Charles Leclerc is sure that something went wrong with his Ferrari in Barcelona when in qualifying, in very dangerous conditions due to the rain, he failed to pass Q1, as penultimate (19th) while Carlos Sainz was able to shine in the second starting place. Charles said after the race that they needed to study what happened to find the alleged problem. “I’ll be very, very surprised if we don’t find anything in the car,” he said. But two weeks later, there was no sign of responses. The team did not find any setbacks or anything unusual in the car. That’s how he made sure of it Charles Leclerc at the press conference ahead of the 2023 F1 Canadian GP.
“No, we didn’t,” he replied when asked if the team had found the cause of Leclerc’s many struggles. to draw left turns in mixed conditions in ‘qualy’.
“To be honest, this is the first time this has happened in my career. If I look at all the lefties, that’s where I struggled. I said right after qualifying and we could see, that I was losing six and a half tenths or seven tenths in all the left corners. But there’s no real reason yet, so I can’t say much more, to be honest.”Charles reasoned.
Car performance and improvements in Barcelona
“In general, I think the whole team is not satisfied with the performance we are showing at the moment on the track. It’s far from what we expected at the start of the season. We are very clear to ourselves and it is very clear to us. Qualifying in Barcelona is very specific. I guess I’m not the only one who had a hard time. We need to understand these things and right now we don’t have any excuses. It’s a bit more disturbing and this is where we have to push, try to understand the reason for what happened, because obviously the feeling is very, very bad.”he added in this regard, clarifying that in order to solve the difficult situation the team is going through, the main thing is to find answers.
Ferrari introduced a major package of improvements in Barcelona with a different concept of sidepods and sidepods, among other things. The aim of these improvements is to improve the car’s handling, make it more unpredictable and easier to learn, while also reducing the massive tire wear it has seen since the start of the course. But again, tire wear was huge in the race and that meant Sainz, who started 2nd, couldn’t tighten the tires because his car was destroying them.
“We just have to keep pushing, try to bring improvements as quickly as possible and regularly, which is our goal now to try to close the gap on the guys at the front and also close the gap, especially in terms of race pace.because Sunday is not good in Barcelona either.
“Carlos (Sainz) had a great weekend, he had a great Saturday, but after Sunday we had problems with the race pace again. So that’s where we’re trying to push now .” Charles argued that despite having no answers to his qualifying problems, he showed his confidence in the team because he believes that with the new package of updates the team already has a clear development direction in which will continue.
“However, what gives me confidence is that there is a clear direction in which we want to work and improve. And this is why I believe in the project”finished
Source: La Verdad
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