Leclerc eyes joint F1-Le Mans challenge

Charles Leclerc has insisted he would have no issue in pairing a Le Mans 24 Hours tilt with his Formula 1 commitments, should the calendar allow it.

The Ferrari driver was in attendance at the Circuit de la Sarthe as the Scuderia secured a historic victory upon its return to the crown jewel on the World Endurance Championship calendar.

The last driver to contest both Le Mans and a full F1 season was Fernando Alonso in 2018, who went on to win with Toyota as part of his pursuit to complete the triple crown, while Nico Hulkenberg won the famous event with Porsche in 2015 alongside his regular F1 seat at Force India.

"I think it's an incredible race and I would love to participate one day. I don't know when, but I would love to - it was incredible," he told media, including RacingNews365.com.

Asked about the prospect of him repeating the same feat as Alonso and Hulkenberg before him, Leclerc added: "With more and more races in F1 it starts to become more and more difficult I think to fit another race in another category where you need to do testing.

"If the calendar lets me do it, why not? But at the moment it looks difficult."

Leclerc stayed up until 4:30am watching

2023 represented the first time Ferrari had competed in the top category at Le Mans in over 50 years, with Leclerc watching on from the garage alongside F1 Team Principal Frederic Vasseur.

"It was the first time for me attending the race, so couldn't end up better with a Ferrari winning," said Leclerc.

"But that whole event is crazy. The first six hours were crazy with the weather, the rain, so it was very, very exciting."

When asked how long he stayed up to watch the action with the team, he revealed: "Until 4:30 in the morning and I slept like four hours."