(Photo : Peter Fox/Getty Images) JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – Charles Leclerc of Monaco and Ferrari attends the Drivers Press Conference throughout previews forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 06, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc expressed a pessimistic outlook on his workforce’s possibilities for the upcoming Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, set to happen on Sunday, March 10, on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
The Jeddah monitor, famend for its high-speed structure inside a avenue monitor configuration, poses a problem for the workforce.
“I don’t think this [track characteristic] is our main strength, I felt like it was more the medium-speed [corners] where we were strong,” Leclerc admitted throughout a press convention for the race on Wednesday, March 6.
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The brake drawback that haunted Leclerc in Bahrain has been mounted
Leclerc seemed to be in a powerful place for a superb consequence in the course of the season opener in Bahrain final week, securing the second spot in qualifying simply behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and narrowly lacking out on pole place by a mere two-tenths of a second.
However, he confronted challenges with uneven brake temperatures from the early laps, finally dropping to fourth place by the tip of the race.
Despite this setback, Leclerc assured that the workforce had addressed and resolved the problem forward of the Saudi race.
“It was just an issue that we’ve never had before. That was obviously very costly in terms of time, especially in the first half of the race, where it was extremely difficult to drive. But no, I don’t expect it to happen again this weekend,” Leclerc mentioned.
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