'Two Or Three Victories' Is 'Not Enough' In 2024 For Leclerc

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 at 17:00

Charles Leclerc asserted three victories won't be enough for him this year, suggesting that his team feels challenging Red Bull will be possible.

Of course, every team from the top five in the 2023 Championship wants to challenge for the title in the 2024 season. However, it is more or less expected that Red Bull should have at least a slight advantage over everyone at the beginning of the season.

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Charles Leclerc feels his team got already very close to the team from Milton Keynes towards the end of the most recent season and has great momentum now. As reported by BBC, he said:

"The momentum of the team and the decisions we took in the second half of the season were all very good and brought us closer and closer to Red Bull."

The Maranello team unveiled its 2024 challenger yesterday and has already taken it for a spin around the Fiorano Circuit. The ambition is to start at least where Ferrari left off at the end of 2023.

"Our goal is to start on similar basis to next year and then have the same progress and put pressure on Red Bull as soon as possible."

Moreover, the Monegasque driver added two or three victories this season, which will not be enough for him. To put it in perspective, he recorded 5 Grand Prix victories in total in his F1 career so far.

Leclerc's ambitions are to challenge the reigning Champions, Red Bull and Max Verstappen, for the title, and he seems confident it is possible this year. He added:

"Two or three victories is not my target. No, it's not enough. I want to win as much as possible. We will do the count at the end of the year and after the first race understand how competitive we are."