Charles Leclerc recognizes that he is not entirely happy with how the season has gone. Something normal, because the Ferrari, suddenly, has fallen in performance and the good news that both he and he had at the beginning of the course Carlos Sainz have become problems and not even having tied the second position of the World Builders, who fight with Mercedes.
Because while the Germans have gone up, the Italians have traveled the opposite path. It’s It is something that has broken the hopes of a Leclerc He believed that this year was going to be his.
Especially after his brilliant victory in Australia: “I was convinced that I was going to fight for the World Cup until the end”.
“We were in a good position. We had everything. In Bahrain, in Jeddah and in Melbourne there was nothing unexpected,” he says.
And he relates that the sensations were very positive: “We were very fast and reliable. After Melbourne, after the first three races, I was convinced that we would be able to fight until the end.”
“In the winter tests we had no problems. We were the only ones who didn’t have to face something unexpected, Leclerc says.
But now, after this disappointment, he is already focused on the future: “I am happy to be where I am, but I have many goals ahead of me. I want to be world champion.”
“We have taken a big step forward from 2021 to 2022, but there is another to give to be able to fight for that goal,” he says.