Ferrari had a disappointing qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday. Both drivers of the team dropped out in Q2 and did not progress in the session. Charles Leclerc was particularly annoyed by the lack of performance.
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He expressed his feelings to his team on the radio after finishing his lap in Q2. The Monegasque driver finished the session in P11 and was surprised that he did not get through to Q3.
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I don’t understand why we stopped: Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc was furious with the Italian team’s strategy when he asked for some answers over his radio. He mentioned that he didn’t understand the team’s decision to stop in front of other cars.
“F ***. For me guys, we screwed it up, but let’s talk about it later,” Charles said on his team radio.
“I don’t understand why we stopped. We had nothing to lose. We were in a good place and everyone stayed outside, ”continued the Ferrari driver.
His race engineer replied, “Copy. We’ll talk later, but some guys even quit later when we got four new tires. ”Charles agreed with his race engineer and replied,“ Yeah, that’s what I mean. I didn’t want to quit so early. ”
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Ferrari driver explains his frustration after a shocked Q2 exit
Charles Leclerc explained his frustration when he mentioned qualifying wasn’t that bad. But he accepted that he understood the team’s decision to pit early in qualifying.
“I think we weren’t that bad in qualifying; I think we were maybe a little early with the tires in the last run of Q2, but in the car I was frustrated, ”said Charles.
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Formula 1 F1 – Belgian Grand Prix – Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium – August 28, 2021, Ferraris Charles Leclerc in qualifying REUTERS / Christian Hartmann
“But I have to say, now I fully understand the choice after the team has explained [to] me the reason. There was some rain on the radar and it’s always so hard to know if it’s five minutes early or five minutes late and today it was five minutes late. It’s life, it’s part of racing and tomorrow we’ll try to maximize the racing result, ”he said.
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Leclerc will start the race on P9 because of the penalties for Norris and Bottas. He would hope to make up some ground early on in order to fight for the podium in the race.
Can Leclerc get a podium in the race? Let us know.
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