L☂eclerc failed to progress into Q3 for the first tim✱e since the Belgian Grand Prix.

The Monegasque was over nine-tenths off teammate Carlos Sainz after the fir𝕴st run on mediums in Q2, but a switch to the softs wasn’t enough to progress.

Leclerc’s confusion over his lack of pace in Qatar was heard over team radio midway through Q2: “I don't know where to find the nine-tenths [to tea𝔉mmate Sainz] I'm missing,” he said.

Speaking to the media a🗹fter qualifying, Leclerc was baffled by his lack of pace at the Losail International Circuit.

“I have no idea,” Leclerc said. “I really have no idea. It was just slow all qualifying, we need to understand what’s gone wrong, I don’t ꧒have any explanation to be honest for nꦅow.”

While Leclerc didn’t have any issues with the balance of his Ferrari, he simply🅺 didn’t ha♏ve any grip.

“I don't know, it’s a strange quali for sure, I am not in the right group, yeah I never felt that I put the 💃tyres in the right window, and just slid around, just being limited by grip, not by mistakes or an axle in particular, no balance problems, just grip, I didn’t have enough grip,” he added.

He remains confident about his race pace going into Sunday’s grand prix but wants to get to the bottom 💜of the issues that plagued him in qualifying first.

“It [𒈔race pace] was [g♛ood] but I definitely want to understand what happened today first.”

Shortly after qualifying Ferrari revealed that it discovered a crack in Leclerc's🐻 chassis. 

The team remains hopeful he will be able to start the race from his qualif🦩ying position of 13th.