Charles Leclerc reveals talks with Lewis Hamilton as he breaks silence on Ferrari switch | M8L713Q | 2024-02-14 16:08:01
Charles Leclerc has revealed he has held talks with Sir Lewis Hamilton ahead of the Formula One legend's move to Ferrari in 2025.
Hamilton and Leclerc will grow to be teammates next yr when the seven-time world champion will complete his shock switch from Mercedes to Ferrari.
The transfer came as a shock to just about all inside the motorsport group, including the driver Hamilton will replace at the Scuderia, Carlos Sainz.
Leclerc, who just lately penned a new long-term contract with the Italian team, has now finally broken his silence on the matter as he spoke to the media following the launch of Ferrari's 2024 automotive: the SF-24
The Monegasque racer claims that he was made aware of the transfer forward of the announcement on February 1st, saying: 'This type of deal just isn't finalised in a single day.
'It takes time and I used to be conscious of those discussions before signing my deal, so it didn't come as a shock after signing.
'Lewis is an unimaginable driver, probably the most successful in history and with a variety of expertise as nicely which he'll deliver to the workforce and obviously to myself, which is an effective factor.
'But Carlos has been nice and we've acquired yet one more yr together to attempt to do the perfect job potential.'
This contradicts previous stories that claimed that the 26-year-old was 'shocked and disappointed' by Hamilton's arrival because it might disrupt his No.1 status at the workforce.
The five-time race winner went onto reveal that he has been in contact with Hamilton because the transfer went public, including: 'We've had discussions with Lewis, particularly when every thing was introduced and official.
</div> 'We texted each other in fact. He is a superb champion with a lot success.
'It is all the time fascinating to have a brand new teammate as you study alternative ways of working and driving – even more so when my new teammate is a seven-time World Champion.'
Leclerc is hoping to develop into Ferrari's first champion since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007 but will now face stiff competition from probably the most profitable driver in the sport's history.
Before that, he'll have one other go at attaining that dream, and hopes the novel SF-24 will help him do this, saying: 'To win the championship, that is the only goal I have. I'm solely comfortable once I win, second place isn't my target.
'All of us need to win however taking a look at where we're ranging from from last yr, Purple Bull had an enormous advantage. So now we have to shut the gap as a lot as potential.
'So we'll do absolutely all the things to attempt to, and do the step that, that's our objective to be able to problem.'
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