Charles Leclerc explains crash - but is “not accepting” drab Ferrari pace
Char♍les Leclerc reflects on a troubled qualifying and pre-sprint crash in Miami

Charles Leclerc insists Ferrari’s competitiv𓂃eness is “not good enough”.
Leclerc qualified for the F1 Miami Grand Prix in eighth, while teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton languished in 12th.
It represented another drab session for the Ferrari drivers who pre-season꧅ hype has yet to become a reality.
“The fact is that I’m not accepting it! It’s just not good enough,” Leclerc complained about his car’s perfor𝓡mance.
“It’s frustrating because it’s those kindꦏs of days, there’s been quite a few races already that I feel I’m doing a really good job but when you are finishing P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, it’s just a shame.
“I have no satisfaction of doing a good job.
“I’m just hoping that we can turn the situation around as soon as possible, but at the moment that’s the si🃏tuation we are in and there’s not much I can do.”
Charles Leclerc admits error for pre-sprint crash
Earlier on Saturday, Leclerc ღhad crashed due to the wet conditions before the sprint race started, triggering a red flag.
He had little choice but to own up to the error.
“It👍’s frustrating, but at the end of the day I can onl♛y blame myself for it,” he admitted.
“Going out wi💃th inters in those conditions was probably not the best choice, but on the otไher hand these things shouldn’t happen.
“I felt a bit like a passenger because it’s𒉰 in a straight line, and it’s not like yo🧜u are pushing in a straight line.
“I was just cruising until I compl𒈔etely lost control of the car because of the aquaplaning and I had no way out of it.
“Very disappointed. It’s the 𝓰way it i♛s, now I need to move on.”
Last time out in Saudi Arabia, Leclerc claimed h🐼is first podium of the season.
Ferrari know that their race pace can often yield better results than their qualifying runs, a small ⛄glimmer of hope for Leclerc.
“A little bit, but not so much either,” he said.
“I don’t think we can expect any miracles from us. It’🥀s been a difficu🌠lt race weekend since FP1 and it’s difficult to recover.
“I’ll give my best, I hope the race pace wꦍill be as strong as in Jeddah but it’s a very different characteristics of track here.
“I think that on paper it’🏅s going to be more difficult.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything fr🔜om American sports, to football, to F1.