Charles Leclerc celebrates his birthday on Saturday. The 24-year old driver is in his fourth season in Formula 1 and is part of the Ferrari team for the third year. The Monegasque showed promising performances in the past. What can we expect from him in the future?
The Ferrari driver was on the track for every race for the first time in 2018. At Sauber, he impressed so much at the time that the Italian team decided to pick him up. It turned out to be a golden move on Ferrari's part, as immediately in his first year Leclerc captured his first two victories by crossing the line first in Belgium and Italy.
The victory in Belgium was not only emotional for Leclerc because of his first win in Formula 1. During the same weekend his good friend Anthoine Hubert in Formula 2 died in an accident, so Leclerc showed his peace of mind with his victory. The following weekend at the Italian Grand Prix, he took another victory, but that was all for now.
Difficult times for Ferrari
Leclerc's 2020 season was marked by a car that couldn't keep up with the big teams on the tracks, making it virtually impossible for him to compete at the front. However, this season has already seen some of his best. With a number of pole positions, Leclerc hoped to beat Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, but as of yet he has been unsuccessful. However, there are still some interesting tracks for Ferrari to perform at during the upcoming races. It remains to be seen if the team will do so.
Until such time that there are newer and younger drivers that comes into the F1 field, such as Oscar Piastri, for example, in the current field, there are only 4 potential new champions, namely Max, George, Charles & Lando .... that is provided the team that they are driving for is able to design a car that is capable of giving them the chance of doing so, and there isn't one particular team that is going to be super dominating, that is totally out of reach of every other team, like Mercedes was since 2014 ..... until RB finally caught up this year.
I'm sure he will win at least 2 titles. He shares a birthday with me, and also shares a birthday with Naomi Osaka who also turns 24.
Leclerc is faster in qualy and in the race brings more points and has more power in the car… Sainz will get closer but with time he will settle as second driver..
When Vettel left Ferrari, he called Leclerc the most talented driver he came across in 15 years of F1. I think Leclerc will become a World Champion one day. Happy birthday, Charles.
Charles Marc Hervé Perceval Leclerc He will win World Championship for sure, such a talent .
Only so often we see a glimpse of what we expect from the talent he supposed to be. I wouldn’t be surprised if Sainz will clearly be the better of the two from next year.
I reluctantly have to agree with you on that. Sainz is a talent for sure. Its gonna be a ding song battle between the 2 next season.
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