Following a formidable 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 robust tempo throughout the Thursday follow classes.
Charles Leclerc displayed encouraging efficiency throughout the opening two follow classes, however he struggled for grip ont he moist floor in qualifying, ending up down in ninth place.
The Monegasque had an extraordinary begin, however he was tagged by Fernando Alonso into Flip 1 which noticed him lose a spot to the Spaniard. Nevertheless, he didn’t quit and emerged as the one driver who might full a number of overtaking manoevures on the monitor.
Leclerc managed to climb by 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 put up 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 onerous tyre however after he pitted onto the mediums, his progress stalled and he couldn’t choose off Hulkenberg within the closing phases. He additionally gained two positions after McLaren’s double disqualification, inheriting P8.
“Blended emotions on my aspect,” mentioned Leclerc. “I’m not happy 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 happy with my efficiency at this time.
“The primary stint was entertaining with good overtakes, working my method ahead, however after our cease, it grew to become harder. Our straight-line pace was not the strongest, so it was tough to combat 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 try to acquire extra locations.
“We’ve got two extra races to go and we wish to shut the season on a excessive, bringing house a win for everybody in our staff. I’ll give it all the pieces.”
Pushed on to disclose why Ferrari retains struggling in moist circumstances, Leclerc failed to supply an evidence however has urged the Italian marque to try to discover a answer for these circumstances.
“We have got to actually 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 value on the finish of the yr,” 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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