Charles Leclerc has rejected recommendations he’s seeking to exit the Ferrari F1 staff.
Stories in Italian media have claimed that Leclerc is considering his future at Ferrari regardless of being contracted to the Scuderia till 2029.
The reviews recommend Leclerc is “trying round” at potential alternatives as a result of he has misplaced religion in Ferrari and grown annoyed with the staff’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 stunned. I imply, I don’t know from the place it’s coming from. So, yeah, I’d somewhat 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 few races. If something, I hold saying how a lot I really like the staff and the way a lot I wish to deliver again Ferrari to the highest. So I used to be stunned.
“We certainly have a imaginative and prescient that we share as [a] three. You realize, Fred, Lewis and myself, to be able to attempt to get again to successful.
“And we’ve been working to place that each one collectively. And so, yeah, that is for certain our plan. And I feel we should 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 huge 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 staff’s efficiency is nothing new for him.
“The stress, we’re already placing ourselves beneath a number of stress. Then, after all, there are some talks that it’s not one thing that you just wish to hear,” he mentioned.
“However the stress is regular to have it. When you find yourself working for Ferrari, second is rarely adequate. However we’re all conscious of it.
“So it’s not like the skin stress is having any affect on the stress that we put ourselves first. We wish to be successful. And as I hold saying, it’s not adequate.
“However I’m not the one one to say that each one the staff is aware of that it’s not adequate and that Ferrari must be successful.
“And that’s what we’re placing all our ideas into, is to attempt to deliver Ferrari again to the highest. In the mean time, McLaren is a stronger staff and it’s as much as us to react.
“However yeah, we undoubtedly must overlook every little thing about what is claimed across the staff. However I feel that’s one thing I acquired used to with the years.
“Clearly, there are occasions the place you’ve acquired extra rumours to take care of, and principally with you, as a result of the questions are clearly directed into sure matters 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 acquired to take care of it. However I don’t assume we’re affected by it.”
