‘Something I’m not used to’ - Charles Leclerc wants to fix recent F1 weakness

Charles Le𝓰clerc is keen to address this unusual - by his high standards - weakness in qua⭕lifying.

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Race
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc has conceded he nee▨ds to improve his qualifying displays after recovering to finish fourth at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Leclerc was out-qualified by teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz for a second consecutive race.

Throughout his career, qualifying has been a strength of Leclerc’s, with many pundits describing him as the ‘fastest driver in F1’ due to his blistering one-lap pace.

However, below parꦇ performances in qualifying recently has meant h꧂e’s missed out on a potential victory in Australia and now podium in Japan.

Speakin🦩g after the r🍨ace at Suzuka on Sunday, Leclerc felt he couldn’t have done much more to better his P4 result, but cited the need for a better turn of speed on Saturdays.

"I don't think there was anything better toꦚ do toda🧔y," he said. "But finally today, I'm very happy.

"I don't think there was anything we could have done better, the pace was really good, tyre management was really good, communication was really good. However, as a ꧑driver, you always have to look at the negative over the whole weekend.

"And whether it's in Ausಞtralia or here, race pace has not been a problem. It's my qualifying pace, which is not something that I've not been very used to in my career to be working on my qualifying pace, because normally it's pretty good on the Saturday.

"However, two rac♑es now in a row, I've been struggling to put the tyres in the right window. This is definitely my main focus now ဣgoing into Shanghai to try and re-find the right window of the tyres, and for me to put them more consistently inside that window."

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, Japan, Race Day.-
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Japanese Grand Prix,…

Leclerc wil𓄧l have two qualifying sessions to turn this trend around when F1 heads to China later this month f𒁏or a sprint weekend.

Explaining his recent qualifying troubles, Leclerc added:  "My laps weren't that bad yesterday, the lap that I've done was actually really good. But the grip that was availab🍃le from the tyre was just not there.

"And this is because I do a bad job on the lap b🔥ef𝐆ore, which is very frustrating because you've finished a lap and you're happy, but actually you're nowhere. So I've got to focus on that.

"It's very fine, like very little differences. However, I'm confident that by analysing the data, we've got a week before Shanghai, whenever I focus on something I'm quite good. I'm not too 🐻concerned, but I need to do this step forward for Shanghai."

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