Charles Leclerc explains crash - but is “not accepting” drab Ferrari pace

Charles Leclerc reflects on a troubled qualifying and pre-sprint crash🐠 in Miam✤i

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc

Charles L♔eclerc insists Ferrari’s competitiveness 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-se💧ason hype has yet to become a reality.

“The fact is that I’m not accept❀ing i🍒t! It’s just not good enough,” Leclerc complained about his car’s performance.

“It’s frustrating becauseꩵ it’s those kinds 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 ju🍰st hoping that we can turn the situation around as soon as possible, but at the moment that’s the situation we are in and there’s not much I can do.”

Charles Leclerc admits error for pre-sprint crash

Earlier o𒁃n Saturday, Leclerc had 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 o✨nly blame myself for it,” he admitted.

“Going out with inters in those conditions was probably not the best choice, but on the other haไnd these things shouldn’t happen.

“I felt a bitꦅ like a passenger because it’s in a straight line, and it’s not like you are p𝓡ushing in a straight line.

“I was just cruisཧing until I completely lost control of the car because of the aquaplaning and I had no way out of it.

“Very disappoint🅰ed. It’s the 🐼way it is, now I need to move on.”

Last ꧙time out in Saudi Arabia, Leclerc claimed his 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 difficult race weekend since FP1 and it’s difficult to recover.

“I’ll give my best, I hope the race pace will be as strong as in Jeddah but it’s a v𝓰ery different characteristics of track😼 here.

“I think that on paper🐻 it’s going to be more difficult.”

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