The 2022 season started on a high note for Charles Leclerc as he won two out of the three opening races this year. However, after that, he had to wait for 8 rounds to stand on the top step of the podium once again. Driver errors, faulty strategies, and the reliability issues of the F1-75 held him back and put him on the back foot in his quest for the world title.
Triumph in F1 requires the whole team to be in sync and success is not only on the shoulders of the driver. Despite this, Leclerc has stepped up and owned up to his mistakes, rather than playing the blame game. In an interview with BBC Sport, he opined on the aspect of honesty.
He said, “I really don’t see the point of hiding it, and sometimes it is so obvious to everybody that the mistake comes from driver, I just don’t understand the drivers that are trying to have excuses with the wind or whatsoever.”