Ferrari third force, Leclerc doesn’t give up: “I pay the price of starting from behind, if I had been in the top-3…”

Charles Leclerc, minimum objective achieved This time he was a little less protagonist than usual, Charles Leclerc, despite managing to bring home at the end of the Sprint Race of the 2026 Canadian GP at least the minimum objective of beating under the checkered flag – thanks to a little patience and luck – his teammate Lewis Hamilton (however overall more on the ball, at least up to this moment of the Montreal weekend). The 28-year-old Monegasque in fact started sixth and remained sixth, a bit anonymous, for almost all 23 laps of Saturday’s race, only to then manage to overtake his neighbor in the garage right at the beginning of the last lap, taking advantage of Oscar Piastri’s overtaking against Hamilton himself. Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our content more easily! The comment after the Sprint Race of the 2026 Canadian GP A Saturday which however does not start according to the best wishes for Ferrari which, regardless of the result as the third force on the track, clearly pays off in the comparison with Mercedes and McLaren on the straights of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. However, Charles Leclerc is at least a little more confident as he looks at the rest of the weekend: “The problems yesterday in sprint qualifying were not just related to braking balance, because there were a few things that weren’t exactly right. But today it already went better and, even if it wasn’t completely resolved, I hope it will be for qualifying. If it is, I can have a slightly better feeling in this car.” Leclerc then also spoke about his teammate Hamilton, who was evidently a little more at ease throughout the weekend at the wheel of the SF-26: “I think Lewis is very fit on this track, especially in qualifying. In terms of race pace I actually felt very good with the car, but in qualifying I think it will be difficult. Obviously we hope to be able to be up front, because today in my opinion we paid the price of starting sixth.” “So I hope that, if I have everything in order for the official tests, I can at least be in the top-3. This will allow us to battle with the riders in front tomorrow”, concluded Charles Leclerc.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-24 03:55:00