Charles Leclerc has highlighted Ferrari’s pivotal enchancment in sustaining emotional management all through the 2024 F1 season, which performed a vital position of their success.
The enduring Maranello workforce clinched 5 victories and completed second within the Constructors’ Championship, partaking in a fierce battle with McLaren for the title, which finally got here right down to the ultimate race in Abu Dhabi.
Regardless of narrowly lacking out on the championship, the Italian facet had a extremely constructive 2024 Method 1 marketing campaign. The Maranello workforce confronted a big mid-season setback after an aerodynamic improve to the SF-24 launched on the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona led to a decline by way of efficiency, costing them worthwhile factors throughout a number of races whereas they labored to handle the problem. As soon as the basis reason behind the issue was recognized and stuck, Ferrari bounced again strongly. Charles Leclerc believes that whereas the mid-season “gap” they fell into could have finally value them the title, he doesn’t really feel regretful about what may have been completed in another way.
“Wanting again at it, I’m glad with the season,” the Monegasque driver mentioned in a current interview for the morning every day newspaper New York Instances. “I believe it’s not been fairly often the place I look again and I really feel like there’s been little or no missed alternatives.” – he identified.
“There was a gap of efficiency after Monaco for 2, three races the place we had an improve that didn’t work correctly, and we needed to put the automotive in locations that we didn’t wish to put it, however we needed to be taught one thing out of it. We’re within the place we’re in now, as a result of we’ve got gone via these items for 2, three races. So I wouldn’t change that, and I believe we did the suitable alternative as a workforce, so placing the whole lot collectively, I believe it’s been a constructive season. I believe on the finish of the day, we’ve got simply missed efficiency, particularly firstly of the season, to be able to be combating for higher issues. However I believe by way of the workforce maximising what we had, we did a extremely good job.” – the Ferrari man continued.
Following Ferrari’s sturdy end to the 2024 Method 1 season, the legendary pink workforce is extensively considered one of many high contenders for subsequent yr. This label of being a possible favourite was additionally hooked up to Ferrari earlier than the beginning of this season, after a promising conclusion to 2023. Nevertheless, the Maranello workforce initially struggled to match the tempo of Crimson Bull, falling brief within the early levels of the marketing campaign.
When requested whether or not Ferrari has one thing new in retailer for the winter to be able to dwell as much as these excessive expectations, Charles Leclerc acknowledged the problem of predicting their efficiency. He defined, “It’s a really tough query to reply, as a result of Method 1 is finally a relative sport, and we are able to solely actually know the specifics of what we’re doing ourselves. I’ve superb confidence that we’re doing the whole lot proper in the meanwhile, and as a workforce, we’re much more strong. I’m not talking actually a lot concerning the technical a part of it, that once more, the whole lot is relative, and we don’t know if Crimson Bull or McLaren have been specializing in subsequent yr’s automotive and located one thing very particular for subsequent yr’s automotive. So it is rather tough to say something on that matter. We’re simply specializing in ourselves and making an attempt to the very best job.” – the Monegasque driver added.
Scuderia Ferrari’s restoration after a tough mid-season stretch highlighted a big shift underneath the management of workforce principal Frederic Vasseur. Traditionally, when challenges arose, Ferrari typically struggled to get well, however this time, the whole workforce labored collectively to beat the adversity.
Charles Leclerc attributes this modification to the truth that the workforce’s mechanics and engineers are not as “emotionally affected” by setbacks, which he believes was a serious problem previously because of the emotional weight of the Ferrari model.
Charles Leclerc defined that the mentality inside the workforce and their method to work has considerably improved, making them a way more strong and cohesive unit. He acknowledged that Ferrari has at all times been pushed by immense ardour, which has motivated everybody to place in further effort and try for enchancment. Nevertheless, he identified that previously, the sturdy emotional connection to the model typically made workforce members extra affected when issues went unsuitable, a phenomenon much less obvious in different groups.
The Monegasque emphasised that though the eagerness stays sturdy inside Ferrari, the workforce is now far much less emotionally influenced by exterior pressures or inside challenges, a improvement he considers a really constructive step ahead.
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