Leclerc: I trust Vasseur fully

Vasseur took over from Mattia Binotto over the winter, but has had a tumultuous start to his new job leading the most famous Formula 1 team, as the SF-23, the team's 2023 car turned out to be step back from its predecessor the F1-75 in terms of reliability, tyre degradation, not to mention being overtaken by Mercedes and Aston Martin in terms of pace.

To add to the Reds' troubles, their drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are struggling with the car, overdriving, the former crashing twice in Miami, the latter speeding in the pitlane and getting a five-second time penalty. The Spaniard has also been struggling to get on top of his SF-23's handling so far this year.

As such Ferrari currently sit fourth in the F1 Constructors' Championship, while Leclerc is seventh, which has lead many to believe the Monegasque might be looking for a drive elsewhere, as he is yet to launch a proper Title charge after five years with the Maranello squad.

Indeed, that is the claim of Leo Turrini who claims the Scuderia are in Turmoil, and that Leclerc maybe on his way out of the team as soon as 2024, following after failing to challenge for the F1 Title, despite 2022 showing early glimpses of that before the Red charge fell through with reliability woes, driver error, and most infamously strategic blunders.

However, Leclerc has recently renewed his faith in his team and his new team boss, Fred Vasseur, insisting he believes in the Frenchman's ability to fix the situation at Ferrari.

"I think he's just starting this process now," Leclerc told F1's Official Website of Vasseur's early work at Ferrari.

"Until now he was basically trying to analyse the situation as quickly as possible in order to do the best changes possible for the future," he added.

"I think the big part of the job will be done from now on - so we will see. Obviously, I speak a lot with Fréd and I know what are his middle and long term plans for the team, and I’m completely behind him and I trust him fully," the Ferrari ace insisted.

"So I'm sure these are the right choices, and it goes in the right direction for the team. So, for that, I'm looking forward to it. But yeah, let's wait and see," Leclerc concluded.

Since joining Ferrari, Leclerc has scored 19 pole positions, underlining his speed and a talent at the wheel of and F1 car, but the fact he only transformed five of those poles to wins, shows the difficult situation he finds himself in.

The 25-year-old has had his fair share of errors, but until he is given a proper environment to operate at Ferrari, it is difficult to assert how much of the blame he shoulders.