The 2021 F1 season was the first season for Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz as teammates at Ferrari. With the right amount of performance and team spirit on and off the track, the two have had an impressive year. Their friendship, especially outside of racing, was sparked by their growing obsession for the game of chess.
While the Monegasque driver always enjoyed a good game of chess, the Spaniard Sainz was made aware of it by his team-mate this year and they have never looked back.
As reported by Motorsport.com, Leclerc said the following about his obsession with chess from an early age:
“I think it was during all the media days at the beginning of the year, we didn’t know what to do and I was playing chess and he saw me and said, OK, I’ll download this. We were going pretty insane.” thus in the first half of the year. We played against each other and we never stopped. “
The two Ferrari drivers really do have a game every now and then and take it pretty seriously as they are just as competitive as they are on the track.
Here’s what Lando Norris had to say about his former teammate’s newfound love for chess with Leclerc:
“He fucking loves his chess with Charles … He’s been playing for hours, him and Charles. I never knew he’d played before.”
Before joining Ferrari, Sainz enjoyed the same environment of friendly competition over golf with former McLaren teammate Norris.
Ferrari F1 drivers compete in a game of chess for the C² challenge
Ferrari’s F1 social media team also took advantage of the two drivers’ love for chess and organized a C² chess challenge on their YouTube channel. The challenge consisted of three rounds of chess between the two. The Spaniard emerged victorious in two of three laps, making him the Challenge winner.
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The team completed various challenges for the YouTube channel throughout the year with a total of 17 laps and both drivers finished tied with nine wins each.
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