Leclerc's disappointment is all in the single word that comes out of the Monegasque's mouth when the position and relative elimination in Q1 of qualifications in Spain: "incredible“. A hard response to swallow, which is truly incredible. No one has been able to explain the real motivation behind this sensational outing by the Ferrari driver who hoped to be able to gain a few tenths with the new updates mounted on the SF-23. The track conditions were the same as in FP3, the last free practice session. But there was something wrong with the number 16 car and this is also demonstrated by the fact that his teammate, Carlos Sainz arrived in Q3 without too many problems. The Spaniard finished in P2, winning the front row that he will share with Verstappen.
After closing the session early, Charles Leclerc immediately headed to the media, explaining his feelings, before heading to the medical center for a routine, anti-doping check.
Leclerc: "we have to investigate, bad feeling"
The feelings of the Monegasque on the eve of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix were good, but something didn't work.
"I'd be surprised if the car is alright, because it clearly isn't – says Leclerc to the microphones of sky sports f1. We have to look at the data, the car because something was wrong. Yesterday with these conditions the car was good. But today there was something wrong, I took right turns and everything was fine, I took right turns and it wasn't right. There was something on the right rear that didn't fit me. Today it cost us a lot, but we need to find a good feeling to get back in front. We don't have an answer right now, we need to look at the data, because I had a completely different feeling, since the beginning of the year, I was hitting the wall at 60km/h during the red flag. "
Despite this, Charles' concentration remains high in view of the race:"It will obviously be difficult, but it's a race with a lot of degradation so if we manage the race well we can get back in front, that's the goal."
The team has a lot of work ahead of it to put the Monegasque in a position to do a good race tomorrow. He is once again surprised to see a two-faced Ferrari.
