Il dream of pole position to Canada for Charles Leclerc it stopped, drastically, in Q2. After third free practice session, which ended positively, the Monegasque seemed to have found the right feeling with his Ferrari on the circuit Montreal. But then, a strategy to be reviewed and an error by the pilot himself meant that Leclerc didn't make the cut for Q3.
Leclerc and the wrong timing
The excellent performance of two redheads on Friday's free practice, they had sparked the fans' hopes. The rain that hit the Montreal circuit during the qualifications, Has shuffled the cards in play, providing several twists. The most obvious surprise is the exclusion of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez from Q3. Leclerc had expressed the willingness to mount the soft ones, but the team felt it was necessary to set a time on the intermediate tires first, before returning to the pits.
Un wrong timing, that of Ferrari, which mounts the Monegasque on soft tires when on the track the rain returns. Leclerc has only one attempt available to remove himself from the risk zone. A mistake, a long in the grass, which costs him dearly.
“We make life difficult for ourselves”
To the microphones of Sky Sports F1 Italy, is asked Charles Leclerc if it were difficult understand the conditions of the track, he replies: “No, it wasn't difficult to read that the track was dry”. Very hard, issue #16 of the Cavallino di Maranello, who then continued by saying:“Unfortunately I don't know why we stayed with the intermediates on one completely dry track and we went on slicks when it started raining, making life difficult for us, I don't agree with the team."
Interviewed subsequently together with the team principal, Frederik Vasseur, Charles seems to have released his adrenaline and admits: “I know I didn't do a great job. There were many of us with the same plan and I couldn't do it". When asked what he expects from tomorrow, he replies: “The desire to do well is there, we are in Canada and overcoming is doable".
