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Leclerc dismisses Red Bull rumours as ‘nonsense’ Date published: July 17 2021 Charles Leclerc says rumours that his team sounded out Red Bull for a possible race seat are nothing but “nonsense”. Leclerc is a Ferrari driver, has been since 2019 and will be until the end of 2024 after extending his contract back in December 2019. However, months after putting pen to paper on a new deal, it became apparent that 2020 would not be a good season for Ferrari, the SF1000 woefully off the pace. Whether it was through the FIA’s engine Technical Directives or the car’s aerodynamics, Ferrari...

Ferrari want FIA talks, not Technical Directives Date published: June 27 2021 Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies wants the FIA to talk to teams before making changes, rather than new Technical Directives introduced “out of the blue”. With sub two-second pit-stops happening in modern Formula 1, safety concerns have been raised by the FIA because of the speed and level of automation involved in completing stops quickly. As a result, a re-introduction of a ‘human’ element in pit-stops must now be implemented when tyre changes occur. As such, a tolerance of 0.15sec from the wheels...

Monaco Grand Prix Thursday press conference 21 May, 2021 Full transcript from the FIA-hosted press conference after Thursday practice for the Monaco Grand Prix, Round 5 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship. PART ONE Featuring Mattia Binotto (Ferrari), Toto Wolff (Mercedes) and Laurent Rossi (Alpine). Q: Mattia, can we start with you please. What is it about Charles Leclerc and his home race? A very frustrating start to the weekend for him with that gearbox problem. Mattia BINOTTO: At first, I think enjoyable, exciting, I think it’s important for him, he knows very well the city, very w...

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES : Mattia BINOTTO (Ferrari), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Laurent ROSSI (Alpine) Andreas SEIDL (McLaren), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Jost CAPITO (Williams)

Leclerc ‘already wants to renew’ Ferrari deal Date published: April 9 2021 Charles Leclerc has a Ferrari deal that runs until the end of the 2024 season but already the driver is speaking about extending it. Leclerc joined Ferrari in 2019, signing for the Italian stable ahead of its engine controversy. That season Ferrari were accused by their rivals of running an illegal engine, resulting in the FIA issuing several Technical Directives aimed at preventing abuse of the fuel-flow rules. Ferrari’s pace immediately tailed off with neither Leclerc nor Sebastian Vettel adding to the team’...