Having secured his fourth podium end of the season at Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc acknowledged that he “gave it the whole lot”, however the Scuderia might want to work even more durable to get “again onto the highest step of the rostrum.”
Following a powerful qualifying efficiency, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton began from second and fourth on the grid at in the present day’s Austrian Grand Prix.
The beginning of the race was aborted and delayed by quarter-hour, after Carlos Sainz was unable to go away the grid on the formation lap. The opening lap noticed Kimi Antonelli crash into the again of Max Verstappen’s Crimson Bull which pressured the race path to deploy the the Security Automobile.
Leclerc and Hamilton each began on medium tyres and went for a two-stop technique, switching first to Arduous after which again to Medium for the ultimate stint.
Having misplaced second place to Oscar Piastri after the beginning, Leclerc delivered a measured efficiency to seize a podium end after his third place on the Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton additionally had a comparatively easy race, by no means actually capable of problem his team-mate, however he was capable of escape from Mercedes driver George Russell after their intense battle on the opening lap.
Having grabbed a 3rd and fourth place end on the Crimson Bull Ring, the Scuderia picked up 27 factors and is now again in 2nd place within the Constructors’ championship.
Reflecting on his Austrian Grand Prix, Leclerc acknowledged that he “gave it the whole lot”, however the Scuderia might want to work even more durable to get “again onto the highest step of the rostrum.”
“I price our weekend as a workforce rather well. We introduced some upgrades which helped us to take a step ahead and begin closing the hole to McLaren. Sadly, they had been simply sooner in the present day.
“Within the first nook, I needed to shut in on Lando (Norris), however that left the door open for Oscar (Piastri) who was capable of move me for second place.
“I pushed rather a lot on the primary stint and had fairly a little bit of degradation, however that’s a part of the sport. We don’t have any regrets in the present day. We gave it the whole lot and extracted the utmost from our race.
“We’ll proceed to work exhausting to make extra progress with the intention of getting again onto the highest step of the rostrum. That’s our primary precedence and the entire workforce deserves it.”
A well-deserved podium @Charles_Leclerc! 👊 pic.twitter.com/MukWi23zrZ
— Scuderia Ferrari HP (@ScuderiaFerrari) June 29, 2025
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