The weekend of Abu Dhabi for Charles Leclerc It doesn't start in the best way. Although the emotion of having his brother Arthur at his side for the FP1, bad luck knocks on the Monegasque's door. Penalized with 10 positions for changing the PU, he also gets food poisoning. It seems everything is solved, but the fight against the manufacturers seems almost a utopia.
Charles Leclerc's words ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP qualifying
He FP1 they saw him, despite the bad news of the penalty, excel in first place, the FP2 they don't see him going beyond sixth place.
A day to forget for the Monegasque Ferrari driver who commented on the two sessions like this.
"I already feel a bit better after last night and I know that after a good night's sleep I'll be on the track tomorrow with my batteries charged again. No, I'm not trying to make a pun (joking about the PU, ed.). Let's hope we have a good day tomorrow and then be able to make a great comeback on Sunday."
"McLarens? Yes, they seem quicker unfortunately, but we know how quickly things can change in F1. We have to stay focused knowing that it won't really end until the chequered flag. Today we had a problem and I don't wish problems on anyone, but we have to focus on ourselves and try to do something exceptional on Sunday."
He then made some statements regarding his teammate Carlos Sainz's farewell to Ferrari.

"Last race with Carlos? Yes, it's another thing that adds to this weekend of emotional ups and downs. Obviously we both want to finish with a good result, we watched FP1 together and were a bit sad about what happened and also because we are counting on each other's help to try to win the Constructors' title."
"Sometimes, however, things that happen are out of your control and that's what happened today. But our relationship is fantastic and we will give our all until the last lap to try to close these four years together in the best possible way."