Charles Leclerc has revealed that his and Lewis Hamilton’s driving type is “very comparable” after some early assessments forward of the 2025 F1 season.
Leclerc and Hamilton examined Ferrari’s 2025 F1 automotive for the primary time on Thursday at Fiorano.
Previous to this, Ferrari performed intensive testing in Ferrari’s 2023 automotive, with a view to get Hamilton up to the mark along with his new group.
Each drivers additionally acquired to drive the 2024 automotive, which completed second within the constructors’ championship behind McLaren, in a Pirelli tyre take a look at in Barcelona.
Whereas it is the Leclerc-Hamilton partnership continues to be in its early levels, the Monegasque has noticed an essential similarity.
Leclerc feels they’ve an analogous driving type, which suggests they’ll “want comparable issues from the automotive”.
This wasn’t essentially the case alongside Carlos Sainz, who struggled with the 2022 automotive’s oversteery nature, which challenged Max Verstappen within the first a part of the yr.
Talking to media, together with Crash.web, Leclerc was requested about any similarities or variations with Hamilton.
“One thing I observed is that we have now a really comparable driving type which is a extremely good factor,” Leclerc defined. “I’m fairly positive we are going to want comparable issues from the automotive, or a minimum of that is my preliminary feeling.
“It’s nonetheless to be confirmed as we haven’t pushed that a lot collectively however the little I’ve seen we are inclined to drive fairly equally.
“The issues we’ll do otherwise, most likely the costume code, we costume very, very otherwise, however to every their very own approach of expressing themselves in vogue.
“Clearly, Lewis is tremendous concerned in that, I’m a bit much less concerned in that, however possibly in that we’re totally different.”
Can Ferrari finish their title drought in 2025?
Ferrari’s F1 title drought stretches again to 2008, after they final received the constructors’ title.
Since then, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel did not deliver the drivers’ title dwelling.
For Leclerc, whereas he’s been at Ferrari since 2019, they’ve failed to offer him a automotive able to mounting a reputable title problem all through a complete season.
The temper within the camp at Ferrari following Hamilton’s arrival seems to be excessive, although, with Leclerc saying it’s the “greatest group mentality” he’s seen since being at Maranello.
Ferrari are anticipated to be in rivalry for the title in 2025, however will face stern competitors from McLaren, which ended final yr because the quickest group.
Crimson Bull will nonetheless fancy their possibilities as Max Verstappen seems to win a fifth consecutive title.
