Why Leclerc is champion material + why F1 rookies are shining – with Ferrari’s Jock Clear

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🗓️ 6 October 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Jock Clear, Head of the Ferrari Driver Academy and Charles Leclerc’s driver coach, joins Tom Clarkson and Natalie Pinkham on F1 Nation to talk all things Leclerc and the latest crop of F1 rookies.

What does the role of driver coach entail? Why is Leclerc having such a strong season in 2024? And does he have everything he needs to become a World Champion?

Jock also explains how he helps rookies like Ollie Bearman get ready for the pinnacle of motorsport, what impact simulators have on their preparation and why there are no shortcuts when it comes to creating opportunities for women in Formula 1.

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INSIDE DANIEL RICCIARDO’S DEPARTURE AND LIAM LAWSON’S RETURN
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OLLIE BEARMAN: JUST GETTING STARTED
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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to F1 Nation with me Tom Clarkson.
0:10.0	Just under two weeks from now the season resumes in Austin, but fear not, we've got your
0:15.4	weekly F1 fix sorted right here.
0:19.2	Charlea's driver coach and the head of the Ferrari Driver Academy Jot Clear will join us shortly driver so well but first Natalie Pinkham is my F1 Nation teammate this week.
0:35.2	Pinks it's been a while how are you?
0:38.0	I'm good I'm good how are you good to be back? I'm very well quite enjoying enjoying the break I have to say it's it's kind of
0:45.2	weird not being at a race this week or coming back from a race but the biggest
0:51.0	story since the last race in Singapore has been the exit of Daniel Ricardo from
0:57.0	V-Cab and haven't spoken to you about it yet.
1:00.8	What's your reaction to that news?
1:02.8	Well, it's been emotional, hasn't it?
1:05.2	I think a lot has been said about it.
1:07.0	I think that Daniel is such a wholesome asset for Red Bull, the whole Red Bull family, but indeed the whole sport and he really has brought in some new curious fans to the sport which has been great for everyone and we started at the same
1:26.7	race we've been in the sport for exactly the same amount of time and yeah it's it's
1:31.9	difficult to see him go. I think much has been said about it and I don't want to labor that.
1:38.0	It was disappointing that he had well didn't have the send-off that he deserved but I think
1:45.2	for me Daniel just sees the joy and everything whether that's racing or life
1:50.4	generally and I'll remember this one occasion in Spa where he had some sort of
1:56.6	shocker and I can't even remember the detail of it but I will never forget what he said to
2:00.9	me in the pen because I started with I'm so sorry with the way today's gone and he said you know what don't be sorry because my worst day is still better than many people's dream day and that kind of for me sums him up that he just took the
2:15.4	positives out of everything and I think we will really miss that in the sport.
2:19.1	He's a class act. He really is and he gets it and he never sulks, it never complains, just puts a smile on things and that is
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