Charles Leclerc has revealed that the issue that affected each Ferrari vehicles on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix is having a detrimental influence on straight-line pace efficiency.
Leclerc completed fifth within the dash race at Interlagos, transferring up three locations from the beginning place.
The Ferrari driver acquired forward of Lance Stroll firstly after which settled behind the second Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso.
After a protracted race, Leclerc lastly moved to the entrance with a number of laps remaining and moved as much as fifth place.
Ferrari’s lack of straight-line pace was clear, and Leclerc was unable to mount a severe problem to Alonso till the ultimate phases.
Talking to Sky Sports activities after Saturday’s dash, Leclerc admitted he and Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton had been held again by a mysterious problem with their automotive.
“This weekend was very robust. Sadly, we had issues with each vehicles and I am unable to absolutely clarify what is going on on,” Leclerc defined.
“We’re dropping loads of lap time on the straights. Now we have extra downforce than others however that does not clarify the hole you see on the straights so one thing is flawed.
“Hopefully we will determine it out earlier than qualifying. We’re not the place we need to be and I do not assume it will likely be any worse than yesterday.”
Hamilton recovers from SQ2 loss
Hamilton was caught in two yellow flags throughout dash qualifying, dropping SQ2 and ending eleventh on the grid.
The seven-time world champion acquired off to a lightning begin, operating in eighth place simply behind his teammate after the opening lap.
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Hamilton initially had a promising place ranging from the medium, which might have paid off within the ultimate phases of the race.
Nevertheless, a purple flag “nullified” the race, that means vehicles that had began on gentle might change to medium.
Reflecting on the race, Hamilton stated: “I imply, I loved the race. It was tough situations. I moved ahead. I had a very good begin. Then the purple flag got here down and I had a reasonably good tempo up till then, in order that was nullified. Everybody was on new tires. It was troublesome to overhaul.”
“Now we have issues with the stability of the automotive. Our high pace is admittedly excessive so we won’t overtake. We have to see how we will deal with it for qualifying.”
