president John Elkann has reacted to Charles Leclerc’s victory on the 2026 British Grand Prix, which marked the Maranello outfit’s 250th grand prix victory.
After ranging from second on the grid, Leclerc took the lead on the race begin, overtaking polesitter Kimi Antonelli, who slipped to 3rd behind Leclerc’s team-mate . After popping out on high in the course of the spherical of pitstops, Leclerc gained the race beneath security automobile situations.
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Ferrari’s 250th grand prix victory got here on the similar venue the place José Froilán González claimed the outfit’s first Method 1 race victory in 1951.
Elkann was current within the Silverstone pitlane to witness the milestone second and spoke with after the race. “That is 250 wins for Ferrari, and the primary was right here at Silverstone,” he mentioned.
“And this reveals how vital as we speak is for our historical past and, above all, for the current and the long run. When everybody at Ferrari works collectively, from our nice drivers like Charles, who had an awesome race, like Lewis, to the entire crew, each in Maranello and right here on the monitor, nice issues occur.”
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Leclerc described his first British Grand Prix victory as “unimaginable” in the course of the post-race press convention.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
“It feels unimaginable. I imply, sadly the top was perhaps not the one I’d have dreamt of, however to win after the previous couple of weekends which have been significantly tough,” he defined.
“All of the work that we put into making an attempt to get the sensation again within the automobile, I felt like I had discovered one thing yesterday between the dash race and qualifying, however I needed to affirm that as we speak and as we speak the sensation was again the place it must be. So, I’m so extremely pleased.”
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The 28-year-old now sits fourth within the drivers’ championship with 108 factors. Kimi Antonelli continues to guide the standings regardless of ending outdoors the factors at Silverstone. The Italian driver leads with 179 factors, adopted by his team-mate with 154 factors. Hamilton sits third with 147 factors.
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