Listen to this article The Monegasque insists that he hasn’t made a big step since last season, but has carried on with an established linear progression and simply taken advantage of having a truly competitive car for the first time since 2019. Leclerc won the opening race of this season in Bahrain and finished second to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after their duel in the closing stages of the Saudi Arabian GP. He leads the world championship heading into the third race in Australia. “One thing that I don’t like, I’ve seen it everywhere, and I don’t like to see it, is ‘Charles 2.0’,” he said. “This is not the case. “Yeah, I’ve had a growth from year-to-year that is linear. I never like to pot luck into place, but honestly last year there was two races in particular where I’ve lost many points, many valuable valuable points that weren’t too much in my control. “And this [cost me] massively at the en …