The Ferrari Components 1 staff has leaned in to Charles Leclerc’s viral remark through the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, when he likened the brand new overtake mode and Enhance Button to Mario Kart.
The Maranello outfit left followers in stitches with a video of Leclerc urgent a particular mixture of buttons on the steering wheel to deliver up a static shot of the online game. Because the digicam zooms in, it turns to face the Monegasque driver, who cheekily raises his eyebrows.
“‘This is sort of a mushroom in Mario Kart.’ Now we all know why…” the staff wrote.
“Mamma Mia Perfecto please do that in race,” one fan commented, whereas one other added: “That is hilarious.”
“Bro gotta follow earlier than the race. So, he put in probably the most correct simulator of those regs,” another person joked.
The Australian Grand Prix marked the primary race below the brand new rules within the championship. “Hilarious comparability completely explains that sudden enhance impact,” one other fan commented in relation to the introduction of the overtake mode and enhance button.
Leclerc was not the one driver to make a video gaming reference. Cadillac’s Sergio Perez instructed Sky Sports activities F1’s Martin Brundle forward of the race in Melbourne: “Let’s examine what occurs on this online game race,” and has now been requested about his feedback once more in China.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Picture by: Dom Gibbons / Components 1 through Getty Pictures
“I discovered it very pretend, to be sincere,” the Mexican driver stated. “Yeah, simply on a button. You overtake, and you then get overtaken. Mario Kart model.”
He added: “On the finish of the day, the driving force can do the distinction. It is very early days on these guidelines, but it surely takes time. However what we noticed in Melbourne, me speaking as a fan, I did not prefer it.”
The paddock is now making ready for the second spherical of the season, the Chinese language Grand Prix, which is able to characteristic the primary dash race of 2026.
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