Charles Leclerc gained the adoration of fans ever since he joined the Reds. The young Monegasque joined the Ferrari drivers academy before getting his seat in 2019. Fast forward to today, the face of the prancing horse, Leclerc, can carry them to their first championship since 2007. And the team principal Mattia Binotto feels Leclerc shares qualities with a legend of Ferrari.

Binotto’s comparison between Charles Leclerc and Gilles Villeneuve

Cherished by fans all across, Gilles Villeneuve won only six races but millions of hearts. The late Canadian died in an accident during qualifying at the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix. The 32-year-old has gained a reputation for being one of the fastest drivers in the sport’s history. And the Ferrari boss, Binotto, feels their newest star, Leclerc, has similar qualities as Villeneuve.

To elaborate, he said, “I look at Charles, his driving, his talent but more than that, the passion…the passion the fans have for him, it is something that I call essereFerrari.”

“There are only a few drivers who are capable of doing that and I think Charles is one of these, as was Gilles”

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Binotto also pointed out specific qualities which Leclerc showcases similar to the Canadian. He pointed out, “Gilles was fantastic with that, Gilles only won six races. It really was his way of driving, his way of behaving, the passion and I think Charles has got that.”

“He has got that and that is something that is great, we are passionate ourselves and we hope he will win more than six races.”

If the driving, behavior, and passion are qualities Leclerc can stick to, he will surely go down as one of Ferrari’s greats.

Ferrari’s mentality questioned by Mika Hakkinen

Hakkinen feels Ferrari has less confidence in their strategies compared to Red Bull. And this has already cost Leclerc in his battle with Verstappen. Hakkinen also feels it was down to human error and confidence rather than strategy, which lost Ferrari the race.

He said in his column he said, “Red Bull got the strategy right, jumping their cars from third and fourth up to first and third. I know Ferrari have said they are going to analyze the reasons why their strategy went so badly wrong, but I think the technical analysis will be less important than the human factors.” 

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