For Ferrari, but above all for Charles Leclerc, the Canadian GP was not an easy weekend. Fresh from a victory in Monaco, in his home Grand Prix, expectations for the Canadian GP weekend were high. Yet it seems that the arrival in Montreal has undermined the efforts of recent months. Although you cannot judge the progress of a team and a driver from just one race, it still leaves a bad taste in the mouth and doubts in the fans that we can return to the top once again in the short future.
The Monegasque driver, after the qualifications disastrous, in which it was not possible to find the right solution for a competitive single-seater, had statement his anger and frustration towards the session gone up in smoke. In fact, as he himself stated, he was unable to go beyond 10th position, thus making it difficult to access Q3. Charles Leclerc, therefore, starting from 11th place, was unable to achieve excellent results, resulting in a retirement for the team, which was then followed by the same fate with his teammate.
Charles Leclerc's words on the Canadian GP to the microphones of
Immediately after retiring, Charles Leclerc spoke to SkySportF1 with Mara Sangiorgio. Following an incorrect strategy both in Qualifying and problems in the Race, the number 16 found himself at the back of the grid without seeing the checkered flag. Below are the words of driver number 16.
«The fact that we change engines often is not a very good sign, which is why we need to analyze what the problems were today. We still don't know what they were. I was going a second and a half slower on the straight. It was a difficult race to manage, not only for what I lost while driving, but for the thousand things I had to do with the steering.»
«In the first part of the race we had the same pace as those in front, so until then it was fine that I had things to do because there was confidence. Once the track is dry, having wet tires, you can take fewer risks and here many seconds were lost. That's when I knew the race was over."
To Mara's question about what happened to the car since the beginning of the weekend, Charles replies «Today the problem was the engine and that's it. At the start of the race we weren't in a great place. Yesterday I think another problem that we still have to look at and understand."
