News Details

Toto Wolff impressed by Charles Leclerc's speed and attitude

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc as a “champion in the making” and praised the youngster’s attitude in the wake of Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Leclerc controlled qualifying to secure his maiden pole position and fought back from a poor first lap to reclaim the lead, and held a comfortable advantage through the pit stop phase. But a suspected cylinder loss with 13 laps remaining slowed his Ferrari SF90 and he was powerless to prevent Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas from passing, slipping to third. Wolff was nonetheless effusive over Leclerc’s ability as well as his immediate reaction to the setback....
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Wolff preaches consistency over speed after Hamilton...

Toto Wolff spoke of the need to balance both performance and reliability...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Wolff: Leclerc is a young champion-in-the-making

Charles Leclerc's near-flawless performance at Sunday's Bahrain Grand...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Toto Wolff: "It is dangerous to underestimate...

Unlike his practice hat-trick in Melbourne, Lewis Hamilton hasn't been at...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Brundle: Hamilton wins, Leclerc shines

I've rarely witnessed so many F1 fans and paddock folk willing on one...
6y ago from SkySports.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sources: Chelsea are joined by Arsenal in the race to...

Marseille’s highly rated teenage midfielder Darryl Bakola has rapidly...
49m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal eyeing up a move for 20-year-old...

Arsenal are interested in signing Club Brugge midfielder Aleksandar...
17h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Years after snubbing transfer to Liverpool and...

German footballer Julian Draxler has opened up on his failed move to...
22h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.