Charles Leclerc has explained his love for Ferrari is keeping him motivated despite another disappointing season for the team.
Having narrowly missed out on the constructors' title last year, Ferrari entered the new season hoping to consistently fight at the front of the field and once again challenge for the championship.
However, the Italian squad is yet to take a grand prix win this year and is the only team inside the top four that has not yet tasted victory.
Leclerc has not had a solid shot at a title since joining Ferrari in 2019, but asserted he has full faith in the project.
"Because I love this team very much, I think that's the answer,” Leclerc said when asked what keeps him motivated at the team.
"I've always loved Ferrari and that's where I draw my motivation from, because I want to bring back Ferrari to the top, no matter how long it takes.
“I’ll do absolutely everything until I stop believing in the project. But at the moment I'm fully into it, I'm fully working on it.
“That’s what motivates me.”
Despite its underwhelming performance, Ferrari is in the fight for second place in the standings, but slipped to third behind rivals Mercedes last time out in Baku.
Having accepted early on that Ferrari was not in a title fight, Leclerc detailed his primary goal shifted to ensuring he ends the season with a win in hand.
“Of course that doesn't erase the disappointment that I've had at the beginning of the season when I saw that we were quite a few steps behind McLaren,” he said.
“But then you reset and you find your motivation in other goals, in other targets, which is now to hopefully get a win this year.
"It's underwhelming compared to where we wanted to be, but it's the situation we're in, and as a driver I've got to make the best out of this situation, not only for the team but also for myself.
“I’m very competitive as well, so the fact that we've got two cars is also something that pushes me to keep being at the top of my game, and to keep improving.
“So on that I'm super motivated, but as I said, of course the disappointment was there at the beginning of the season."
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