For the Monegasque, the Scuderia
must also continue to improve its organization and its
working methods in order to fully exploit the potential of its
thousands of employees.
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Ferrari continues its quest for performance as the
2026 season has highlighted several areas in which
the team still needs to improve.
Small
gains that can make a big difference
But
Leclerc refuses to reduce the reflection to the car’s only qualities and
weaknesses: “It’s not just about
the characteristics of the car. In F1, there are many other
aspects, such as processes and our way of working. Many
people actually work on a single car, because the
two cars are identical. It’s about thinking about the project and
how we can be more efficient as
a team.”
For Leclerc, one of the
main challenges is to place every member of Ferrari in
the best possible conditions. In an organization of
several thousand people, very small individual improvements
can end up having a considerable impact on the
overall performance.
“If you put an employee
in better conditions and get 1% more out of what
he does, extrapolating that to the thousands of people who
work at Ferrari, that can represent a considerable change,
he argues. Talking about the characteristics
of the car is at the heart of what we do, but there are
many other aspects we can act on.
”
The development of the
single-seater obviously remains essential, but it therefore only
constitutes part of the work necessary to allow Ferrari to
sustainably return to the top.
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Ferrari benefits from the experience of its drivers
Leclerc also highlights
the importance of the different experiences brought to Maranello by
his successive teammates. Sebastian Vettel,
Carlos Sainz and now
Lewis Hamilton have all evolved in other major teams
before joining Ferrari. Each has therefore been able to bring a different vision
of the methods used elsewhere in Formula 1.
“It is also
interesting to note that Sebastian, Carlos and Lewis brought
the experience gained within their former teams,”
he recalls. We all have the same priorities, but with
processes that can sometimes be very different.”
Through these experiences,
Ferrari can compare its own methods to those of its
competitors and identify areas where its
operation can still be optimized.
Before the Monza meeting, Leclerc’s message therefore goes beyond the simple search for performance on the
SF-26: to take a new step, Ferrari must also
progress in its way of working and get more out of
every element of its organization.
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