Charles Leclerc was ⭕left to bemoan a small error in Q2 for having “big consequenc🌠es” on his qualifying result for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver suffered damage to his car when 𓃲he ran wide over the kerbs coming out of the fast right-hander of Turn 9 in the closing stages of the second segment of qualifying in Barcelona, with his SF90 sh♋edding bits of bodywork in the process.

Leclerc immediately returned to the Ferrari garage so the team could carry out repair work to the bargeboard and floor area, but when💙 the Monegasque eventually re-emerged towards the end of Q3, he was only able to put in a laptime good enough for fifth on the grid behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

“ꦑI’m not very happy 💃but on the other hand in Q2 I don’t really understand how I could lose that much of the car on the kerb,” Leclerc, who ended up three tenths down on his Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel, said.

“I didn’t expect it. I got a little bit of understeer but I kept it flat thinking it will be all fine. Unfortunately we broke quite a lot and then I had to stop again and I had some issues in Q3 and it is still unclear to me, as the balance w🌠as very strange.

“I took a little bit more curb but definitely did not expect to lose quite a lot of parꦬts from the car. I took it a bit quicker, the car was probably a bit lower and we clipped one bargeboard. I think the second one was damaged t♛oo.

“It was a shame but I don’t think it’s a big error from my side, it’s just unfortunate this time but it had big consequences. This is❀ not great.”

And Leclerc is anticipating Ferrari’s difficult weekend to continue on race day🥀 with Red Bull and Mercedes both looking in good shape having demonstrated strong race pace on Friday.

“It’s going to be a diffi🍬cult race,” Leclerc admitted.

“Red Bull is generally quick on the race runs, they know how to manage the tyres very we🍒ll, so it’s not going to be an easy race tomorrow.

“Toda💎y was not an easy day either, Mercedes looks extremely strong and we seem to struggle quite a bit 💝at the moment so we need to improve from there.”