Charles Leclerc was visibly disillusioned after qualifying sixth for Formulation 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 collection of set-up tweaks that had ensured the automotive was dealing with extra to his liking.
After ending second in free follow, albeit helped by a few of his fellow front-runners not setting occasions as a consequence of a late-session crimson flag, Ferrari at the 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 unhealthy,” 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, however it’s the best way it’s for now.
“I will attempt my greatest tomorrow to attempt to do one thing particular with the beginning, however to be sincere, there’s not a lot room for enchancment at this time. It was simply…that is the tempo of the automotive.
“It is each nook, actually, so it isn’t like we’re notably weak in a single kind of nook. Sure, the sluggish pace appears to be a bit of bit extra of our weak point, however it adjustments from one weekend to the opposite, so it is simply not nice.”
His Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton adopted the same thread in his post-sprint qualifying dissection, as soon as once more noting that the automotive had felt higher within the opening follow session.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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The seven-time champion did be aware 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 automotive was a bit nicer to drive in P1, however we’re simply missing pace. However I will simply hold engaged on from there,” Hamilton stated.
“I feel all of the automobiles forward are quicker, 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’ll be proper or not.
“However there’s positively learnings to take from at this time, set-up adjustments we made and the way the automotive behaved, and there is positively work to do to select up pace going into the remainder of the weekend.”
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