Charles Leclerc Quotes

I've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have.

I race to win. If I am on the bike or in a car it will always be the same.

It was always my dream to drive for Ferrari.

Since I was a child I've been looking up to Formula One. Dreaming to be a Formula One driver.

When I first climbed into a go-kart, aged 13, I thought to myself: 'This is what I want to do with my life, and I want to drive F1.'

I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow.

I love racing, I love racing everything really - karts, anything - so I do need to keep doing that. But the focus is on Formula One.

I feel like I was born to ride the track.

In World Series, everything is a bit slower than F1. But each time I sit in the car, whether it is World Series or F1, once I am in the cockpit, I am mentally prepared for what the car is. I don't have to physically drive it to remember what it is doing.

I don't know what it will bring, but definitely it's a nice feeling to know I can drive an F1 car after such a difficult period and having my limitations.

I like fast cars, and I always have.

Everything can change pretty quickly in Formula One in two or three races.

It might sound stupid, but I don't enter a race to win - I enter a race because I love racing.

I think F1, ultimately, is man and machine at its absolute limit. It is modern day chariot racing.

When drivers are going at their best, trying their hardest, taking chances and doing amazing things, that's what fans love.

There are a lot of good cars, good teams and good drivers.

If you come to Formula One you have already proved that you are able to adapt and learn and be fast.

I'm not here for anything other than world championships. I don't want to be here driving around and finishing races and scoring points. I only want to win and if I can't do that - if I can't see that I have a future with wins and championships - then I'm not up for Formula One, I'll do something else where I can win.

I told Monster the other day, I'm a racer's racer. This is what I truly love to do.

When you are a kid racing karts, you want to be an F1 driver.

I go out and drive 100 percent every lap.

Marchionne has a clear vision of what F1 should represent for Ferrari, which is a purist sport that isn't a shopping channel. I would strongly encourage the sport's stakeholders not to provoke him.

I like running my Super Late Models here and there and there are times when you go to those events and they are for $2,000 or $3,000 to win. There's no money involved in that; you're basically spending your money to go racing in those things but it's so enjoyable. For me, it's kind of like a golf game.

I spend my money on cars. That's why I have a Challenger. It's a muscle car, like a Mustang. It's big and rumbly.

I'm asked to drive touring cars, I'm asked to drive IndyCar, but I think Formula One is much more hi-tech and that's where I want to be in as long as I can.