Charles Leclerc has been told to avoid being “fooled” by the situation at Ferrari, with Ralf Schumacher imploring the Monegasque driver to have a “plan B” ready.<\/p>\n
The Italian team has endured an underwhelming season in F1. Its relative underachievement has been more pronounced due to the strong way in which the Maranello-based squad ended the previous campaign.<\/p>\n
After finishing a close runner-up to McLaren in 2024, the Scuderia has failed to capitalise on its momentum, slumping to fourth in the fight for second place, having already failed to challenge for the constructors’ championship.<\/p>\n
The current mood at the team is in stark contrast to the hope and expectation that saw in the year, with Lewis Hamilton joining from Mercedes and anticipation of a first F1 title for the Prancing Horse since 2008.<\/p>\n
It has thus far culminated in Ferrari chairman John Elkann taking aim at his drivers in the press, criticising them for talking too much amid the team’s disappointing form.<\/p>\n
With Scuderia careering towards a winless season, Schumacher feels Leclerc, who has performed well and collected seven podium finishes, should be questioning things internally.<\/p>\n
“If I were Leclerc, I would start to wonder by now what the point of all this is,” the 50-year-old told Sky Sports Germany.<\/p>\n
“I think he is doing an excellent job and getting the best out of himself, but also out of the team.<\/p>\n
“Moreover, he is also a likeable guy, who fits perfectly at Ferrari. He is a family man, and he is getting married soon.”<\/p>\n
Leaning on his own experience from racing in F1, Schumacher advised Leclerc to have backup options ready in case the situation does not turn around.<\/p>\n
The former Jordan, Williams, and Toyota driver encouraged the eight-time grand prix winner not to let himself “be fooled” by Ferrari.<\/p>\n
“By now, I would send my manager out to ask what this is all about,” Schumacher explained.<\/p>\n
“I always had a plan B ready and discussed with my manager in situations like this, and I would still advise Leclerc to do the same. I wouldn’t let myself be fooled.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Leclerc has been told to avoid being “fooled” by the situation at Ferrari, with Ralf Schumacher imploring…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,827,817,830,828,831,829,826,813,816,823,825,824,822,85],"class_list":["post-288773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}