Sky Sports F1 podcast: Charles Leclerc ‘pretty stuck’ at Ferrari despite exit speculation, says Damon Hill

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has lately been linked with a transfer to Mercedes; 1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill stated Crimson Bull and Mercedes have been “in all probability glad” with their present driver groups; watch the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix dwell on Sky Sports activities F1 this weekend

Charles Leclerc is “fairly caught” at Ferrari as a result of Mercedes and Crimson Bull are “in all probability glad” with their present driver line-ups, Damon Hill has advised the Sky Sports activities F1 podcast.

Leclerc fueled hypothesis over his future final month by responding to rumors of talks between him and Mercedes saying they’d but to happen.

The Monegasque insisted that ‘for now’ he’s ‘totally centered’ on racing for Ferrari, whereas Mercedes boss Toto Wolff later confirmed that Leclerc was on his ‘radar’.

Hypothesis linking Leclerc to Mercedes surrounds uncertainty over Lewis Hamilton’s future with the group, on condition that the seven-time world champion is but to agree an extension to his present contract, which expires on the finish of the day. finish of the 2023 season.

Nonetheless, 1996 world champion Hill expects Hamilton to proceed till 2024 and due to this fact sees no life like Ferrari different for Leclerc.

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Leclerc crashed out of qualifying on the Miami GP earlier this month.

“I believe he is form of caught at Ferrari for some time,” Hill stated forward of this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

“He is by no means actually been in an extended championship marketing campaign. There have been occasions when it was good after which they light, and he additionally had these spots in his pocket book with qualifying, the lap banzai gone flawed.

“If you take a look at the highest groups, who they’ve of their squads, they’re in all probability pleased with what they’ve in the mean time – I am undecided there’s every other place to go.

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Anthony Davidson was on the SkyPad to research how Leclerc might have averted crashing his Ferrari.

“Crimson Bull, I doubt it. Mercedes, I am positive Toto will stick with Lewis till Lewis decides he is not going to race anymore, and I believe Charles is the right match for Ferrari.

“So I believe he is in it for the lengthy haul, till they provide him a automotive he can go for a championship with.”

Ferrari completed second to Crimson Bull within the constructors’ championship final season, however the Italian group and Mercedes have been surprisingly outclassed by Aston Martin at first of the brand new marketing campaign.

After becoming a member of Aston Martin within the offseason, Fernando Alonso has completed third in 4 of the primary 5 races, and is third within the drivers’ standings behind Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.

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Sky Sports activities’ Natalie Pinkham explains what to anticipate from the Emilia-Romagna GP as F1 heads to the enduring Italian circuit.

Provided that Alonso is the oldest driver on the grid and can flip 42 in July, Hill hasn’t utterly dominated out the opportunity of Leclerc contemplating a transfer to Aston Martin sooner or later.

“Aston Martin are a rising group,” he added. “Perhaps if it continues to be disastrous for Ferrari then perhaps he’ll look elsewhere, however I believe he’s higher off the place he’s.”

A tough begin to the season, which included two retirements, left Leclerc simply seventh within the drivers’ standings as System 1 returns to Europe for a triple-header in races.

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Forward of this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, have a look again at a number of the most dramatic moments that unfolded round Imola.

Extra focus shall be on the 25-year-old at Ferrari’s house race at Imola after which at his own residence circuit in Monaco the next weekend, particularly after two high-profile crashes final day trip in Miami. .

Hearken to the total podcast to listen to Hill give his ideas on driving at Imola, Ferrari group principal Frederic Vasseur’s “baptism of fireplace” and the prospect of Daniel Ricciardo becoming a member of AlphaTauri.

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Sky Sports activities F1 Emilia Romagna GP dwell schedule

Friday Might 10
8:50 a.m.: F3 coaching
10 a.m.: F2 coaching
12:00: Emilia Romagna GP Observe One
1:55 p.m.: F3 qualifying
2:50 p.m.: F2 qualifying
3:45 p.m.: 2nd coaching session for the Emilia-Romagna GP
5:30 p.m.: The F1 Motor Present

Saturday Might 20
9 a.m.: Dash F3
11:15 a.m.: third coaching session for the Emilia-Romagna GP
1:10 p.m.: Dash F2
2:10 p.m .: Preparation for qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna GP
3:00 p.m.: Qualifying for the Emilia-Romagna GP
4:45 p.m.: Ted’s qualification pocket book

Sunday Might 21
8:40 a.m.: F3 cross-country race
10:10 a.m.: F2 cross-country race
12:30 p.m .: Preparation of the Emilia-Romagna GP on Sunday for the Grand Prix
2 p.m.: EMILIA ROMAGNA GRAND PRIX
4 p.m.: Checkered flag: response from the Emilia-Romagna GP
5 p.m.: Ted’s pocket book

System 1 returns to Imola for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix from Might 19-21. Watch each session dwell on Sky Sports activities F1 together with the race from 2pm on Sunday 21 Might.