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Ex-F1 driver and Ferrari ambassador Marc Gene explained that Charles Leclerc has removed a lot of the emotion from his driving.

Ferrari went into the 2022 campaign with title ambitions, believing that the new regulations for 2022 would be the opportunity which they needed to return to the battle at the front.

And two races in, the signs are looking good with Leclerc having won the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, while he was narrowly beaten to the chequered flag by Max Verstappen in Saudi Arabia.

But Gene has noticed that this season, Leclerc has undergone a shift in his “mindset and mentality”.

Now, he is a far less emotional driver.

Speaking on the F1 Nation podcast, Gene said: “Charles, he used to be very emotional and this year he has changed a lot. Charles is like a 2.0 version of himself.

“When I went to Barcelona for the private testing, we spent a lot of time together and he was completely changed in his mindset and his mentality, and you can see it.

“[In Bahrain] I was expecting Charles to be more over the moon after qualifying, after the pole, and the race, but he seemed so much more mature and aware that this is a very long championship.”

Gene sees a similar trait in Leclerc’s