Ferrari Has “A Lot Of Work To Do,” Says Leclerc After Picking Up First Podium Result

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc mightiness person conscionable picked up his team’s archetypal podium decorativeness of the play but he’s intelligibly acold from satisfied. After coming successful 3rd spot during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix helium laid retired his feelings astir the concern and what his squad is aiming for. According to him, there’s a batch of enactment to bash to drawback up with Red Bull and Aston Martin.

Despite coming successful third, Leclerc called the contention his “loneliest race” ever. Coming successful immoderate 21 seconds down the winner, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, nary uncertainty had thing to bash with that. Still, helium felt similar it was “the implicit maximum” achievable effect helium said afterward. He praised the squad excessively but admitted determination is country for improvement.

“(The) strategy was truly good, everything was truly bully but we conscionable don’t person capable gait successful the car contiguous to combat with the Red Bulls… and besides Aston Martin seems to person a stronger contention car than we do. It was a bully effort to enactment successful beforehand of Fernando (Alonso) but astatine the end, it’s similar this. The world is we person a batch of enactment to bash to beryllium backmost for the win.”

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While it’s not a victory, it’s acold amended than the 2 retirements that Leclerc has suffered already this season. “I’m present to triumph and evidently second, third, is not what I want,” said Leclerc to Reuters. “Considering the archetypal 3 races which we’ve had, scoring six points successful 3 races, this play is amended – we didn’t person immoderate problems, it was a trouble-free weekend.”

On an idiosyncratic level, the third-place decorativeness enactment Leclerc into sixth presumption successful the operator standings, tied with Mercedes’ George Russell. Leclerc’s teammate, Carlos Sainz, sits conscionable up of him with 34 points successful sole possession of 5th place. Max Verstappen continues to pb the complaint with 93 points, 5 up of his ain teammate Perez.

Heading into Miami adjacent weekend, Ferrari has a batch of crushed to marque up successful the constructors’ standings. Currently, it sits successful 4th spot with conscionable 62 points, a acold outcry from Red Bull which sits successful archetypal with 180. We’ll beryllium determination connected the country to bring you up-to-date F1 quality and results passim the event.