When Charles Leclerc is hopeful of “turning point” for Ferrari

Charles♔ Leclerc outlines when he beli𓆏eves will be a "turning point" for Ferrari in F1 2025.

Charles Leclerc took Ferrari's first podium of 2025 in Jeddah
Charles Leclerc took Ferrari's first podium of 2025 in Jeddah

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc is hopeful that a new front wing at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix wi🦩ll act as a “turning poi🤪nt” in Ferrari’s 2025 season.

Ferrari are enduring a hugelဣy disappointing start to the campaign and have lagged well behind their rivals across the opening five ꦡrace weekends, both in qualifying and the grand prix itself.

Leclerc scored Ferrari’s first podium of the season at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix by finishing third, 31 seconds in front of teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, whose struggles to adapt to the SF-25 continu🍒ed in J💧eddah.

The Monegasque has been left frustrated by Ferrari’s performance deficit so far this year but hopes that things may change from Barcelona, the ninth round ♏of the season.

F1 teams will face harsher testꦺs to clampdown on flexi-wings in Spain, where Ferrari are planning to debut a new 🥀front wing design.

“I think we are behind💮 in terms of actual performance of the car,” Leclerc said. “We are behind McLaren and Red Bull, for sure, behind Mercedes I believe also.

“On one hand, I’ve gone in the direction that I’ve been speaking of in the last two or three weekends and I feel like I’ve never been as much at eas♓e with the car than I’ve been at the moment. So we are extracting the maximum out of the car.

“We just need a better car. And 🍎I think a turning point for the season will be in Barcelona, with a new front wing, I hope it c💧an play a little in our favour.”

Charles Leclerc details Ferrari struggles

Leclerc has pinpointed qualifying as Ferrari's main weakness, particularly considering the benefit of clean air beingꦓ crucial this season, with four of the winners from the opening five races have started from pole position.

“I think we are close on the race pace. I think f♏ree air dictates a little bit who is going to win the race. That's always been the case,” he explained🏅.

“Maybe this year a little bit more than other years. And obviously when that is the case, qualifying is m𝐆ore impo♒rtant.

“But unfortunately, for two yearꦉs, we are just struggling in qualifying to put everything to༺gether. This weekend the problem is it’s not always the same issue. This time it was four tenths in the first three corners. For the rest of the lap, we were fast.

“In the race, actually, the first sector was probably the best sector we had. So we've got to look at that🌸. Obviously, there are answers in what we are doing, and we are doing something wrong, clearly.

“We've got to find it. We cannot lose too many races before finding it because we're already 50 points down ♈in the Drivers' Championship. We're not looking at it too much, but 50 points is a big number. I don't want to be losing more points tꦏhan that in the next few races.”

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