Leclerc: 2020 F1 form helped by 'change of approach'
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Charles Leclerc believes a change of approach with how he tackles F1 race weekends is a potential reason for his improved consistency in 2020.Check out the F1 YouTube channel – CLICK HEREDespite Ferrari’s struggles this season, Leclerc has been a shining light with two podium finishes to his name.The Monegasque driver has comprehensively out-performed teammate Sebastian Vettel, 63 points to 17 and has out-qualified him at every race since the Belgian Grand Prix. When asked about how he’s improved as a driver since last year, Leclerc explained how he has changed his approach compared to 2019.“On my side, I’ve changed a little bit the approach,” Leclerc said. “Whether it made me go quicker, I don’t think so but surely, I’m giving my 100% at every session. Last year I was taking it a bit easier from FP1 to FP3 and then push in qualifying. But then I had some consistency problems to always put the lap together in qualifying.“This year I’m just trying to give my best from FP1 to the race basically and yeah, I found some positives in that. As a driver, I keep improving, but I guess it’s the same for every driver. So that’s it.”Ferrari teammate Vettel has consistently struggled with the handling of this year’s Ferrari and its sensitive rear end.The Aston Martin-bound driver concedes Leclerc has been able to squeeze the “maximum out of the car” in 2020.“I think it’s a bit independent from Charles, I think he’s doing a very good job, he seems to squeeze the maximum out of the car. I think on my side it’s a bit different, I think it’s a very different year, very different circumstances going in and not really having the smoothest year in terms of being able to do what I can do.“Not the easiest situation, but I’m willing to give everything that I can to try and improve and hopefully towards the end of the year, get back to where I know and where I can be.””4
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