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
Charles Leclerc

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.”

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