Ferrari: Gian Carlo Minardi is concerned about Charles Leclerc

An old Formula 1 fox manifests all his concern.

Ferrari with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc at the starting ribbons of the 2025 Formula 1 world championship, and it is precisely the Monegasque who may be under some pressure from the novelty of having to share the box with a seven-time world champion. Suspecting this è an old fox of the Circus as Gian Carlo Minardi, who expressed his impressions of the Monegasque talent in the Cavallino.

Leclerc, who in 2019 and 2020 lived his first two years in Ferrari as Sebastian Vettel’s partner, beat himé in both cases. Since then, and until last year, his role as first driver was è never really in question in the not always easy coexistence with Carlos Sainz. According to Minardi, però, the climate with Hamilton on the team is already changing.

"I see him a bit nervous,” Minardi said in an interview with the 'Quotidiano Nazionale', referring to Leclerc. “But on the other hand, this year in Ferrari he will have a teammate who è a legend. I am, however, convinced that the pair will not break out, since there's Vasseur and he will be the one to manage the situation".

Just the arrival of Hamilton in Ferrari has led Minardi to take back an old statement of his: "I make amends, because at the time of his announcement I said it was an operation that I did not agree with. Now però I have changed my mind, becauseé I appreciated so much the way he è presented himself in Maranello. I see him very motivated, and if the car will beà good we will have fun".