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“We don’t have the performance to do much better” — Leclerc says Ferrari unable to challenge McLaren and Red Bull F1 following Hungarian GP qualifying

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago05 mins

Charles Leclerc will start the Hungarian Grand Prix from P6 as Ferrari’s recent struggles continued. The Monegasque driver was half a tenth away from Lewis Hamilton in Q3 on Saturday and said he lost that time in the last corner. Nonetheless, he has been a couple of tenths off teammate Carlos Sainz throughout the weekend…

F1 | Hungarian GP | FP2 | Norris leads Verstappen and Sainz; Leclerc crashes

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago03 mins

Nico Hülkenberg returned to the cockpit after missing FP1 and logged a 1:20.201 to start off the late afternoon session. The first driver into the 1:18s was Lewis Hamilton as a 1:18.961 put him almost 0.4s clear of Logan Sargeant. Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez pumped in a 1:18.568 to beat Hamilton by almost 0.4s to…

F1 | Hungarian GP | FP1 | Sainz leads Verstappen and Leclerc; Zhou impresses with P5

Nicolas Lopes5 months ago5 months ago08 mins

In a sweltering hot Hungaroring, with track temperatures in excess of 58°C, the drivers and teams got to work in the first practice session for the 2024 Hungarian GP. Oliver Bearman took the wheel of one of the Haas cars in place of Nico Hulkenberg, to make his third FP1 appearance of the season. Another…

Leclerc has gone “quite extreme in the change of set-up” to try and solve recent Ferrari F1 bouncing issues

Harshpreet Kaur5 months ago5 months ago012 mins

Scuderia Ferrari started the 2024 Formula One season with high hopes. They came out of Maranello and went on to score consecutive podiums and a win for both the drivers, in Australia and Monaco. The Italian team had slowly been building over their momentum from the end of 2023 Formula One season, when Charles Leclerc…

Haas drivers and Charles Leclerc share their advice to Bearman ahead of his full time F1 debut next season

Ryan McGahey5 months ago5 months ago010 mins

With Oliver Bearman set to join Haas in Formula 1 from next season, both of the team’s current driver as well as fellow FDA graduate Charles Leclerc share their expectations and advice for the young Briton Speaking ahead of the British Grand Prix and shortly after Haas’ announcement of new signing Ollie Bearman for the…

Leclerc labels last 4 races “worse than a nightmare” after a frustrating F1 British GP

David Coath6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

Scuderia Ferrari left Silverstone with 11 points after a P5 finish for Carlos Sainz brought 10 points to the team on top of a bonus point for Sainz claiming the fastest lap at Sunday’s F1 British Grand Prix. Meanwhile, on the other side of the garage, Charles Leclerc endured a torrid time on track after…

He “had to go in qualifying with a car he didn’t drive before” — Vasseur defends Leclerc’s tough F1 British GP weekend

Harshpreet Kaur6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

The 2024 British Grand Prix weekend has been one to forget for Charles Leclerc, who finished the race in P14. This is the third time in the last four races that Charles Leclerc has participated in a race weekend only to have no points to show for it over a Grand Prix distance. He’s scored…

Vasseur: Ferrari and Leclerc “collectively” made the decision to pit for inters too early in F1 British GP

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

The British GP definitely didn’t go according to Ferrari’s plans, especially on one side of the garage. Charles Leclerc’s Silverstone troubles began on Saturday, when he failed to qualify in the top ten for the race. However, the worst was yet to come, as the Monegasque driver was pitted for intermediates too early on his…

Running different configurations between the cars in F1 British GP practice “will help us long term” — Leclerc

Gabriel Diamante6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

Not a great start for the weekend for Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc after a premature Q2 exit with a 1:27.097 after making a correction in Turns 13 and 15 which lost him a couple of tenths. The Monegasque stated that they are just struggling at the moment and the practice sessions were mainly for gathering…

Leclerc believes Ferrari’s porpoising issue with latest F1 upgrade “can be solved short term” ahead of the British GP

Ryan McGahey6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz discuss the return of porpoising to the SF-24 following recent updates, as the team aim to iron out their problems in free practice ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix. With Ferrari reportedly losing time to a recurring porpoising issue since the introduction of their latest upgrade in Barcelona, the…