Charles Leclerc

Wolff and Horner agree on F1 team orders at McLaren: “It’s always a difficult position” but they need to decide

Anna Elizabeth Krausová1 month ago06 mins

With nine races remaining till the end of the season, McLaren finds themselves in a contention not only for the Constructors’ Championship title, but also in a possible fight for the Drivers’ Championship. The gap between Lando Norris and defending champion Max Verstappen currently sits at 62 points, while McLaren is only 8 points behind…

Ferrari F1 appoints former Mercedes engineer Loïc Serra as new Chassis Technical Director

Chiara Martin1 month ago1 month ago04 mins

Ferrari has announced the appointment of Loïc Serra as its new chassis technical director. Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will officially join Ferrari on the 1st of October and report directly to team principal Fred Vasseur. Serra’s move to Ferrari was initially confirmed in the summer of 2023, but due to an extended…

Stella: Ferrari and Leclerc “as competitive as us” regarding pace during F1 Italian GP weekend

David Coath1 month ago1 month ago08 mins

McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella reflected post-race in Monza on the pace of Ferrari. The Italian team boss said that Leclerc was very quick on race day but also explained how this speed had been already seen in practice and qualifying of this year’s Italian Grand Prix weekend. McLaren missed out on winning Sunday’s Italian…

Leclerc says one-stop was “definitely” the first choice for Ferrari in F1 Italian GP

Nicolas Lopes2 months ago011 mins

Charles Leclerc grabbed his second win of the 2024 F1 season and his second at Monza with victory at the Italian GP, as a bold strategy choice of pitting just a single time paid off handsomely for the team, that converted a fourth place grid slot into an unlikely race win – and revealed that…

F1 | Italian GP | Race | Leclerc pulls off extraordinary one-stop win to beat the McLarens at Monza

Rachel Stephens2 months ago2 months ago011 mins

With Norris, Piastri, Russell, and Leclerc lining up the first two rows at the Italian GP, we’re in for an exciting race. Champion leader Verstappen will have some work to do today to make up some places from 7th in his RB20, as Red Bull appear to be struggling more than ever this season. Pole-sitter Norris is…

Leclerc proclaims that “tyre management” will determine the outcome of F1 Italian GP

Senjuti Jash2 months ago2 months ago08 mins

As the passionate Tifosi showed up in thousands at the historic Monza circuit, Ferrari hoped to live up to their expectations by securing the pole position in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. Despite being in contention, besting the McLarens and the Mercedes of George Russell proved to be an insurmountable task as Charles Leclerc…

F1 | Italian GP | FP3 | Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2; Verstappen struggles in P6

Nicolas Lopes2 months ago08 mins

Final practice for the 2024 Italian GP got underway in sunny conditions around Monza. The two Sauber cars of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were the first to go out on track, but it was Haas’ Kevin Magnussen the first to set a fast lap, with a 1:21.774 on the soft tyres. That was soon…

F1 | Italian GP | FP1 | Verstappen quickest from Leclerc and Norris as Antonelli crashes out in free practice debut

Magdalena Put2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

Round 16 of 24 takes place in Monza, Italy. Franco Colapinto will be driving for Williams for the remainder of the season, replacing Logan Sargeant, while Andrea Kimi Antonelli gets behind the wheel of the Mercedes for FP1. There is a great deal of excitement surrounding the Italian teenager, who is tipped to join Mercedes…

Vasseur “really pleased” with podium finish after a tough start to the weekend for Ferrari at F1 Dutch GP

Anumitha Murugapandian2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

After an extremely tough start to the weekend for Ferrari with Carlos Sainz getting knocked out in Q2 and Charles Leclerc only placing his car on the sixth grid position, nearly a second off pole despite a clean lap, Ferrari managed to turn things around on race day with a very good P3 and P5…

Charles Leclerc “really happy” as F1 Dutch GP podium a “good surprise”

Anumitha Murugapandian2 months ago2 months ago05 mins

After a disappointing P6 in qualifying, 9 tenths off the pole sitter Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc mentioned it will be a miracle to get up to the podium places as the McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull just showed more pace in Zandvoort than Ferrari. However with the perfect strategy, far better race pace compared to…