Charles Leclerc unleashes sweary Ferrari rant after missing US GP front row
Leclerc said Ferrari must understand why it loses pace in Q3 after both cars faded from practice speed and missed the front row.
- On Saturday, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth and fifth for the United States Grand Prix in Austin, failing to convert their earlier practice dominance into a front-row grid slot.
- The Ferrari SF-26 struggles to maintain optimal tyre temperature; minor track temperature fluctuations of one or two degrees create a "huge difference" in handling, Leclerc said.
- After qualifying 0.1 seconds behind pole-sitter Andrea Kimi Antonelli in Q2, Leclerc later described the tyre performance as "absolutely awful" in an untelevised radio message.
- Contrasting with his teammate, Hamilton stated the car "was just as good as it was," attributing his qualifying woes to a power deficit rather than tyre issues.
- Ferrari must determine whether addressing qualifying limitations requires compromising race-day performance; Leclerc said, "I think there are some solutions to that, it's just we've got to see what else we have to compromise.
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Leclerc wants answers on Ferrari quali struggles
Charles Leclerc has said Ferrari needs to find answers to why it appears to struggle so much compared to its rivals to extract the most out of Q3 after another deflating qualifying performance at the United States Grand Prix.
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