Top 84 Quotes & Sayings by Charles Leclerc
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Last updated on September 16, 2024.
As soon as I signed with Ferrari it was clear to me that people expected big performances from me. Even though people were realistic enough to see that I was only starting my second season and that I still had a lot to learn.
Twitch is something I never thought I'd enjoy and I never saw myself doing. But actually I really enjoyed it. For the people that follow me, I think it's the closest you can get to the real me.
I don't really feel pressure.
Nobody believes me, but to be honest the pressure is not something that I feel.
Jules Bianchi was my racing godfather, and he spoke a lot to Ferrari about me.
To grow you must understand and admit your mistakes, it is an approach that works for me, it is not necessarily the same for everyone.
To be completely honest, I am obsessed with Formula 1 so in the off-season I would like to have just a few more races to still race in F1.
All simulators are going to be different compared to reality, that's how I see it.
With less and less races people will want to take more risks.
I think I am my own biggest critic, yeah.
In Formula One nothing is easy, but I can feel I'm taking the right steps, that I'm working in the proper way.
You should be judged on your performances, not how long you've been around.
From the beginning when you go into this sport, you know how dangerous it is. It will never be a safe sport.
The atmosphere in Sochi is unusual, in that we are surrounded by the Olympic complex. It is special to compete at a location that has played such a big part in international sporting history, which gives this place a unique feeling.
Somehow when I am at the racetrack, I don't really realise what is happening and I just focus on the job.
It will always remain a dangerous sport.
Of course, the cars are getting safer and safer but, when you are going at 340km/h, it can never be safe. This I knew from the start.
From GP3 to Formula 2, it's obviously a step, but it's only a step on driving I would say. Here from Formula 2 to Formula 1, it's a huge step on driving because we have nearly 400 BHP more, with a lot more downforce. So it's a completely different car.
I think it would be very exciting to do a track like Silverstone the other way around, to arrive so quick in Becketts and then Maggotts would be very exciting.
Certainly driving a Ferrari is, at the same time, a dream come true, a huge responsibility and a great honor.
I would love to drive a MotoGP but I'm not sure Ferrari agrees.
The moment I prefer is the moment I put on the helmet, that everyone is leaving the pit lane, that I'm alone with the car and there it feels good. You don't have any feelings anymore; it's just racing and this I enjoy.
At the end of the day, it is always better to be a team player.
I rarely focus on the result only just because I think if I work well the results will come and if we work well as a team the results will come.
Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don't make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way.
I believe what matters are facts and behaviours in our daily life rather than formal gestures.
At first, when I arrived at Ferrari, I was very intimidated by all the people there, by Ferrari itsel. This name is the biggest in motorsports.
Since I was a child I've been looking up to Formula One. Dreaming to be a Formula One driver.
I wake up in the morning thinking about victory, I go to sleep thinking about victory, so sometimes it might be hard. But I need to control myself more and, how can I say it politely? Just shut up instead of speaking on the radio.
I haven't got any friends on the track when I have my helmet on but whenever I take it off, I am a normal person at the end.
I've always been very hard on myself, it's the way that works with me.
When I think about it, it is quite crazy to race against people like Fernando Alonso, when I remember watching him from the balcony in Monaco.
F1 weekends are full of things and any time that you have five minutes, you need to use it as well as possible to calm down.
The Spa-Francorchamps circuit has a special place in my heart.
We need to keep working and I am pretty sure the results will come.
I've done this in karting, to do one track in one way and then do it the other way.
That first victory, before you get to it, it always seems so far ahead. You're not sure whether you can make it or not. Once you do, obviously it's a relief, but it also helps you to then deal better once you are in the lead of a race.
In the car it is really good to have a killer instinct where you need to be aggressive.
At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.
I know it is a dangerous sport but this is something I like.
I always set the bar very high, not in terms of results but most in terms of preparation and focusing on the job there is to do in the car.
I did not expect to have, at the end of my first season, seven poles and two wins. This is crazy. I did not expect it.
Obviously being third in the Formula 1 world championship would be crazy.
I like the danger, I like the adrenaline and I need it to race.
You cannot deliver to your maximum if you're thinking 'if I do an error, it might close a door to somewhere' or whatever.
I think we always need to see the positive.
I don't like to hide the errors I make. Any time I'm doing a mistake, I'm just saying it.
Formula 1 is such a big jump from Formula 2, and there are so many new things that you need to learn.
There will always be some corners which are challenging and more dangerous than others.
My dream as a child was being a world champion.
We are in F1 and we want to fight against the best.
F1 always feels unreal until you arrive and get your first seat.
It is a dream since a child to drive for the red cars.
Unfortunately I lost my father quite early, it changes you. It changes you forever.
We need to keep working very hard.
The red car, even before I knew it was called Ferrari, was my obsession.
Anyone who has the chance to drive for Ferrari will drive for Ferrari.
The Sochi circuit can be challenging, featuring a combination of high speed straights and lots of corners, especially in the last sector.
Out of the car I am normal, calm. In the car I want to give my best. It is passion, when you are passionate about something you give everything. I change quite a lot when I am in the car.
My mental strength was definitely a weakness back in the karting days, and I've worked hard on that to be as ready as possible for whenever I had the chance in F1.
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