Nightmare Sunday
In Montreal the Ferrari he had arguably the worst day of his season so far, finishing the race with both of their cars withdrawna debacle that has not been seen since the 2022 Azerbaijan GP. An unexpected collapse which – at least in the case of Charles Leclerc’s performance – can also be explained by engine problems which decimated the Monegasque’s race until the final stop.
Among the experts who commented on the race, however, there were those who highlighted another unusual passage in Leclerc’s race: the pit stop, under the Safety Car regime, which preceded the final retirement by a few laps. At that stop Ferrari mechanics fitted the SF-24 #16 with hard slick tiresalthough it now seemed clear that the rain was about to hit the Canadian track againas actually happened.
The hard ones in the rain
The former Indian pilot Karun Chandhoknow a TV commentator for the English channel Sky Sports F1expressed perplexity about this decision, despite the fact that it was clear that Leclerc’s race was already compromised and the Monegasque attempted – in concert with the pit wall – a desperate gamble to get back into the race.
“That pit [stop] It didn’t make sense to me. There was a huge rain cloud about to pour onto the circuit, all the other teams were counting down the rain and they put on slicks. And they also put hard tyres, not even soft ones – the Indian took things up a notch – it was all very confusing. Overall, it was a useless weekend both statistically and metaphorically.”Chandhok commented.
