Ferrari is at a crossroads. TO charles leclerc He has a few months left on his contract (until the end of 2024) and does not want to know anything about its renewal. At least for now. The results of the team do not help him make the decision to continue in red.
And now, in a statement to the newspaper ‘Bild’, he has made it clear that these are not his priorities at the moment: “I believe in the team 100% and I trust everyone, from the mechanic to the team manager. However, It’s not a one-way street: the team has to believe in me too. But It’s still too early to talk about a new contract.”
These statements from the Monegasque, who was third in Azerbaijan behind the two Red Bulls, coincide with the rumors that place him Mercedes. Because the future of Lewis Hamilton is not at all clear and there is talk of a withdrawal at the end of this course.
In 2019 Leclerc signed a five-season contract with Ferrari. A piece of news that was very exciting for him then, but that with the passage of time has become frustrating.
Because Ferrari is still not that champion team. In Maranello they do not find the keys and since 2007 with Kimi raikkonen they are not proclaimed world champions. Names such as Fernando Alonso or Sebastian Vettel have passed through their ranks, who have not succeeded either.
The Leclerc soap opera has only just begun. Mercedes has already spoken directly about this possibility. He did it Toto Wolff in Baku, where he ruled him out in the short term: “We don’t think about him in the short or medium term. Lewis feels very strong and we have that same feeling with him.”
Although he made it clear that a pilot like him always has to be ‘watched’: “Charles is a great boy and for a long-term future, He’s someone you always have to have on your radar.”
