Charles Leclerc lamented Ferrari’s struggles in the course of the rain-soaked Las Vegas Grand Prix qualifying, claiming that moist circumstances have been one thing he has struggled with since becoming a member of the Maranello outfit.
The Monegasque driver will begin the race in ninth, and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton will begin from twentieth.
“Sadly, sure,” Leclerc mentioned when requested if he was anticipating qualifying to be as tough because it was. “Our automotive has been, sadly, since I am in Ferrari, that we’re struggling massively within the moist. We do not fairly discover the answer.
“It is not a fault that we’re not making an attempt [to fix], as a result of we have been making an attempt like loopy, however it simply would not work. And it’s extremely, very irritating, as a result of it has been in all probability my largest energy within the junior classes developing, and we’re simply struggling like loopy every time it is moist. The tyres do not swap on, and we simply have very, very poor grip.”
He added: “I do not suppose it is solely [tyre warm-up related], as a result of we have been making an attempt issues on the tyre warm-up as properly previously, and it did not work, so it is irritating.”
The moist climate left the drivers battling in opposition to poor visibility and poor grip, particularly throughout Q1.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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“Not good, not good,” the Ferrari driver mentioned of the circumstances. “Particularly when our automotive is… It is very, very tough to drive. Plus, right here in Vegas on a avenue monitor, by evening, chilly circumstances, moist circumstances, the whole lot is including up for it to be a really tough qualifying session. However, yeah, it is the way in which it’s.”
2026 will introduce a brand new wave of rules to the championship. With two race weekends remaining after Las Vegas, Leclerc confirmed he won’t miss the SF-25.
“I imply, we’re preventing for third or perhaps second, however actually, second goes to be tough for the constructors’ [championship]. What I need to do is to be preventing for wins, so absolutely it is not a automotive I’ll miss.”
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