F1: Leclerc race ravaged by disaster

For Ferrari, Charles Leclerc’s surprising fourth place in the time trial was very promising, at least in light of the last few weeks or months. However, at the Formula 1 Eifel Grand Prix, the Maranello Guard could not keep up and eventually racked up points with their Monaco, which finished seventh at the Nürburgring.

After the race, Leclerc betrayed the left-handed rubber strategy that played a major role in his decline. “We suffered incredibly on the soft tires, which seriously affected our race,” he analyzed the problem. “Then we switched to the two-stop tactic, which I think was the right decision. The end of the race became difficult with the safety car, as our tires got cold, but we managed to handle the situation quite well.

“I was ahead of the good guys in which I found pleasure, but seventh place was the maximum,” he summed up, and then added about the safety car phase: “My opinion is divided: on the one hand I wanted to test soft tires, but watching the first part of the race was a disaster. So in the end, we didn’t risk it, we stuck to the medium tires. “

Leclerc is currently eighth in the individual compound, while Ferrari is sixth among the constructors: the Italians are already 34 units behind fifth-placed Renault, and their lead over AlphaTauri has melted to 13 points with only six races remaining this year. season.