Charles Leclerc “inner circle” question Ferrari stay amid exit clause claim
Charlꦛes Leclerc's Fe꧃rrari contract is less secure than first thought

Charles♐ Leclerc is reportedly losing faith in Ferrari amid their lacklustre start to the 2025 F1 season.
Leclerc sits fifth in the drivers’ championship, 92 points behind McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri after just nine races.
Ferrari haven’t given Leclerc or Lewis Hamilton a꧂ competitive car, failing🌸 to deliver on the pre-season hype built up by the arrival of the seven-time world champion.
The Scuderia ended last seasoওn as the second-fastest team, narrowly missing out on the constructors’ championship.
However, according to🔥 Italian ꦜpublication , Leclerc is growing frustrated by Ferrari’s inability to give him a title-challenging car.
Murmings from L💝eclerc’s inner circle have claimed that there’s an exit clause in his current contract, which runs out in 2029.
Leclerc will ꦗbe 31 by the time his existing deal runs out - and has yet to mount a credible title charge with Ferr💖ari.
The Monagasque is widely regarded as one of the fastest drivers in F1, and it could be argued that Leclerc is the only driver capable of taking it to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen on track.
Ferrari have contꦉinued to produce peaky cars since Leclerc’s arrival.
In 2019, 2022 and 2023 - Ferrari performed best in qualifying but faltered on a Sunday, lea♍ding to an unfair view of Leclerc’s performances ov꧃er a race distance.
This has flipped on its head in 2024 and 2025, with Ferrari showing൩ better pacౠe in the races.
But their race performances haven’t of✤ten been strong enough this year to challenge McLaren or Verstappen.
Leclerc has finished o🅠n the podium three times in 2025, while Hamilton has yet to finish in the top three in a grand prix.
Leclerc admired by Toto Wolff
Leclerc has ins𓃲ist🦩ed he wants to win with Ferrari - but how long can he wait?
The aforementioned report claims Toto Wolff is an admirer 🏅of Leclerc𓂃.
Mercedes have yet to agree a contract extension with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell beyond this year.
Kimi Antonelli is viewed as a future ཧstar bu🎶t has not shown he’s not at Russell's level.
If Leclerc decides to leave Ferrari, the timin♎g will have to be right, given the lack of obvious other opportunities.
Aston Martin will need a lead driver oಞnce Fernando Alonso calls time on his F1 career.
Verstappen’s Red Bul🌱l future continues to be uncertain.
It remains to be seen whether Verstappen decides to look elsewhere depending on how competitive Red Bull is in 2026 or i🐟f he retires altogether to pursue other interests.
Mercedes has been tipped to be the leading fo✅rce next year, which means they and their customer teams - McLaren, Williams, and Alpine - could be attractive propositions.
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