Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have often been spotted chatting ꦡduring the F1 drivers’ pre-race parade this year.

N🎶ext season they will both be dressed in red as Ferrari teammates.

So, is Hamiltoꦛn quietly using the op﷽portunity to ask Leclerc for inside-info about Ferrari?

“I think it is 🍬mixed🐼,” Leclerc told Sky Sports about what Hamilton asks him.

“Maybe a li🔯ttle bit about the way it is now, with Ferrari and where we are at.

“But this is a very little part of our dis🤪cussions🍬.

“He is still 100% focused on his season, this season, with Mercedes. So we cannot exchange about everythiജng yet, of course.

"But just in preparation of next year, maybe of our common passions - des🌳ign, fashion in general.

“B𝄹ut then 80 or 90% of what we speak about is just private stuff, how life is going, music.”

Hamilton and Le꧙clerc’s partnership in 2025 for F1’s most successful-ever team will be blockbuster.

It will reveal what the eight-timಌe champiಞon has left in the tank, and whether the younger star can ever live up to world title billing.

“I am really looking forward to it,” Lecle♛rc said.

“Lewis is the most successful dr💙iver in F1 history.

“For me to be able to d♛rive the same car as Lewis is, firstly, a huge opportunity to learn from the best ever.

“As well as a huge motivation 🍎to show what I’m capable of.

“I’m exciting for this new challenge.

“We have a great relationship, as well.

“🎶I have so much respect for Lewis and for everything he has achieved.

“I🌊t will defini🔴tely be a big moment in my career to be against Lewis.

“Working together to bring Ferrari back on top.

“It wil𒁏l be incredible to see where I a⛎m, compared to Lewis.

“We all h🅰ave our s⛄pecialities, we all have our strengths and weaknesses.

“In the case of Lewis, there are🐈 few weaknesses. But Iꦅ can definitely learn from his strengths.

“It will be super interesting.”

Leclerc: Vasseur 'at the highest possible level'

The role of Fred Vas🦩seur has been credited in bringing Hamilton to Ferrari next year.

The team principal has known both Leclerc and Hamilton since the🍒y were aspiring drivers♌.

“I rate Fred a🔥t the highest possible level. I have always said that,” Leclerc said.

“The thing that makes it specia﷽l is that he knew me before I got to Formula 1, before all the craziness. That is important to know a person deeper.

“He is just very straigไhtforward, somethiꦅng I like, so we don’t lose time.

“I am very🐈 hﷺonest with myself as well. So when he sees something, we improve quick.”

Lecl🙈erc and current teammatꦬe Carlos Sainz experienced a rare flashpoint at the weekend in Barcelona.

They were spotted in a tense exchange in parc ferme before Sainz accused Leclerc of complaini♎ng too often.

Beforehand, Leclerc ha🦄d said about Sainz: “To maintain the good relationship that🦩 we have is not difficult at all.

“We are both very genuine and we don’t have to force things. That’s the way it was, the way it is now, and ꩵthe way it willꦏ be in the future.

“He is a very talented driverꦺ, I have always said that.

“I am 🃏sure there will be great th﷽ings in the future for him.”