari. While I was taking a bath, I was blindly trusting and confident for the future. See you later”he added.
Later, Charles was more clear: “I am very committed to Ferrari and I love Ferrari. It has always been a dream for me to be with this team and my main priority is to win a World Cup with Ferrari. So it is not something that in my mind
“Fred (Ferrari team boss Vasseur) has been open about what he wants to get and how he wants to get it. That gives me confidence, perhaps more confidence than ever. So I’m optimistic,” he also said.
Vasseur: “I’m not afraid”
The Ferrari Team Principal, Frédéric Vasseur, assured on the contrary that the talks for the renewal of Leclerc will start this year. The Frenchman made it clear that he was not afraid of Charles leaving. “He has a contract with us and we will have time to discuss it. I’m not afraid and I don’t think it’s the right time to do it,” Vasseur said.
“He is obviously part of the project. He won’t watch. He is involved in team building. It is part of progress because it is itself progress. Contributes to performance on and off the track. And as long as he plays this role, we are on the right track”, added the head of the Maranello team.
“It’s true that every team is always built around a pilot. If you look at the last 20 years or so, all the success stories in F1 have taken time, but it’s always been a team built around one driver. come with you Lewis (Hamilton) at Mercedes, previously with Michael (Schumacher) at Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso at Renault… Vettel and Red Bull, you can find so many examples.” He commented on the matter of Leclerc, whom he considers an “important pillar” at Ferrari.
“For sure, Charles (Leclerc) is an important pillar of the performance and he has to play the role inside and outside the car to contribute to the performance. and it is a great support in this part of the work. And I am really convinced that he also has a personal commitment ”, he concluded in this regard.
Source: La Verdad
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