Our honest thoughts on Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari contract extension
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What news prompted this emergency podcast episode?
Hello, everybody, and welcome back to the V1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. Emergency podcast. Something we've not done for a little while. And it's always exciting when you... It's like, Tommy, quick. We need to record something because there's actually been news. And it's about my boy, Charles Leclerc.
Why can't there be news when there's a... Eight-week break, by the way. I know.
Well, they like to time it around certain races, don't they? It's all very managed and scheduled. But it's fine. We like news. And this one, we will discuss whether we like it or not. It's, of course, Charles Leclerc deciding to stay... At Ferrari, there's no years that are attached to this. I couldn't find a single contract that Charles Leclerc has signed where it actually said until X year. It's always multi-year, which I don't mind. I don't mind a multi-year for Charles Leclerc. That means he stays in Formula 1 where he belongs. So, yes, the idea, the understanding, the rumours, whatever you want to call it, was that he already had a contract signed until 2029, maybe 2028. Either or, years...
from where we are right now it's 2026 but he's like another one another multi-year deal thank you very much i will never leave ferrari and interesting we we joke and your joke has kind of been about charlotte club staying forever his and he can never look too much and dissect a tweet or an instagram post or ever but it's funny that his caption is here to stay love heart that's kind of a That kind of hits the vibe of I'm not leaving, you know, Wolf of Wall Street.
I'm never leaving.
I'm never leaving. Here to stay at Scuderia Ferrari. This is forever. Don't worry. I will endure this for the rest of my career.
Yeah, I bet you are. The phrase don't worry is definitely not. Because it's going so well so far. Yeah, lots of wins, lots of wins. Right. Okay. So why don't we get into our first thoughts? My initial first thought is... A mixture of emotions. Let's put it that way. I think let's start with the positive.
Why did Charles Leclerc decide to extend his contract with Ferrari?
I love wearing Ferrari merch. I think it's a great looking piece of kit.
My positive is I liked Michael Schumacher.
Yeah, I obviously loved Michael Schumacher back in the day. And I'm glad he's staying with Ferrari because the dream, the delusion is that he wins a world championship with Ferrari. It would still hit, don't get me wrong, but it wouldn't hit the same... if he went somewhere else and won a world championship. The romance surrounding that Scarlet team is something that can't be matched by any other, in my opinion. So I'm glad to a degree, yes, that we are still heading towards that dream. Maybe Charles Leclerc knows something about the 2030 regulations and how Ferrari might be with V8 engines. I'm joking, obviously. But yeah, that's that side. I don't want to call it negatives because it's not. It's more just apprehension of...
This has been what Charles Leclerc has had since a long time. My goodness me. How long has he been at Ferrari now? Since 20... Oh, God. Yeah. You do the math. 2019. No, I said the number. Oh, you did. Yes. Multiple years. He's been there a long time. And it seems like he may well get to at least 10 years at Ferrari. And... You've got to just wonder, surely one of these seasons, Ferrari will have the consistently fastest car. Don't come at me with, well, a legal engine's here and he was really fast at the start of 2022. A consistently fastest car for an entire season. Surely one of those years...
it can happen right you're hopefully maybe um obviously it's been a long time since i won a world title uh we don't need to yeah good i mean it has uh enjoyed that two decades yeah and well not really because as a alonzo stan i'd love to have seen him win it and he came very close twice uh still you know the closest driver to to do it for ferrari uh for a long for a long long time since obviously kimmy won the title and they won the constructors didn't they as well but uh in 2008 yeah been a very very long time but you're right in saying that charlotte claire going somewhere else and winning the world title it would be just so epic to win for ferrari
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What news prompted this emergency podcast episode?
0:05–2:23
2
Why did Charles Leclerc decide to extend his contract with Ferrari?
2:23–9:12
3
What are the potential risks of Leclerc's long-term commitment to Ferrari?
9:12–14:56
4
How do Leclerc's past performances influence his future with Ferrari?
14:56–31:14