Charles Leclerc has echoed team mate Lewis Hamilton\u2019s optimism over an engine upgrade that Ferrari will deploy at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza \u2013 expressing his hope of delivering another \u201cvery special weekend\u201d in front of the Tifosi.<\/p>\n
After an initial update in Austria earlier this season, Ferrari<\/a> have made further changes to their power unit for the Italian Grand Prix, as part of the team\u2019s 2026 \u2018ADUO\u2019 (Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities<\/a>) allowance.<\/p>\n With Hamilton<\/a> talking about the possibility of challenging for victory on Ferrari\u2019s home soil earlier in the day<\/a>, Leclerc<\/a> shared similar ambitions when he faced the media \u2013 as he pushes to claim what would be third win in red at the famous Temple of Speed.<\/p>\n Asked about the engine update, and what he expects it to bring, Leclerc replied: \u201cIt will have a bit more power, which is always a good thing. How much more power? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll do my best in order to have a very special weekend like in 2019 and 2024, which are probably the best memories I have in racing, together with [the win in] Monaco in 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we are against very tough competition and the engine is definitely our weak part. To do a step forward will help us close a little bit the gap to the guys in front.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Leclerc went on to highlight the \u201cperfect execution\u201d that will be required if Ferrari are to triumph for the third time this season \u2013 after Hamilton\u2019s win in Barcelona and the Monegasque\u2019s win at Silverstone.<\/p>\n \u201cIf there\u2019s one track we can afford to maybe compromise a little bit Qualifying compared to the race, it\u2019s this one,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, our job is to make the car faster, and that will be beneficial for Qualifying and the race.<\/p>\n \u201cOn a track like this, we expect to have a bit of a harder time because it\u2019s lots of straight lines and we know that this is a bit of a weak point compared to our competitors so far, but I\u2019m still optimistic.<\/p>\n \u201cSilverstone and Spa weren\u2019t meant to be positive for us and we had a good weekend, but by having a perfect execution. We need to target that here.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a new engine, we have new parts on the car, and I hope that helps us to put the others under a bit more pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n As for how much energy he takes from racing in Ferrari\u2019s backyard, Leclerc added: \u201cItaly has always been very special for me. I kind of grew up here through my karting career, I was very much living with my mechanics here, and so I have a very special connection with Italy and the people.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be racing with Ferrari in Italy is already a special experience, but even more so for me. I just really hope we can convert all that positive excitement into a victory on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Leclerc has echoed team mate Lewis Hamilton\u2019s optimism over an engine upgrade that Ferrari will deploy at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604771,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-604770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}