Charles Leclerc was left perplexed by Ferrari’♎s lack of pace in F1 qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix.

After an encouraging final practice seꦺssion where Leclerc was second fastest, both Ferraris failed to make i🐲t into Q3.

Lecl🎃erc ended the session in 14th place, a whopping 6.4s off Max Verstappen’s fastest time in Q2.

Teammate Sebastian Vꦏಌettel fared slightly better, qualifying 12th but still over 5s off Verstappen's Q2 pace.

After looking strong in FPಞ3, Leclerc had no answers to why Ferrඣari’s challenge faltered.

“I have no explanations, absolutely no explanations,” Leclerc said. “We went in the heavy rain in FP3 this morning, we were competitive, we were probably one of the fastest cars out on track, co📖ming into qualifying six secondsꦆ off. We’re not speaking a few tenths, we ate six seconds off which is absolutely huge.

“I have no explanations for that. We need to understand what we are doing wrong in the rain. Because this is not🏅 one time, but it’s been a few times in the rain, we are struggling more than the others, and we’re not speaking about small differences. I don’t know what could be the cause. Because again this morning, it was raining and on intermediates, we were competitive. So no explanations.”

Given Ferrari’s struggles in qualifying, Leclerc is hoping for a𒁃 dry race.

“I hope it’s꧒ going to be dry,” Leclerc added. “In the wet, it wasn’t fun at all, this morning I could find tꦜhe grip and make the tyres work but it was not the case in qualifying. If it’s like this morning, I hope wet. But we cannot rely on this, so will I hope for dry.”

Lecl𒁏erc has been promoted one place to 13th due to Carlos Sainz picking up a three-place grid penalty for impeding Sergio Perez.

Reflecting on his own qualifying, teammate Vettel said: “It was tough, we struggled to get tyre temperature. It has been a tricky session, disappointing we didn’t make it through because even though it has been slippery, we looked ok the 𝓀whole weekend – so we’ll see what we can do tomorrow…

“Not in the end, in the beginning, yes, but not in the end. In the end, it was purely the grip you had or didn’t have. Still see a s🥃econd spread, which is to do because of the tarmac. It’s very slippery. If you’re able to generate more temperature, you can find more grip. Think we were on the cooler side today.”