Charles Leclerc Quotes

I've been driving race cars professionally for a while: 200 mph types of things.

If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.

There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.

I would love to drive a MotoGP but I'm not sure Ferrari agrees.

I'm a huge fan of Ayrton Senna and the color scheme of the old McLarens.

I believe I have earned my shot in F1. I have won F3, and we all know F3 is a very high level.

Being team-mate to Michael Schumacher at Benetton in my first year of Formula One was certainly a high pressure situation.

Everyone wants to see racing. This is what F1 is for and this is what it is.

Simply racing a Formula 1 car is an achievement.

I was happy to ski and play a lot of ice hockey. But I've come back because I was - and am - a racing driver. This is what I do.

Why make a movie about Ayrton Senna? Someone who drove around in circles at 200mph in a car that looked like a giant cigarette packet? Why would anyone who isn't already a fan of Formula 1 care?

When I race in Australia or Korea or Japan I know it will be a big change for me because Ferrari fans are worldwide.

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

I spent many years in Italy, I've lived just 5km away from the track and the Monza atmosphere is very special.

I think I did a pretty good job - particularly when I was racing with Hakkinen. It was maybe the first time that I have been challenging with the big boys, and I really enjoyed it.

I have had this opportunity to go on a journey and experience the ride of racing cars, of different championships around the world, go-karts, F3, F4, and now F1. It's been so amazing to be able to experience that. There have been bad days, good days, and it's been a great ride.

I've learned a tremendous amount. I've gained a lot of experience competing at the highest level with the best drivers in the world in F1.

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

I wish Michael Schumacher would come try NASCAR. That'd be cool.

We need to make sure F1 stays the quickest category of all, and GP2 is not that far away, so that's a little bit worrying.

In my time in F1, I never doubted I could be successful. I sadly never made it on to the starting grid of an F1 race, but during testing I completed a race distance.

I was driving in Formula Renault 2.0... with Daniel Ricciardo.

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.'

As a racing driver, everything you do is to get to Formula 1 and one day it stops.