Charles Leclerc only aims at Red Bull

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has been tipped as a potential world champion for years and this year he could just agree. Well, just like that, at least he has good papers. This year’s Ferrari is rock solid. However, he had to hand over the championship lead last week to Max Verstappen, who took maximum advantage of Leclerc’s retirement. There is no such thing as giving in for the 24-year-old: "It doesn’t change anything for me. There are still 16 races to go, so a lot of points to win," writes La Gazette de Monaco. There has been hard work behind the scenes to get the Ferrari in better shape, because that was badly needed, according to Leclerc. Red Bull Racing takes big steps. "Before the Spanish Grand Prix there was some uncertainty because we didn’t have the same performance as Red Bull in the race (before it, ed.). We had more tire degradation, so it was hard to keep up and keep up with them. Barcelona gave us some of the answers and it was very positive overall, regardless of the problem that cost us the race." Leclerc therefore expects that, provided the car remains intact, Ferrari can really make things difficult for Red Bull in the coming period. Then there is the third team, Mercedes. The defending champions are saddened by how the title fight is passing them by, only the race stable is creeping closer to Ferrari and Red Bull. However, that is not enough to put Leclerc’s sights clearly on him, he says: "I think it will be more between Red Bull and Ferrari. At the moment Mercedes is still a bit behind, even though they have made progress." According to Leclerc, that does not mean that you do not have to take Mercedes seriously if you are driving at the front of the field. "You can never really ignore a team like Mercedes."

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