Leclerc: "I feel much grown compared to my victory in 2019"

Charles Leclerc was in dominant form during the Bahrain Grand Prix, leading all but two laps, winning comfortably, and looking a better version of himself than we've ever seen. The Monagasque agrees, he spoke to Sky Sports.

“A victory is always very special. I feel much grown compared to my victory in 2019. Here everything felt much more under control. There was some intense moments on track, but everything felt well managed."

Despite a few moments of action between the Ferrari driver and reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, Leclerc looked at one with his car and was comfortably the best driver out there, pulling away from the field.

However, that changed when Pierre Gasly's AlphaTauri stopped by the side of the track with an engine fire, causing the Safety Car to be deplyed. Once again, Leclerc was masterful and performed a perfect restart, retaining the lead. "I did a good restart, so it would have been difficult for Max to overtake.”

Of course it wouldn't be Leclerc if he didn't have fun with it on the way, pulling a prank on his engineers on the last lap. “I did a bit of a joke on the radio, saying there was something strange in the engine, the engineers didn’t like that but it was fun."