Leclerc: “We need to understand why we went so fast, we didn’t do ‘sandbagging’

What a surprise at Silverstone If they had told Charles Leclerc after the Austrian GP which ended sadly in eighth place that seven days later at Silverstone he would be enjoying the Monegasque anthem on the top step of the podium after winning the British GP, the Ferrari driver would probably have pinched himself more than once. It took a bit of luck in the form of the technical problem that put an end to Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s sensational gallop, but after the disappointments of 2021 and, above all, 2022 Leclerc was finally able to add Silverstone to his collection of F1 victories. The 1997 class has reached nine victories in F1 and with a Ferrari like this in a season destined to be uncertain and balanced Leclerc will most likely reach double figures. The World Cup dream is not over yet, 71 points are a lot, but the game is open. Speaking to Sky, Leclerc underlined that now in Maranello we will need to understand why Ferrari went so fast, much stronger than even the most rosy predictions: “When on Thursday we said that we would struggle we really meant it, we weren’t ‘sandbagging’, we weren’t hiding – Leclerc’s words – all our numbers said it would be a very difficult weekend. We need to understand why we went much faster than we expected, as we analyze in detail why we go badly this time we need to do the opposite.”

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2026-07-07 05:00:00