Charles Leclerc was visibly disenchanted after qualifying sixth for Method 1’s Miami Grand Prix dash race, registering his ‘annoyance’ that Ferrari had lacked tempo to this point this weekend.
The Monegasque had arrived in Miami with the understanding that he was discovering tempo in Ferrari’s SF-25 by means of a sequence of set-up tweaks that had ensured the automobile was dealing with extra to his liking.
After ending second in free apply, albeit helped by a few of his fellow front-runners not setting occasions attributable to a late-session purple flag, Ferrari at the very least gave the phantasm that it was within the combine for a grid slot on the entrance two rows.
As a substitute, Leclerc was over three tenths shy of pole, albeit simply 0.017s off George Russell’s early SQ3 lap that granted the Mercedes driver fifth on Saturday’s grid.
GPS knowledge confirmed that, though Ferrari’s through-corner pace was strong, it was struggling to keep up it by means of the traction zones out of the lower-speed corners – and Leclerc’s feedback lent credence to this.
“It is dangerous,” Leclerc stated of his dash qualifying session. “The lap was good, however the tempo is simply by no means there for now, so it is a bit annoying, nevertheless it’s the way in which it’s for now.
“I am going to attempt my finest tomorrow to try to do one thing particular with the beginning, however to be trustworthy, there’s not a lot room for enchancment at this time. It was simply…that is the tempo of the automobile.
“It is each nook, actually, so it isn’t like we’re significantly weak in a single sort of nook. Sure, the gradual pace appears to be somewhat bit extra of our weak point, nevertheless it modifications from one weekend to the opposite, so it is simply not nice.”
His Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton adopted an identical thread in his post-sprint qualifying dissection, as soon as once more noting that the automobile had felt higher within the opening apply session.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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The seven-time champion did word that it was a “higher” session in comparison with his latest travails in qualifying, however merely famous that Ferrari was struggling for tempo in its first try at a aggressive qualifying session.
“I assumed it was a greater session. FP1 was most likely a bit higher; the automobile was a bit nicer to drive in P1, however we’re simply missing pace. However I am going to simply preserve engaged on from there,” Hamilton stated.
“I believe all of the vehicles forward are sooner, so I do not know what else to say. There’s at all times concepts [of what to improve], whether or not or not they are going to be proper or not.
“However there’s positively learnings to take from at this time, set-up modifications we made and the way the automobile behaved, and there is positively work to do to select up pace going into the remainder of the weekend.”
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