‘Something I’m not used to’ - Charles Leclerc wants to fix recent F1 weakness

Charles Leclerc is keen to address this unusual - by 🎀his high standards - weakness in qualifying.

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Race
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc has conceded he needs to improve his qua🌌lifying displays after recovering to finish fourth at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Leclerc was out-qualified by teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz for a second consecutive race.

Throughout his career, qualifying has been a strength of Leclerc’s, with many pundits describing him as the ‘fastest driver in F1’ due to his blistering one-lap pace.

However, below par performances in qualif🅷ying recently has meant he’s missed out on a potential victory in Australia and now podium in Japa🦂n.

Speaking after the race at Suzuka on Sunday, Leclerc felt he🐼 couldn’t have done much more to better his P4 result, but cited the need for a better turn of speed on Saturdays.

"I don't think there was anythin♚g better♌ to do today," he said. "But finally today, I'm very happy.

"I don't think the🦩re was anything we could have done better🧔, the pace was really good, tyre management was really good, communication was really good. However, as a driver, you always have to look at the negative over the whole weekend.

"And whether it's in Australia or here, race pace has not been a problem. It's my qualifying pace, which is not something that I've not been very used to in my career to be working on my qualifying pace, because normally it'🤪s pretty good on the Saturday.

"⛦However, two races now in a row, I've been struggling to put the tyres in the right window. This is definitely my main focus now going into Shanghai to try and re-find the right window of the tyres, and for me 🍸to put them more consistently inside that window."

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Race Day.-
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix,…

Lecle🐓rc will have two qualifying sessions to turn this trend around when F1 heads to China later this month for a sprint weekend.

Explaining his recent qualifying troubles, Leclerc added:  "M▨y laps weren't that bad yesterday, the lap that I've done was actually really good. But the grip that was available from the tyre was just not there.

"And this is because I do a bad job on the la൩p before, which is very frustrating because you've finished a lap and you're happy, but ♉actually you're nowhere. So I've got to focus on that.

"It's very fine, like very little differences. However, I'm confident that by analysing the data, we've got a week before Shanghai, whenever I focus on something I'm quit🐬e good. I'm not too concerned, but I need to do this step forward for Shanghai."

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