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'NO REGRETS' ABOUT FERRARI'S 2026 FOCUS
The Straits Times
|December 20, 2025
Their driver Leclerc says it's 'no-brainer' to treat 2025 as development for new season
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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (right) had seven podium finishes in 2025, but teammate Lewis Hamilton had none for the first time in his F1 career.
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Charles Leclerc has acknowledged that Ferrari made the right decision to shift focus to next year early in the 2025 season.
The Monaco driver went so far as to say that it was a “no-brainer”, given that the team were not going to insert themselves into the title picture.
“We were at a technical disadvantage from the first race, so it’s not like it changed massively our approach to the season,” Leclerc said during the final drivers’ press conference of 2025 in Abu Dhabi on Dec 18.
“And we saw it relatively quickly that we wouldn’t be fighting for the world title. Because McLaren was too strong. Red Bull was obviously starting to make big gains. It wasn’t very much of a point to put all our resources into trying to take the third or second place...
This story is from the December 20, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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