Charles Leclerc fears bleak F1 winter after brutal...

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Charles Leclerc felt he had no confidence within the automobile throughout what ended up being a reasonably depressing Qatar Grand Prix for the Ferrari driver.

After ranging from tenth, the Monegasque driver completed in eighth, taking house simply 4 factors. Whereas he managed to enhance his beginning place, Leclerc was pissed off after the race.

“I had no confidence within the automobile, I had no tempo within the automobile, I had nothing within the automobile so it is simply… I am fairly glad the weekend is over, to be trustworthy,” he advised the media. “It was a really irritating race from the very first lap to the final lap.”

Each Leclerc and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton have struggled all weekend. After beginning the dash race in ninth and 18th, respectively, Leclerc and Hamilton completed in thirteenth and seventeenth. Hamilton began the grand prix in seventeenth and crossed the road in twelfth.

“Once more, after what occurred yesterday within the first lap, I had no confidence, and I did not know what was going to occur with the automobile within the first few laps,” he continued. “However there’s not been one lap the place we have been aggressive over the weekend, so it has been very irritating.”

With only one race remaining within the 2025 season, Leclerc is keen to complete the yr on a excessive.

“On one hand, sure,” he stated when requested if he was wanting ahead to the season’s finish. “However on the identical time, I am simply actually wanting ahead to Abu Dhabi and attempting to complete the season on a extra constructive notice and hoping to offer us a bit bit extra happiness to go on vacation as a result of it is going to be fairly miserable to go on vacation with two weekends similar to this weekend.

“That will be very unhealthy, so I hope we are able to have a greater weekend.”

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

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Ferrari workforce principal Fred Vasseur confirmed on Friday that the Maranello outfit stopped aero improvement on the 2025 automobile on the finish of April to give attention to 2026.

“Loads. Loads for positive, and that is why I feel the second half isn’t too stunning. It is rather a lot more durable in comparison with our rivals,” Leclerc defined concerning the impression that this has had on him and Hamilton.

“I actually hope that it will repay for subsequent yr. Clearly, this was with the imaginative and prescient of attempting to work more durable for subsequent yr and having all our sources attempting to anticipate subsequent yr, so I actually hope that it will repay.”