SILVERSTONE, England — Charles Leclerc says Ferrari’s run of races since his well-liked Monaco win have been “worse than a nightmare.”
Leclerc’s Monaco Grand Prix victory in Might began whispers Ferrari would possibly be capable of mount a title problem, however the Monegasque has scored simply 10 factors on the 4 occasions since.
The British Grand Prix, gained by Lewis Hamilton, was one other forgettable afternoon for Leclerc as he completed 14th following an incorrect tyre name early within the contest.
When requested to elucidate what’s occurred since Monaco, he mentioned: “It’s totally arduous, very arduous, I do not actually have the phrases to elucidate it but it surely’s been 4 races which were worse than a nightmare, so I hope we will come again quickly.”
Leclerc did not make it out of Q1 on Saturday however was working seventh early on after a robust begin.
Any probability of scoring factors slipped by way of his fingers when he and Ferrari swapped to the intermediates on the finish of the nineteenth lap as mild rain began to fall.
The rain didn’t intensify for some time and when it did Leclerc wanted to pit for one more set of intermediates anyway, having worn by way of his authentic set.
Leclerc mentioned he and the crew might want to overview the decision-making course of.
“It’s totally tough to take a look at positives in days like this, I simply wish to return with the crew, analyse the methods we’re making selections, and why we have been on the flawed facet immediately,” he mentioned.
He added: “[The pit call] was clearly the flawed one, I will look again into it with the choice, with the message I acquired and the information I had it felt prefer it was the suitable one, it was raining so much, I used to be informed the rain was going to be heavy so I ended to anticipate, however the rain got here eight, 9 laps later, in order that was clearly the tip of our race.
“Very irritating, one other weekend to overlook and it begins to be so much.”