Charles Leclerc

Charles Leclerc said a finger-wagging meeting between him and team boss Mattia Binotto was all good natured but Jenson Button was not so sure.

“I don’t want the focus to be pointed towards my disappointing race but more towards his incredible race win and obviously a first win in Formula 1 is always extremely special. I don’t know whose decision it was but obviously that cost him the victory.” “We’ll have to look at the global picture.

F1 twitter reacts to Arthur Leclerc celebrating a wholesome win with his brother Charles Leclerc at the Formula 3 British Grand Prix.

After reaching, he looked like a proud dad celebrating with his younger brother. He currently stands 3rd in the world championship just three points behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez. With this win, he is now second in the Driver’s World Championship.

Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley believes that drivers like Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappenm and Lewis Hamilton “raise the level” of their teams, ...

Lewis Hamilton has claimed that he learned more from his failures than he did from his successes. “I would say that actually I’ve learnt more from the failures. Smedley felt that most of the newer generation drivers that are currently on the F1 grid share similar “exciting” qualities, which attracts audiences to the sport.

Ferrari's Formula 1 title hope Charles Leclerc gained six points on Max Verstappen in the British Grand Prix – but also had to beg for team orders when ...

It was yet more evidence of the absolute class that Leclerc is. Up with Fernando Alonso’s 130R outside-line pass on Michael Schumacher in the 2005 Japanese GP as a moment making clear that a driver is one of the absolute greats. Then, it would have been logical to make the swap and let Leclerc make the most of his pace. I think it was blinded by track position for Leclerc and didn’t factor in the circumstances. Clearly Leclerc couldn’t win that race from the lead on hards. it was hard for me to say at first.

The Ferrari chief had an angry-looking driver on his hands after the race at Silverstone, as Charles Leclerc fumed over missing out on the podium while ...

The way he was driving there, protecting the position, was amazing. "There's Binotto saying 'do not criticise the team'," said Sky pundit Martin Brundle as he watched the footage. Sergio Perez was comfortably second, while Lewis Hamilton scrapped with and beat Leclerc to the final podium spot in what was an epic race that had everything.

Ferrari principal Mattia Binotto said Charles Leclerc was kept out during the Safety Car at Silverstone in order to preserve track position.

So obviously being happy is difficult but staying calm and I think being positive is important.” But that’s not what we thought was the right decision.” Because the others were just behind and you cannot lose not even a second at the pit stop trying to organise it. “So you don’t know what the others would have done, if he would have stopped as a leader. So we had to make a choice between the first or the second car. Binotto said though that he was actually trying to emphasise to his driver that despite the disappointment, his performance in the race was “fantastic”.

The Scuderia driver was spotted after the race in a heated exchange with team principal Mattia Binotto, who was keen to explain Ferrari's decision to keep ...

The way he was driving there, protecting the position, was amazing. For my teammate to win a first race in Formula One is very special.' From my side I feel like I lost so much time. The Ferrari driver missed out on a podium after his team told him to stay out during a safety car As Esteban Ocon stopped on the track and prompted a safety car with 12 laps to go, Sainz, Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez were told to box and take on fresh tyres, whilst Leclerc was left out with track position. The Scuderia driver was spotted after the race in a heated exchange with team principal Mattia Binotto, who was keen to explain Ferrari's decision to keep him out on hard tyres whilst simultaneously pitting team-mate and eventual race-winner Carlos Sainz.

Ferrari have defended their strategy for Charles Leclerc at the British GP, where the team's decisions appeared to favour Carlos Sainz, and cost the ...

They could have easily had time to bring both cars in and put both cars onto soft tyres and not left Charles vulnerable to attack at the end of the race. "This is the point. "This is critical this is the biggest moment for Leclerc's race. Receiving the cheers from the crowd and so many of my fellow drivers… When we got to the restart, he had no grip. This was where the team order was called with Sainz moving out of the way of Leclerc, so Leclerc was in front, and he had more pace. "Fast forward on and at Lap 21 the two Ferrari drivers are doing battle. "This is only my view, and it might change once I see the full picture." Obviously being happy is difficult, but staying calm and being positive is important." Jenson Button on Ferrari not pitting Charles Leclerc: "Obviously that cost him the victory." "There is nothing to sort out internally," he insisted. "We decided to stop Carlos in P2 because Charles had got the track position.

Charles Leclerc appeared to be unhappy with Ferrari's tactics during the British Grand Prix as Carlos Sainz took his maiden F1 win, but he was given a stern ...

Sometimes, in the car, you don’t have the full picture. “I had old hard tyres [at the end] and everyone around me was on softs. Leclerc found himself stuck behind Sainz at various points of the race and demanded to be let through.

Charles Leclerc was looking well-placed in the British Grand Prix to take his first victory since Melbourne back in April. That was until a late Safety Car ...

I was just trying to do my best to keep the cars behind but obviously on a new soft and a used hard, it’s quite a big difference. But obviously with the Safety Car at the end, we decided to leave the lead car out and to pit the [trailing] car, which was myself and Carlos, and it didn’t pay off for me, so it’s a big disappointment. I saw the front wing fly off and I was like, ‘that doesn’t look good.’