Charles Leclerc admits it is "worrying" that Ferrari haven’t found F1 car issues that plagued his Spanish GP
Ferr🃏ari introduced a major upgrade for their SF-23 car in Barcelona but Leclerc endured a miserable weekend that ended without any points.
An unexplained handling problem💮 led to a shock Q1 elimination and Ferrari to change the rear-end of his car. Leclerc’s complaints continued in t🎐he race as he missed out on the top-10.
Ferrari inspected the car after the race but Leclerc has c🔯onfir༒med the Italian outfit did not discover anything untoward.
“No, no, no♔, we didn’t,” he answered when asked if Ferrari had found anything wrong with the car.
Leclerc added: “Overall the team is not satisfied with the performance we𒊎 are showing at the moment and it is very far from our expectations at the beginning of the season.
“Qualifying in Barcelona was a ꦕvery 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 reas🌌on of it, because obviously the feeling was really 💃bad.
“Looking ahead, we need to keep pushing and bring upgrades as frequently as possible to close the gap to the guys in fro🐟nt.
“And also close the gap especially with race pace as although I struggled in qualifyingꦉ Sunday wasn’t great e🐟ither.
“What gives me confidence is that there is a clear direction where we want to work and improve and this makes🐻 me believe in theಞ project.”
Pressed about his troubled weekend, Leclerc revealed the𝓡 issue cost him at least six tenths through Barcelona’s left🀅-hand corners.
“It is theꦕ first time that it is happened in my career,” he explained.
“In all the left-hand corners I was struggling. We can see that on data clearly - I was losing six-and-a-half or seven tenths in all the left hand co෴rners.
“But there are no real reasons for⭕ it yet. So for now I cannot say much more to be honest.”
Speaking about Ferrari’s chances at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Leclerc added: “We don’t have anything new so I don’t think we will have ha🐲ve any miracles.
“We will just 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 hopin✅g we will be in a better place this weekend but it won’t be a huge step forward.”
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