Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc saꦦid he is taking “full responsibility” for a difficult showing in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Leclerc chose to complete just one run in the final segment of qualifying in Barcelona, while most of his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Formula 1 rivals went out t♊wice to maximise their starting position for Sunday.

The strategy backfired for the Monegasque and he ended up a distant seventh on the grid, more than half a second off pole-sitter 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri.

Leclerc’s lap was also a tenth down on teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, who qualifiꦕed a solid fifth in the sister SF-25.

The 27-year-old explained that it was he who decided to deter from the usual run plan, despite Ferrari suggesting that he goes out on a🤡 used soft tyres before bolting on a fresh set.

He didn't have the luxury of two new sets of tyres in Q3, having burned throughജ too much rubber in practice.

“I think that with tw🅠o sets in Q3, it's always easier and I probably would have found time. How much? 🐬I don't know,” he told reporters including mahbx.com.

“Also I think th🌟ere were a bit more clouds, but I take🧸 full responsibility for the way the qualifying has gone.

“It was my choice and in Q3 it wasꦐ my choice to go in the middle when the team was pushing me to go to the end.

“I still wanted to have a plan B in case that on🅺e lap♔ wasn't going to plan, a mistake or whatsoever, the chance to have a second lap. So, that's on me.

“I also did all these choices in order to have better tyres for tomorrow's race. If tomorrow we have a very bad race, then I will take the responsibility o🌸f a bad weekend.

“If it goes well, then I'm happy to take the credit of pushing the ꧒team one way, but only time will tell.

“Obviously P7 is a l🍸ittle bit below our expectations. Even with the choices I've made for qualifying, I expect it to be further up. But that's the way it is now. The choices are made and I hope that we will pay off.”

Leclerc ended fifth in Friday practice in Barcelona, beating the second Mercedes of rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kimi Antonelli.

However, he 🔯feels Ferrari slipped backwards relative to the competition overnight, with Antonelli splitting him and Hamilton the grid.

“I was a bit more optimistic after FP1, FP2,” he said. “I thought tha♈t the car was behaving pretty well, but unfortunately in qualify🌼ing it went back to normal and that's a little bit what I was thinking of last night.”