The weekend of the Belgian GP has ended and with it also the first part of the season. Now Formula 1 is officially on holiday and the drivers are enjoying some well-deserved rest while reflecting on past and future races. Charles Leclerc, third in the world championship, exactly 100 points behind leader Max Verstappen, it was said soddisfatto his first half of 2024.
The Monegasque, as well as the whole team Ferrari, started the year in a solid and constant way, accumulating podiums and reaching the peak in the victory at home, at Montecarlo. From then on, problems with the updates and various misfortunes undermined the Monegasque and Cavallino's chase for the title. Added to this was the rapid progression of McLaren and Mercedes, which made Ferrari climb from second to fourth place in the hierarchies.
Leclerc, an unexpected assessment of the season so far
Despite this, Leclerc managed to close the first half of 2024 with an unexpected result third place in Belgium, inherited after disqualification of George Russell. And the overall verdict is excellent. “Our first part of the championship was very good, We couldn't have hoped for better".
"We have extracted the maximum from the potential of the car, then we had 4 races in which we used it extreme setups. For me it was impossible to get to qualifying knowing the limits of the car like this we lost a lot of points", explained Leclerc.
“Nelle last two races we went back to focusing on the maximize results and I think we did it, although not fast enough. This is what we need to work on to improve in the second half of the season if we want to achieve better results.", concluded the Monegasque.
