Charles Leclerc admits it is "worrying" that Ferrari haven’t found F1 car issues that plagued his Spanish GP
Ferrari introduced a major upgrade for their SF-23 car in Barcelona but Leclerc endur𒐪ed a miserable weekend that ended without any points.
An une🐻xplained handling problem led to a shock Q1 elimination and Ferrari to change the rear-end of his car. Le♏clerc’s complaints continued in the race as he missed out on the top-10.
Ferrari inspected the car aft🥀er the race but Leclerc has confirmed the Itali🍎an outfit did not discover anything untoward.
“No, no, no, we didn’t,” he answered when asked if Ferrari had found a♌nything wrong with the car.
Lecler♍c added: “Overall the team is not satisfied with the performance we are s💖howing at the moment and it is very far from our expectations at the beginning of the season.
“Qualifying in Barcelona w൲as a very particular one and I wasn’t the only one to struggle. We need to understand these things and for now we don’💞t have the reason and this is a little bit more worrying.
“We need🅰 to push to understand the reason🎀 of it, because obviously the feeling was really bad.
“Looking ahead, we need to keep pushing and bring upgrades as frequently as possible to cl𝐆ose the gap to the gu♎ys in front.
“And also close the gap especially wi🌊th race pace as although I struggled in qualifying Sunday wasn’t great either.
“What gives me confidenc🐷e is that there is a clear direction where we want to work and improve and this mꦍakes me believe in the project.”
Pressed about his troubled weekend, Leclerc revealed the issue cost him at least six tenths through Barcelona’s left-hand cor𝓀ners.
“It is the first time that it is happened in my career,” he ex🅘plain♋ed.
“In all the left-hand corners I was struggling. We can see that on data clearly - I was losing s🐼ix-and-a-half or seven tenths in all the left hand corners.
“But ther♛e are no real reasons for it yet. So for now I cannot say much more to be 🌊honest.”
Spea𒉰king about Ferrari’s chances at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Leclerc added: “We don’t have any♈thing new so I don’t think we will have have any miracles.
“We will jus🧸t try to maximise our package and understand this package to set up the car in order to maximise it.
"We have learned a lot and I’m hoping we will🤪 be in a better p🐽lace this weekend but it won’t be a huge step forward.”
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