Charles Leclerc Quotes

I guess for every driver the aim is to beat their teammate.

It's very good to know when you're being lapped on the racetrack, 'cause you've got to put your foot down on the pedal and get going.

I probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.

If you go back many years ago, you could cruise around and build up a big point lead. You cannot cruise around at all. You gotta be on it. And that's what I think people really enjoy. I've always believed that brings out the biggest moments, too. It brings out the driver talent.

I didn't really ever race for points growing up, and so I had to learn that.

I raced with my brother from when I started to 2014 when I finished karting.

I was able to get through the field and get this Lowe's ProServices Chevy up front. Those last few restarts I was able to hang on and duke it out with those guys and get a nice, top-three finish.

Stepping up a gear during any race is not an easy thing to do.

If we're going to run for points we need to run in the top-five every week.

In sport there is never any moment that is the same as the other. I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

That strategy of racing for the top five and racing for the win is where everybody wants to be.

The world record will come to me when I run the world record race. I'm just trying to perfect my race. I'm looking for perfection.

With roadracing, it takes a lot more time and money.

You can't ever make the perfect run, but you can make the best run, and then you clock the fastest time, and that's a win.

When you're in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.

I don't really study the guys that I'm racing against.

To be teammates in Formula One actually means you are first rivals, not really mates.

I enjoy racing so much. Ever since I was 8 or 9, I trained every stroke, because it was the only way I could race a lot.

I like to race, not to do laps alone.

I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.

If you think about racing too much you may just lose it a little bit.

I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers.

I want to win wherever I race, the team's invested a lot in me.

For the last seven years, I have been racing the best in the world and making my way through the ranks. I am in that spot where I have got a real opportunity to produce something. I am not going to take it for granted because I know those guys will step it up.