Charles Leclerc: 2nd is not enough at Ferrari

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

A dream start. A disappointing finish. 2022 was Charles Leclerc’s best F1 season so far. But for him and for Ferrari, only the World Championship is enough. Now, a fresh challenge. Ahead of a new campaign, Charles is determined to take the trophy for himself. In the first new episode of 2023, Charles tells Tom Clarkson why missing out on the title in 2022 has made him the best he’s ever been. He reveals the soul-searching and changes at Ferrari since last season, and explains why new Team Principal Fred Vasseur is the right person to lead the famous red team to success. Plus, how going ice climbing, learning to fly and playing the piano helps Charles escape from the constant pressure of F1. The piano Tom brought to the interview isn’t very good, but Charles’ playing certainly is…

New episodes of F1 Beyond The Grid every week during the F1 season. Hit follow for the fastest way to get them. Share using #F1BeyondTheGrid.

This episode is sponsored by:

F1TV: for a limited time F1 are offering a 7-day free trial for F1 TV Pro subscribers. Simply go to F1TV.com to sign-up and take your race weekend to the next level!

LinkedIn Jobs: find the qualified candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at linkedin.com/GRID.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Meet Sarah.
0:01.0	Hi there.
0:02.0	Sarah's pranked her car miles from home.
0:04.8	And she's not sure if her insurance covers getting back.
0:07.6	Thankfully, Aviva can help solve this car insurance conundrum.
0:11.2	If you've had an accident and your car's not safe to drive, we'll get you safely home.
0:15.6	Y'all love your feet up in no time, Sarah.
0:17.7	Thank goodness.
0:18.7	Helping solve your car insurance puzzle?
0:20.7	It takes Aviva.
0:22.1	Get a quote today at Aviva.co.uk.
0:24.8	Onward Traveler Aintents on Comprehensive Cover to your Graphical Restrictions Applied.
0:31.0	There's only one place Formula One drivers want to be.
0:35.2	In front of everyone else.
0:37.6	And if they're racing for the championship, it's first or nothing.
0:42.2	Being second wasn't enough for the whole team and not enough to win the World Championship.
0:47.8	And that's why we've been very self-critical at the end of the year and tried to improve
0:52.0	in all the areas that we called.
0:53.8	A strong start of fading challenge.
0:57.0	Ferrari's Charlotte Claire ended 2022 looking up at the champion Red Bull's Max Verstappen
1:03.4	and looking back on what might have been.
1:06.1	We had quite a lot of reliability problems in the first time.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from karenellenbevan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of karenellenbevan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.