Leclerc intimidated

Charles Leclerc says he found Formula 1 “intimidating” at first as he adapted to dealing with more people than he had been used to in his junior career. Leclerc did not score a point at any of the opening three rounds of the season as Sauber struggled towards the rear of the field, but he broke his duck with a sixth-place finish in Azerbaijan in April and impressed sufficiently to secure a Ferrari drive. “At the beginning it’s first of all quite intimidating to speak to so many people,” he explained. “Everything you say is going to be analysed, not only by your engineer, but by so many people. So obviously it’s quite... not scary, but intimidating. But then you get used to it.”