Charles Leclerc

I just fully focus on myself and the job I do in the car and then I think the results will come.

Experience is always a plus, but I believe if you are good enough for an F1 seat, you are good enough from the year you arrive in F1.

Certainly driving a Ferrari is, at the same time, a dream come true, a huge responsibility and a great honor.

Yes, there will be situations when you may need to be a little selfish, but it is better to find the right balance.

Before arriving at Ferrari, I had no idea how important it is for a Formula 1 team to be successful to have a successful relationship with their fuel and lubricants partner.

At the beginning, I didn't want to arrive at a big team like Ferrari and say: 'Ok, I want the car like this' - I just wanted to try and adapt to the car and then see if I wanted to make some changes.

Anyone who has the chance to drive for Ferrari will drive for Ferrari.

I don't really feel pressure.

I analyse everything I do to see if I can do better, that's how I grew over the years.

It is a dream since a child to drive for the red cars.

My father, well he helped me with everything. From the start he was my biggest supporter and taught me a lot about his experience as a driver.

Every time a young driver comes into F1, the finger's pointed at him over his age. I don't think that's right.

It is vitally important for me to concentrate on myself, on the work that I have to do on the track and off it with the engineers, without really thinking about what people are expecting from me on the outside.

I get on well with Italians. Which makes things easier when I meet, for example, my future mechanics at Ferrari.

I did not have the simulator for a long time but now I have it I am playing quite a lot - probably five hours a day. I am training to try to be competitive, and everything we do we want to be competitive as drivers.

I did not expect to have, at the end of my first season, seven poles and two wins. This is crazy. I did not expect it.

I've done this in karting, to do one track in one way and then do it the other way.

Obviously being third in the Formula 1 world championship would be crazy.

I rarely focus on the result only just because I think if I work well the results will come and if we work well as a team the results will come.

I always set the bar very high, not in terms of results but most in terms of preparation and focusing on the job there is to do in the car.