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“I’m not hard, I think I’m just objective” – Charles Leclerc opens up on his critical radio messages from last season

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Ferrari star Charles Leclerc often shared critical messages on the radio directed at himself

Charles Leclerc of Ferrari has had to deal with a lot of pressure since making the jump from Sauber.

He was replacing a legend as Kimi Raikkonen left the Scuderia and things didn’t always go well for him.

The Monegasque had the pace to beat Sebastian Vettel, his teammate, but the car often let him down in the first half of the season.

Charles Leclerc impressed in many races during his first season with Ferrari (Image credit: Getty)

The second half saw a resurgent Leclerc but he often pushed himself, and the car, to the limit. There were a few mistakes in qualifying that affected his grid position and also during the race.

Leclerc often blamed himself for the errors and apologised to the team on various occasions.

The 22-year-old was asked about his self-critical nature during an interview with Autosport Podcast and claimed that he didn’t like blaming others for the mistakes:

“Everyone works differently. Some people doesn’t work like this, I do and I never like to blame others whenever I do a mistake.”

The Ferrari star added that he didn’t think he was hard on himself, and that is just how he races:

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“I’m not hard, I think I’m just objective, which helps me to get better whenever I do something wrong.”

Vettel vs Leclerc

It wasn’t just his inner demons that haunted Leclerc last season as he tangled with Sebastian Vettel a couple of times too.

The pair caused a huge incident at the Brazilian Grand Prix which ended the race for both. Leclerc has to work on the relationship with his teammate for the upcoming season, something that Vettel also has to look at.

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Saiyed Adeem Karim

Ditching a corporate job to follow a dream isn't easy, but when football comes calling, who can say no? Been following the beautiful game since 1998. Liverpool addict, F1 fanatic!

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