Charles Leclerc admits “something missing” as Ferrari's race pace struggles continue

Charles Leclerc has admitted Ferrari continue to be perplexed by the difference between their qualifying and race pace after struggling in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint.
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21, Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21, Brazilian Grand…

L🦹eclerc finished fifth at Interlagos, twꦫo places up from where he qualified.

However, he finished a distant 28 seconds behind winner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen - and 24 seconds off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

Reflecting on the sprint race, Leclerc said: “The race pace wasn't bad if we compare it to Mercede꧙s.

“But if we compare it to McLaren - Lando was extremely quick. The Red B🅷ulls were extremely quick.

“We've got a lot of work to do in race pace because there was something missing there. I don't quite understand what it is to be so similar in qualifying  and so far away in 🔜the൲ race.

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21, Brazilian Grand Prix, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sprint
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 21, Brazilian Grand Prix…

“This is w🍰here our main focus is at the moment. Short 🃏term and also long-term because what we are seeing is big, so we need to focus on that.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz finished eighth, struggling more t𓃲han his Ferrari teammate.

Both Ferrꦰaris were 🃏forced to lift and coast due to high engine temperatures.

“We’ve definitely gone into today saving as many tyres as possible for tomorrow so today was always going to be a tricky day but for sure what we didn’t expect was the temperatures of the en✅gine and we did so much lift and coast we lost a lot of time today,” Sainz said.

“We didn’t exp🦋ect to do so much today. We did a lot today. I hope that tomorrow i🍌s better. I couldn’t push all race today so hopefully tomorrow we can push a bit more and be quicker.”

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