This has in turn contributed to much-improved consistency over a stint, which was the key weakness that hampered the team in races in 2023.
Leclerc and team-mate Carlos Sainz struggled for much of the year to maintain consistent form, even with different sets of the same tyre compound.
While the situation was improved with car development, Leclerc says that the SF-24 represents a further step, with strong long-run performance evident in Bahrain testing.
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“On our side it's quite a lot better,” he said when asked by Autosport about the wind issue.
“Last year's car, I think one of the main weaknesses was the wind sensitivity.
“Whenever the wind will change a tiny bit, our car will be extremely difficult to drive. Huge differences in terms of balance from one corner to the other.
“And this year we are in a much better place for that. So it is definitely a step forward on that.
“It was wanted, we worked a lot on it, and we had the confirmation already from the first day.”
Source: Autosport