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 | Charles Leclerc on where Ferrari is wasting time: Everywhere. This is the potential of the car, it seems19-02-2026 |
Leclerc is saddened by Ferrari`s modest performance in Austin. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished tenth in qualifying for the sprint at the US Grand Prix, after which he answered the question of where the team was losing time.
Everywhere.
My circle in the third segment turned out to be clean, I don’t have any special regrets about my actions. Maybe there wasn’t enough roll on the medium tires in the morning to tune the car a little better and squeeze out another tenth or one and a half - I don’t know. But this is not enough – now we are so far behind, ” said the Monegasque.
Charles also shared his thoughts on a possible breakthrough for the Scuderia on Saturday and Sunday:
I will be very surprised if we find something that will allow us to make such a leap. I hope I`m wrong, but alas, now it seems that this is the potential of the car.
I was very surprised by the teams that are performing strongly this weekend - of course, with the exception of McLaren and Red Bull, this is expected. You`ve got Nico [Hulkenberg] in the lead group - he must have done an amazing lap, but he`s showing consistent speed this weekend. We need to figure it out - maybe [in Sauber] they understood something that we don’t know.
It`s a very bad day anyway.
US Grand Prix 2025. Verstappen won qualifying for the sprint, Norris – 2nd, Piastri – 3rd
Ferrari replaced the gearbox on Leclerc`s car