Leclerc: Next year we'll have to change our approach.

      Charles Leclerc had said several times that he didn't like the 2026 cars, but in Qatar he changed his stance…

      Charles Leclerc: "I like that next year we'll have to change our approach, think and act differently. After the first simulator session with the virtual model of the new car everyone at the team's base had questions, but the process of collectively thinking about how to smartly solve certain problems was quite interesting.

      As a driver, I found that interesting too, because it largely concerns our feelings and what tools we'll use to fight opponents on track.

      I don't know whether driving will give the same pleasure — that can only be judged behind the wheel of a real car. It's hard to get those sensations on a simulator. But, undoubtedly, during a race we'll have to think much more about how to optimally use the extra energy we'll get over a lap."