Charles Leclerc has rejected ideas he’s trying to exit the Ferrari F1 group.
Stories in Italian media have claimed that Leclerc is considering his future at Ferrari regardless of being contracted to the Scuderia till 2029.
The experiences recommend Leclerc is “trying round” at potential alternatives as a result of he has misplaced religion in Ferrari and grown pissed off with the group’s lack of competitiveness following a difficult begin to the 2025 season.
However Leclerc has moved to garbage the hypothesis by reaffirming his dedication to Ferrari and stating his “shock” on the rumours.
“I’m very shocked. I imply, I don’t know from the place it’s coming from. So, yeah, I’d moderately simply ignore it,” Leclerc mentioned forward of this weekend’s F1 Canadian Grand Prix.
“I’ve by no means mentioned something of this in the previous couple of races. If something, I hold saying how a lot I really like the group and the way a lot I need to carry again Ferrari to the highest. So I used to be shocked.
“We absolutely have a imaginative and prescient that we share as [a] three. You recognize, Fred, Lewis and myself, in an effort to attempt to get again to successful.
“And we’ve been working to place that every one collectively. And so, yeah, that is for certain our plan. And I believe we must always keep on with it.”
Leclerc sits fifth within the drivers’ championship, 92 factors behind McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after simply 9 races, whereas Ferrari are a big 197 factors adrift of McLaren within the constructors’ standings.
Ferrari have failed to supply Leclerc and teammate Lewis Hamilton with a automotive that has but been able to successful grands prix.
Leclerc unfazed by Ferrari rumours
Leclerc was fast to level out that hypothesis surrounding Ferrari and the group’s efficiency is nothing new for him.
“The stress, we’re already placing ourselves beneath numerous stress. Then, after all, there are some talks that it’s not one thing that you just need to hear,” he mentioned.
“However the stress is regular to have it. When you find yourself working for Ferrari, second isn’t adequate. However we’re all conscious of it.
“So it’s not like the surface stress is having any affect on the stress that we put ourselves first. We need to be successful. And as I hold saying, it’s not adequate.
“However I’m not the one one to say that every one the group is aware of that it’s not adequate and that Ferrari needs to be successful.
“And that’s what we’re placing all our ideas into, is to attempt to carry Ferrari again to the highest. In the intervening time, McLaren is a stronger group and it’s as much as us to react.
“However yeah, we positively must overlook every part about what is alleged across the group. However I believe that’s one thing I bought used to with the years.
“Clearly, there are occasions the place you’ve bought extra rumours to cope with, and largely with you, as a result of the questions are clearly directed into sure subjects and it’s not at all times a pleasant factor to do. However I perceive it.
“And on the finish of the day, that’s how Ferrari is and has at all times been. So that you’ve bought to cope with it. However I don’t suppose we’re affected by it.”
