Charles Leclerc has reportedly signed a staggering five-year contract extension with Ferrari, keeping him in red until at least the end of 2029. The report comes from Italian publication La Gazzetta dello Sport, with the extension being the longest in Ferrari’s history. A further report is under the impression that the 26-year-old will initially earn
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Ex-Ferrari sporting director Cesare Fiorio believes Charles Leclerc’s reported new five-year deal is a “good move” by the Maranello-based side, as the Monegasque is now their driver until at least the end of 2029. It’s been reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport that Leclerc has agreed to a huge five-year contract extension, in what is
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has admitted that Ferrari discovered that they were in trouble after a “couple of laps in Bahrain”, right at the start of the 2023 season. After replacing Mattia Binotto as team boss, life at Ferrari couldn’t have started any worse for Vasseur. The big hope was that the Italians could
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Carlos Sainz has admitted that Red Bull’s dominance from the get-go in 2023 left him “disappointed and surprised”, as he expected to be closer to Max Verstappen in particular. Ferrari failed to build on from their impressive 2022 campaign, where they were the only side able to consistently challenge Red Bull. Unfortunately, the Maranello-based outfit
MoreCharles Leclerc has openly admitted that Ferrari’s 2023 car, the SF-23, simply hasn’t been “good enough”, although he recognises that things did start to improve in the latter stages of the season. For the bulk of 2023, Ferrari were more often than not the third or fourth best team at most events, as they tended
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Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur believes Charles Leclerc could’ve done more to help the Italians defeat Mercedes last Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Whilst Leclerc finished second at the Yas Marina Circuit, George Russell finishing P3 and Lewis Hamilton in ninth was enough to secure Mercedes P2 in the Constructors’ Championship. The Silver
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After a valiant effort, Ferrari had to settle for third in the Constructors’ Championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale after Mercedes managed to beat them to P2 by just three points. All eyes were on the fight for second in the standings ahead of the final race of 2023, as just four points
MoreCharles Leclerc did everything that he could on Sunday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to try and help Ferrari defeat Mercedes in the Constructors’ Championship, something the Italians ultimately failed to do. With Red Bull and Max Verstappen having sealed both titles a lifetime ago, all the attention at the Yas Marina Circuit was
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Carlos Sainz’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix went from bad to worse on Saturday, after he was embarrassingly eliminated in Q1. The Ferrari driver will start the final race of the season from 16th on the grid, as a result of his final lap in the opening part of qualifying being nowhere near good enough to
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that Lewis Hamilton did hold “serious talks” with Ferrari earlier in the season, whilst he also approached the Austrians. Hamilton took an incredible amount of time to sign his new two-year deal with Mercedes, which wasn’t confirmed until ahead
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