Following a powerful comeback drive after a tough qualifying session on the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc careworn that the Maranello-based outfit might want to discover a answer for its struggles in moist circumstances.
Following a disastrous qualifying session, Ferrari managed to salvage one thing from the Las Vegas weekend which had began promising for the Scuderia with sturdy tempo throughout the Thursday observe periods.
Charles Leclerc displayed encouraging efficiency throughout the opening two observe periods, however he struggled for grip ont he moist floor in qualifying, ending up down in ninth place.
The Monegasque had an strange begin, however he was tagged by Fernando Alonso into Flip 1 which noticed him lose a spot to the Spaniard. Nonetheless, he didn’t surrender and emerged as the one driver who might full a number of overtaking manoevures on the monitor.
Leclerc managed to climb by way of the sphere to complete sixth regardless of a downforce setup that was extra suited to moist circumstances. The 28-year-old then gained two locations publish race, benefitting from the double disqualification of the McLaren drivers.
As for his team-mate Lewis Hamilton, he made up six locations on the opening lap solely to spend the vast majority of the primary a part of the 50-lap Las Vegas Grand Prix behind the Haas of Esteban Ocon.
The Briton then rose into the highest 10 on the exhausting tyre however after he pitted onto the mediums, his progress stalled and he couldn’t decide off Hulkenberg within the closing phases. He additionally gained two positions after McLaren’s double disqualification, inheriting P8.
“Combined emotions on my aspect,” stated Leclerc. “I’m not glad ending P6, but when I look again at my race, I didn’t go away something on the desk, I had some good battles and took the proper dangers, so on a private be aware, I’m glad with my efficiency right this moment.
“The primary stint was entertaining with good overtakes, working my means ahead, however after our cease, it turned harder. Our straight-line velocity was not the strongest, so it was tough to struggle with our opponents.
“I made up for it a bit with how I used to be braking, however with Oscar (Piastri) in Kimi’s (Antonelli) DRS, it was tough to catch them to attempt to acquire extra locations.
“We’ve two extra races to go and we need to shut the season on a excessive, bringing house a win for everybody in our group. I’ll give it all the things.”
Pushed on to disclose why Ferrari retains struggling in moist circumstances, Leclerc failed to supply a proof however has urged the Italian marque to attempt to discover a answer for these circumstances.
“We have got to essentially work on our moist tempo as a result of it has been too many instances the case of us being on the again foot and we’re paying the worth on the finish of the 12 months,” added Leclerc.
“Once you take a look at all of the moist Qualifying, all of the moist races, we’re simply leaving too many factors on the desk. That is for certain a precedence that I will set myself to any extent further. It was already one however in all probability now it is even larger as a result of we’re struggling an excessive amount of.”
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