Charles Leclerc: “People say the pressure in Ferrari will be on another level - but mental strength is my biggest quality”
F1 Beyond The Grid
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🗓️ 17 October 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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It takes a special kind of driver to get the call to race for Ferrari with less than a season of Grand Prix racing under your belt - especially when the man you’re set to replace is a world champion. Charles Leclerc is that driver.
The young man from Monaco has shown flashes of brilliance this year while racing for Sauber, but it’s not just his skills behind the wheel that set him apart - it’s his mental fortitude too. On this week’s episode of Beyond The Grid, presented by Bose, Leclerc explains to Tom how his racing persona was toughened by personal tragedy, including losing his father midway through his title-winning F2 campaign in 2017 and the passing of godfather Jules Bianchi in 2015. He also discusses his thoughts on his impending move to F1’s most historic team, shares anecdotes of growing up around F1 drivers in Monaco and much, much more…
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| 0:30.5 | Hello, I'm Charles the Clerk and you are listening to Beyond the Grid. |
| 0:39.6 | Hello everyone, it's TC here with another episode of Beyond the Grid, |
| 0:43.3 | presented by Bose Quiet Comfort 352 Wireless Headphones. |
| 0:48.3 | Now we've had an eclectic mix of drivers on this show over the last few months. |
| 0:52.0 | We've had world champions, race winners and young chargers, |
| 0:56.0 | all of them with great stories to tell. |
| 0:59.2 | Well joining me this week is a driver who's in the latter camp as it stands, |
| 1:03.3 | but he's one who many believe is destined for great things. |
| 1:07.2 | At the moment, he's still in his first season of F1 with Sourba, |
| 1:10.8 | but he's showing all the signs of being very special indeed. |
| 1:14.2 | So good, in fact, that Ferrari have signed him to partner Sebastien Vettel in 2019 |
| 1:19.5 | in place of no lesser driver than Kimmy Reikonen. |
| 1:23.2 | I'm talking of course about Charles the Clerk. |
| 1:26.6 | The young man from Monaco dominated the junior categories of the sport, |
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