Charles Leclerc’s “inner circle” question Ferrari stay amid exit clause claim
Charles Leclerc's Ferrari contra🍬ct is less secure tha♌n first thought

Charles Leclerc is reportedly losing faith in Ferrarꦫi amid their lacklustre start to the 2025 F1 ♏season.
Leclerc sits fifth in the drivers’ championship, 92 points behind McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri after just nine races.
Ferrari haven’t given Leclerc or Lewis Hamilton a competitive car, failing𒁃 to deliver on the pre-season hype built up by the arrival of the seven-time world champion.
The Scuder♎ia ended last season as the second-fastest team, narr🌳owly missing out on the constructors’ championship.
However, a♏ccording to Italian publication , Leclerc is growing ൩frustrated by Ferrari’s inability to give him a title-challenging car.
Murmings from Le🅰clerc’s inner circle have claimed that there’s an exit c☂lause in his current contract, which runs out in 2029.
Leclerc will be 31 by the time his existing deal runs out - and has yet to mount a c﷽redible title charge with ಞFerrari.
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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen on track.
Ferrari have continued to produce p🧸eaky cars since Leclerc’s 🍃arrival.
I🦄n 2019, 2022 and 2023 - Ferrari performed best in qualifying but faltered on a Sunday, leading to an unfair view of Leclerc’s perfo𓆏rmances over a race distance.
This has flipped on its head in 2024 and 2025,🎐 with Ferrari showing better pace in the races.
But their race performances haven’t often been s🌼trong enough this year to challenge McLaren or Verstappen.
Leclerc has finished on the podium thr💃ee times in 2025ꦏ, while Hamilton has yet to finish in the top three in a grand prix.
Leclerc admired by Toto Wolff
Leclerc has ins⭕isted he w🔥ants to win with Ferrari - but how long can he wait?
The aforementioned report claims Tꦰoto𝔍 Wolff is an admirer of Leclerc.
Mercedes have yet to agree a contract extension with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell beyond this year.
Kimi Antonelli is viewﷺed as a future star but has not shown he’s not at Russell's level.
If Leclerc de🅷cides to leave Ferrari, the timing will have to be right, give🧸n the lack of obvious other opportunities.
Aston Mart♎in will need a lead driver once Fernand꧋o Alonso calls time on his F1 career.
Verstappen’s Red Bull fꩲuture continues to b𝓰e uncertain.
It remains to be seen whether Verstappen decides to look elsewhere depend♔ing on how competitive Red Bull is in 2026 or𝕴 if he retires altogether to pursue other interests.
Mercedes has been tipped to be the leading force next year, which means they and their customer teams - McLaren, Williams, and Alpine - could be attractive propositionꦰs𓆉.
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