Charles Leclerc Quotes

People say that F1 is blessed with the 'best drivers in the world,' but I want to witness the 'total best drivers in the world,' and this means taking away the elements that make their job easier.

In Formula One, the car can make a difference in a way that a driver cannot. Whereas Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna spent their early seasons in second-rate machinery, Hamilton walked into the equal best car on the grid. His first season none the less has, by any standards, been extraordinary.

I love the role of being the experienced driver and that is definitely the case next year - I think I am the most experienced guy in F1 next year.

You tend to think that there is a big gap between F1 and everything else. F1 is where all the fantastic drivers are, so you just don't know how good you are until you get there.

I don't think that American drivers going to NASCAR are taking the easy way out because as I said, the racing is amazing; it's just that it's easier to adapt to what you grow up with. American drivers grow up with NASCAR, they know NASCAR, and that's where they want to go.

A racing driver has to be a good driver.

Nobody had race savvy like Al Unser in his prime.

When I entered Formula One in 2002 basically all I had was my talent, but now I also have the technical knowledge which enables me, together with my engineers, to fully exploit the potential of the car.

As has been the case with Sebastian Vettel, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, we're always going to draw upon the talent pool we have.

There's obviously a lot of drivers that are in F1 because they're one of the best drivers out there, so I can learn from everyone.

I'm no different from other drivers - my talent is in my brain, not in my right foot.

I think that's a very good point they're bringing into Formula One at the moment, to get rid of all the electronics. And I think that's what a Formula One driver needs. That's why they are a Formula One driver. They need to drive themselves.

Juan Fangio was the great man of racing, whilst Stirling Moss was the epitome of a racing driver.

If we didn't have Nico [Rosberg] and Lewis [Hamilton] in those cars - there's one or two guys down the field who in those cars would have delivered the same.

Neither my MFA from Yale School of Drama nor my BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University make me any different from other actors in film, television, or theatre.

In December 2005 I had a very good opportunity to test Renault's world championship-winning car at Barcelona, and after 30 laps I was setting really good times, so I know what it's like to drive a really good car.

Dancing as a thing to do is marvellous, but you've got to be bloody good at it. I was never good enough.

The only question we should ask is, 'Are they good?' I've met great actors, black and white, and I've met bad actors, black and white.

I think it's impossible to drive a Formula One car with one hand.

Sometimes in Formula One the fans are too far away from what is going on the track.

We share the emotions of driving race cars. It's cool to have a dad who understands what you mean when you talk about oversteer or traction. But it's not a help at the race.

I found out my limit. I'm not a singer and a dancer.

I'm pretty excited to be racing for Williams. They're real racers.

Honestly, I feel nobody can drive a race car better than I can. Driving-wise, I feel like I can out-drive anybody.

When I said I wanted to get back racing my dream was to be an F1 driver. I didn't know how realistic that was going to be until I'd driven again.