Leclerc’s announcement is worrying

Ferrari had a very negative weekend in China, and now it’s Charles Leclerc who takes the floor. What happened.

Back to reality for the Ferrari in the Chinese Grand Prix, the first stage of the season in which the SF-24s did not obtain the podium. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were forced to fourth and fifth place, due to an SF-24 that now hates qualification and the cold. In fact, with the low temperatures in Shanghai, the Reds struggled enormously both on the flying lap and in the second part of the Sunday race, when the Hard tires were fitted.

The concern doesn’t come from just one Red Bull who does a sport apart, but also from the performance overtaking implemented by McLaren, which has made a big step in the country of the Dragon, despite not bringing any development, like Ferrari. The Scuderia from Modena needs to take a clear step forward with the updates that will arrive between Miami and Imola, otherwise, we risk having to run on defense for the umpteenth time. Leclerc appeared very disappointed after the race, and is hoping for upgrades.

Ferrari, here is the thought of Charles Leclerc

The Chinese weekend was complicated for the Ferrariand also Charles Leclercinterviewed at the end of the race on “SKY Sports F1“, he recognized that the step with the Dura tire was a lot negative. Furthermore, the Monegasque took care of impressing him McLarenthat with Lando Norris it was significantly faster than the SF-24 in the second part of the race. The developments, at this point, will become decisive.

Here are his words: “If I’m honest, what we got was the best possible result. McLaren was much faster than us in terms of race pace, we lost half a second on the Hard tyres. With the Mediums it wasn’t bad at all, but when we fitted the Hards, the difference was truly enormous. We need to analyze the situation thoroughly and try to understand what happened, because the good pace we had in the first races, here in China, has never been seen with the Dura“.

Ferrari disappointed expectations in Shanghai, and Leclerc himself made no secret of it: “Of course we are disappointed, the goal was the podium, but Lando was a big surprise and also McLaren in general, because Piastri raced with damage to the floor, otherwise he would have been fighting with us. If he had had the car in good condition, it would have been complicated to even finish fourth. I think it was a bad surprise, we need to understand what happened in the second part of the race“.

The Cavallino is now confident in the package of developments, which should make its debut in Miami with the first new features, and then complete the work with what we will see in Imola: “There is no doubt that the updates will be important, they will be the ones who will give direction to our championship. We’ll see where they do theirs debut“.