Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc said he is taking “full responsib﷽ility” for a difficult showing in qualifying for the Spanish Gr𓄧and 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 twice to maximise their starting posi🌸tion 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 qualified a solid fifth in 𒀰the 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.

H෴e didn't have the luxury of two new sets of tyres in Q3, having burned through ꧅too much rubber in practice.

“I think that with ✱two sets in Q3, it's always easier and I probably would have found time. How much? I don't know,”ꦺ he told reporters including ltxcn.top.

“Also I think there were𝐆 a bit more clouds, but I take full responsibility for the way the qualifying has gone.

“It was my choice and in 💛Q3 it was 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 one lap wasn't going to plan, a mistake or whatsoever, the chance to have a s෴econd 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 of a bad weekend.

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

“Obviously P7 is a little bit below o﷽ur expectations. Even with the choices I've made for qualifying, I expect it to be further up. But that's the way i༒t 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 fee🦹ls Ferrari slipped backwards relative to the competition overnight, with Antone𓃲lli splitting him and Hamilton the grid.

“I was a bit more optimistic after FP1, FP2,” he said. “I thought that the car was behaving pretty well, but unfortunately in qualifying it went back to normal and that's🔥 a little bit what I was thinking of last night.”