“It must be the water.”
Melbourne, monsoon. Leclerc's seat was full of water. Diagnosis delivered. His reply: 'Let's add that to the words of wisdom.' Consider it added.
Australian Grand Prix
“To be honest, now I think it's too late. Let's keep it like this, and I will let him go.”
— Charles Leclerc
A position swap, Monaco style: proposed, debated, abandoned.
Monaco Grand Prix
“Very important to know what Albon is doing. Is he boxing?”
— Charles Leclerc
'I will come back to you.' The eternal answer.
Qatar Grand Prix
“Box opposite McLaren. Box opposite McLaren.”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Suzuka '23. Also Miami '24. Also Baku '24. When in doubt, do whatever McLaren doesn't.
Japanese Grand Prix
“Come on! Let's be honest: traffic. The traffic is the most important. Tyre warm-up, everything. This is the only priority we have... otherwise we are going to be out in Q2. We are lucky already to be in.”
— Charles Leclerc
The clip opens with four separate sighs.
Dutch Grand Prix
“This guy! Come on!”
— Charles Leclerc
Qualifying traffic in Montreal.
Canadian Grand Prix
“Come on, guys. Stop just thinking this s—. Honestly.”
— Carlos Sainz
Live feedback for the strategy department.
Mexico City Grand Prix
“Why? ...Okay.”
— Carlos Sainz
The entire clip. Nothing else. Acceptance.
Spanish Grand Prix
“I think we can forget about driving. I don't know what the car is going to do every time I brake.”
— Charles Leclerc
The brakes had developed opinions of their own.
Bahrain Grand Prix
“What do you want me to do? You want me to keep pushing? We save? We let him go?”
— Charles Leclerc
'Plan B, stay with Norris.' Glad that's settled.
Monaco Grand Prix
“Please, no messages in corners anymore. Just let me know if I'm faster or slower, and the changes that are urgent — but not in corners.”
— Charles Leclerc
A recurring theme. See also: Singapore.
Spanish Grand Prix
“My tires are okay, can I extend? How many more laps left? ...I don't want to stop.”
— Lewis Hamilton
'And box.' Twenty laps to go.
Austrian Grand Prix
“P1! Come on! Yes! Amazing job, guys — it's good to be back on top.”
— Charles Leclerc
Pole in Baku. The rare good day.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix
“Box, box, box. ...Sorry, we're too late.”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Boxing and unboxing in a single breath.
Austrian Grand Prix
“My tires are still good! My tires are still good!”
— Lewis Hamilton
Box box box. He was called in anyway.
British Grand Prix
“Switch, red, switch, red— why box? Not yet. Stay out, stay out.”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Three instructions, four seconds.
Canadian Grand Prix
“What happened? We're not ready?! Wake up guys, come on!”
— Carlos Sainz
Arriving at a pit box that was not expecting him.
Las Vegas Grand Prix
“Every time. Every time.”
— Lewis Hamilton
Hungary qualifying. By Abu Dhabi it was 'Every time, yeah, I'm so sorry.' A season-long catchphrase.
Hungarian Grand Prix
“What do you mean, could be soon?”
— Charles Leclerc
The pit wall, watching tyres: 'Could be soon.' Reassuring.
Belgian Grand Prix
“I meant Norris, but I didn't want to speak in the corners.”
After announcing 'Russell P1.' Leclerc: 'I don't care about Norris, give me Russell.'
Singapore Grand Prix
“P1, baby! ...Life is a roller coaster, eh? Life is incredible, sometimes.”
— Carlos Sainz
Two weeks after appendix surgery.
Australian Grand Prix
“At this pace, Norris is catching us or not?”
— Oliver Bearman
F1 debut at 18, subbing for Sainz. 'We believe so, in four laps.' He held on.
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
“What did fly away? There's a part that flew away.”
— Charles Leclerc
Pit wall: 'I will come back to you.' The answer: a piece of the wheel arch. He could push next lap.
Bahrain Grand Prix
“There's something wrong with my rears, guys.”
— Charles Leclerc
'Okay, we are checking it. We'll come back to you, okay?'
Spanish Grand Prix
“What was plan B? I forgot.”
— Carlos Sainz
The pit wall had announced Plan B ten seconds earlier. Their reply: 'I'll let you know.'
British Grand Prix
“What the—? Plan C is ruining my race.”
— Charles Leclerc
They asked for his opinion on Plan C. He gave it.
United States Grand Prix
“Why are we on plan A?”
— Charles Leclerc
'We're in line with everyone else, that was the choice.' Visionary.
Spanish Grand Prix
“Why have we boxed? Why did we box? We're on plan D.”
— Charles Leclerc
Plans A through C were unavailable at this time.
Canadian Grand Prix
“Can you please tell me what the plan is? Like, what are we trying to do?”
— Charles Leclerc
'We're trying to wait for rain, mate.'
Canadian Grand Prix
“What lap are we on? ...Why the hell? I told you what strategy I wanted to do. Just put me out with everyone else now.”
— Lewis Hamilton
Welcome to Ferrari, Lewis.
Belgian Grand Prix
“I'll do it, but we've never done that.”
Leclerc had asked for a car swap. A normal thing that teams do.
Chinese Grand Prix
“Have a tea break while you're at it, come on.”
— Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari needed a moment to decide whether to swap the cars.
Miami Grand Prix
“We are checking... we are checking...”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
The most Ferrari response to any question ever asked
“Okay, so... Plan B. No wait. Plan C. Actually, stay out. No — box box BOX NOW!”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Ferrari strategy in its purest form
Monaco Grand Prix
“Slow button on. Slow button on.”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
When the pit wall decides you're going too fast
“NOOOOOOOO!”
— Charles Leclerc
Engine failure while leading the race
Spanish Grand Prix
“Question?”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Just... question.
Hungarian Grand Prix
“YES! YES! YES! YESSSSS!”
— Charles Leclerc
First Ferrari win at Monza in 9 years
Italian Grand Prix
“Stay out, stay out! ...IN IN IN IN IN IN IN!”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Two completely opposite instructions in 3 seconds
British Grand Prix
“Copy, understood. What tyres am I on?”
— Charles Leclerc
When even the driver has lost track of the strategy
Monaco Grand Prix
“No, no... we speak after.”
— Charles Leclerc
Charles knows there's too much to say on the radio
“Okay so we have plan A, plan B, plan C... we'll tell you which one later.”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Three plans, zero communication
“WHAT HAPPENED?! WHAT HAPPENED?!”
— Charles Leclerc
Finding out he's dropped from the lead via pit strategy
Monaco Grand Prix
“My drink... is it on or not?”
— Carlos Sainz
Dehydration is just part of the Ferrari experience
“We will come back to you.”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Narrator: They did not come back to him.
“Copy. We are looking at it.”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
They were not, in fact, looking at it.
“LETS GOOO! What a feeling, what a feeling!”
— Charles Leclerc
The win that made everyone believe 2022 was Ferrari's year
Bahrain Grand Prix
“Do you want hard tyres? Question?”
— Ferrari Pit Wall
Asking the driver to decide the strategy mid-race
Hungarian Grand Prix
“VAMOS! VAMOS! FINALLY!”
— Carlos Sainz
Carlos's first ever F1 win — on a day Ferrari tried to take it away
British Grand Prix
“I am stupid. I am stupid.”
— Charles Leclerc
Spinning out of a race he was comfortably leading
German Grand Prix
“FOR WHAT?!”
— Charles Leclerc
Receiving a penalty and having very valid questions about it
Las Vegas Grand Prix
“Smooth operatoooor...”
— Carlos Sainz
Carlos singing on the radio because life is good