A frustrating season for the Scuderia hasn’t dampened the 25-year-old’s self-belief as he fights to fulfil his remarkable potential
There is an admirable spirit to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and, as you would expect from a highly competitive Formula One driver, he is feisty. Yet there is also refreshing honesty. In a sport where self-belief and ego are equal and often the noisier, undeserving senior partners to talent and touch, Leclerc has a distinctively mature attitude.
“There is this legend that some people have infinite confidence,” he says. “But there are moments that are difficult for everybody and you go through a period where you are asking yourself questions. I have always had the approach where I am asking myself: ‘Is this the right approach, Charles?’”