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Leclerc feared he’d fail to hitch brother in Abu Dhabi FP1 with meals poisoning
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Leclerc feared he’d fail to hitch brother in Abu Dhabi FP1 with meals poisoning

Motorsports December 6, 2024
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Charles Leclerc has revealed a mix of technical points and sickness left him involved he would lose the “distinctive alternative” to drive alongside his brother throughout follow for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

As a part of F1’s requirement to enter a rookie driver in two Free Follow 1 classes, Ferrari opted handy Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari SF-24 to Arthur Leclerc, three years youthful than Charles, on the Yas Marina circuit.

A Ferrari growth driver, Arthur has been racing within the European Le Mans Collection and the Italian GT championship this yr, whereas specializing in supporting the Scuderia as a growth driver in its Maranello simulator. 

Friday marked his maiden grand prix weekend run, because the Leclerc brothers grew to become the primary siblings to participate in a Method 1 grand prix session for a similar staff.

It was a mix of feelings as Charles was pressured to overlook the primary a part of the session with a battery problem – the substitute touchdown him a 10-place grid penalty and harming Ferrari’s hopes of overhauling McLaren to win the constructors’ championship.

However he would ultimately drive alongside his brother and went on to finish the session on the prime of the time sheets.

“It makes our weekend tougher,” he mentioned of the penalty.

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24

Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Pictures

“It began sadly final night time the place I acquired meals poisoning and I could not sleep all night time, I am so drained, I simply need to sleep now. It wasn’t really easy and this morning I did not really feel like I needed to drive however clearly the massive motivation of the day was doing FP1 with my brother.

“This was a dream that got here true right now for each of us, for all of our household that travelled all the best way from Monaco to see that. It was a really emotional second and I positively needed to put the helmet on very early as a result of I additionally was emotional and that’s when issues began to go improper sadly.

“As quickly as we fired up the automobile we noticed there was an issue with the vitality storage. There have been a lot of issues going by means of my head, first was: ‘Am I going to drive this FP1 with my brother, which is a novel alternative?’, and clearly additionally the championship, that makes our weekend much more troublesome, however that does not demotivate me in any respect.

“I really feel a bit of bit higher tonight already, and I am going to have a very good night time’s sleep, and I am going to come again tomorrow with the battery absolutely recharged – not making an attempt to play a [pun]! However yeah, hopefully we’ll have an awesome day tomorrow, after which have an incredible restoration on Sunday.”

Arthur hailed an “superb” expertise as his first style of the present Ferrari F1 automobile got here alongside his brother, whereas their mom watched on from the storage.

Arthur Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24

Arthur Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24

Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Pictures

“He took a bit extra time to get out of the pit, nevertheless it was simply superb, stuffed with emotion,” he mentioned. “I used to be seeing within the final lap he was behind and pushing. I used to be seeing him within the mirror making an attempt to place the strain – however clearly it didn’t work!

“Then we had a small wave and in the long run, I might wave to him, which was a very good second within the household.”

The Monegasque rookie’s run plan was soft-tyre operating solely, which introduced its personal challenges for the teen.

“It’s unbelievable. It was so cool as a result of clearly it is giving loads of grip. However as effectively, the second lap, you immediately have an enormous deg which, as a brand new driver, is a bit difficult, as you do not have such a relentless steadiness and such a relentless grip,” he defined.

“So the primary lap I used to be a bit behind. After which after we put the brand new tyres the massive grip was again once more. So yeah, that is simply the grip that you’ve on this first lap is unbelievable, and my neck is a bit sore!”

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Mark Mann-Bryans

Method 1

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

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