28/04/2025 10:10
Charles Leclerc has admitted surprise over discovering a similarity
in the driving style between himself and team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton made the switch to Ferrari this year following a highly
successful 12-year stint at Mercedes. Ferrari has endured a
difficult start to the year with just one podium coming in the
first five grands prix, courtesy of Leclerc last time out in Saudi
Arabia. Leclerc described the car's development direction as
"extreme" as he noted the situation is "new" for him, despite being
in his seventh season with Ferrari. However, Leclerc downplayed the
significance of having to adapt his driving style to suit a car's
behaviour. "I see lots of things around that most of the time, that
driving style is super important," Leclerc told media including
RacingNews365 . "I feel like you have more than enough freedom in
the car setup to adapt a car to someone's driving style. So that
doesn't change a lot." As Leclerc and Hamilton push to lift Ferrari
up the pecking order, Leclerc revealed his surprise over how
similarly the pair approach a corner entry. "It's always a bit more
helpful to be pushing in the same direction, because we need the
same thing from a car," he said. "With Lewis, I was very surprised
how similar we would approach the corners in corner entry. "I don't
want to do any particular compare with other drivers, but when
Lewis came, I did not expect that and we are both quite aggressive
in corner entry and that means that we require the same things out
of the car for sure."
