Having dominated on Friday, Charles Leclerc cannot perceive Ferrari’s lack of tempo when it mattered most.
In fact, the primary signal that Friday’s tempo may not have been all it appeared was in qualifying, when, Max Verstappen apart, each McLaren’s out-paced Leclerc by 0.2s.
Reflecting on Saturday and Sunday, Leclerc believes the SF-24’s principal deficit was straight-line pace on the pit straight and all the way down to Tamburello.
“Wanting again at yesterday, reanalysing qualifying, I believe we principally misplaced all the pieces on the launch (begin) for some cause,” mentioned the Monegasque at race finish. “We had a barely totally different energy technique in comparison with McLaren and Pink Bull, and we misplaced all the pieces on the run all the way down to Flip 2.
“Max, on prime of that, had the slipstream,” he added, referring to the tow the world champion obtained from Nico Hulkenberg on his remaining run in Q3.
“That is one thing we’ll should look into as a result of, particularly on a observe like this, observe place is completely all the pieces,” he continued. “And if you solely have a tenth between Pink Bull, McLaren and ourselves, we have to do all the pieces good. The third place at the moment value us perhaps a greater end result within the race.
“At the least it is a podium,” he added. “It is unimaginable to be on the rostrum with all of the Tifosi right here… however in fact I am solely very joyful after I win, and at the moment we did not fairly make it.
“We had been very quick at the start of the stint with the hards,” he continued. “I began to push to try to put some stress on Lando, however in a while they had been extremely fast.
“Our race tempo may be very, very robust,” he subsequently advised Sky Sports activities. “I am extra optimistic than yesterday trying again on the qualifying as a result of that is the place I believe we’re missing on a weekend like this. What makes me optimistic is that if I look again on the information, I assumed we had been dropping in flip two, three, 4, which might have been tyre associated once more, but it surely wasn’t the case. We misplaced all the pieces within the straights, and they’re doing one thing bizarre with the power, engine-wise, McLaren and Pink Bull.
“We have to look into it, however nothing that is not potential to alter, and as soon as we repair that I believe we have an actual shot of going again on the highest step for the rostrum.
“Monaco goes to be a really particular in fact, as particular as right here at Imola,” he added. “There’s numerous pink, and it is all the time wonderful to see that.”
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