F1, Max Verstappen outspoken about Ferrari and Charles Leclerc

Max Verstappen doesn’t mince words about Ferrari and Charles Leclerc

Having archived the 2022 season with victory in the last Gp on the calendar, the one in Abi Dhabi, two-time world champion Max Verstappen went over his triumphant year in a lengthy interview on the ‘Viaplay’ platform, also devoting a thought to this year’s main rivals: Ferrari and, in particular, Charles Leclerc.

“Ferrari started very strong,” he said, recalling the Leclerc-Sainz one-two in Bahrain. “However, in the middle of the season, they had a lot of difficulties. There were some mistakes, it’s not nice when that happens and I understand that kind of feeling: from our point of view, though, it went well, also because we managed to recover after a bad start to the season.”

The key moment, for Verstappen, was the French GP, the one when Leclerc made a mistake while leading the race: “From that race I thought ‘Okay, this is our moment. If we don’t make mistakes we will win,’ and that’s how it went.”