Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert has tipped Charles Leclerc to up his recreation forward of Lewis Hamilton’s arrival in 2025.
Leclerc will crew up with Hamilton at Ferrari in 2025, however teaming up with a multiple-time world champion isn’t unfamiliar territory for the Monegasque.
Throughout Leclerc’s first two years at Ferrari, he was alongside Sebastian Vettel.
Throughout the 2 seasons, Leclerc had a transparent higher hand, finally leading to Vettel leaving the crew.
Whereas Carlos Sainz has posed a good problem, Leclerc has remained Ferrari’s finest guess for a title pursuit.
Chatting with Plejmo.com, Herbert backed Leclerc to not maintain again when Hamilton arrives subsequent 12 months.
“Charles [Leclerc] shouldn’t be going to carry again,” Herbert mentioned. “When [Sebastian] Vettel went there as a four-time world champion, Charles got here in and nicked the crew off Sebastian. He isn’t going to be afraid of Lewis [Hamilton].
“He will probably be conscious and respectful, and he is aware of he will probably be a menace. However he’s going to verify he will probably be very a lot on high of his recreation when hostilities start.
“Charles has come on in a great distance this 12 months. The problem will elevate him to the extent that he and Ferrari want.”
Ferrari set launch date for 2025 F1 automobile
It’s not even 2025, and Ferrari have set a launch date for his or her new challenger.
The 2025 Ferrari F1 automobile will probably be launched on 19 February – a day after the game’s inaugural season launch.
Groups are anticipated to convey present automobiles to ‘F1 75 Dwell’, with groups nonetheless allowed to do their very own separate launches.
In recent times, Ferrari have launched their automobiles earlier than giving them a shakedown at their very own observe in Fiorano.
That would give Hamilton an early style of his new Ferrari forward of the pre-season testing in late February.
