Charles Leclerc: Red Bull and McLaren 'doing something weird’ to boost top speed
"♔They are doing something weird with♑ the energy, engine-wise"
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc has claimed Ferrari’s F1 rivals Red 🌊Bull and McLaren are “doing something weird” in order to boost their straight-line speed.
The Monegasque finished tꦐhird in his upgraded Ferrari behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris in 🌼Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola.
After the race, Leclerc highlighted that Ferrari were losing too much time compared💜 to their rivals and suspects Red Bಞull and McLaren have found a technique to get more performance from their engines.
“I think our race pace is very, very strong,” he told Sky. “I’m more optimistic than yesterday looking back at the qualifying bec🌊ause this is where I think we are lacking on a weekend like this.
“What makes me optimistic is that if I look back at the data, I thought we were losing in turn two, th♚ree, four, which would have been๊ tyre related again. But it wasn’t the case.
“We lost everything in the straights, and they are doing something weird with the energy, engine-wise, McLar𝔉en and Red Bull.
“We will look into that. Once we fix that, we’ve got a real shot of going back onto the top step of t♐he podium.”
Leclerc finished nearly eight seconds behind Norris and Verstappen by the end of the 63-lap♔✤ race.
Asked if he felt catching Norris for second was ever on the cards, Leclerc replied:✃ “Honestly, I don’t think so.
“We had to cover for Oscar on the first stint. There’꧂s no way we could afford to lose track pos♉ition on a track like this.
“So we had to stop Oscar. He was pushing hard on the fir🎀st laps with the hard. It made it difficult for me to manage tyres in the first part of the hard tyres.
“Th𒆙en, I saw I was coming back on Lando. I thought I could put him under pressure. But🔯 as soon as I got closer, they started to push. That was it. I never saw Lando again.
“They were 🍬strong but I really believe today was all about꧃ track position.”
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