Quotes from Charles Leclerc

Of course, the cars are getting safer and safer but, when you are going at 340km/h, it can never be safe. This I knew from the start.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

Nobody believes me, but to be honest the pressure is not something that I feel.

You should be judged on your performances, not how long you've been around.

I wake up in the morning thinking about victory, I go to sleep thinking about victory, so sometimes it might be hard. But I need to control myself more and, how can I say it politely? Just shut up instead of speaking on the radio.

If you have one driver who only cares about himself then it's not great.

My father, well he helped me with everything. From the start he was my biggest supporter and taught me a lot about his experience as a driver.

Being honest with myself is something I like. I am happy that I don't make excuses when I make a mistake. This is a good way to improve in the fastest way.

Experience is always a plus, but I believe if you are good enough for an F1 seat, you are good enough from the year you arrive in F1.

Every time a young driver comes into F1, the finger's pointed at him over his age. I don't think that's right.

All simulators are going to be different compared to reality, that's how I see it.

My mental strength was definitely a weakness back in the karting days, and I've worked hard on that to be as ready as possible for whenever I had the chance in F1.

I think we always need to see the positive.

He's extremely clever and I learn always so much when I fight with Lewis. He always knows exactly what you are going to do next with his experience, and that's what makes him so good on track with the battles. He's not very aggressive, always very correct, but always very good to anticipate what you are going to do.

In Formula One nothing is easy, but I can feel I'm taking the right steps, that I'm working in the proper way.

F1 weekends are full of things and any time that you have five minutes, you need to use it as well as possible to calm down.

I always set the bar very high, not in terms of results but most in terms of preparation and focusing on the job there is to do in the car.

There will always be some corners which are challenging and more dangerous than others.

It is vitally important for me to concentrate on myself, on the work that I have to do on the track and off it with the engineers, without really thinking about what people are expecting from me on the outside.

I'm not someone that always feels confident about himself.

Anyone who has the chance to drive for Ferrari will drive for Ferrari.

At the beginning, I didn't want to arrive at a big team like Ferrari and say: 'Ok, I want the car like this' - I just wanted to try and adapt to the car and then see if I wanted to make some changes.

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

I will respect Ferrari's decision for whoever is next to me and at the end it's my job to adapt to the person next to me and you can always learn from whoever is your team mate.