Leclerc: “Horrible weekend, zero feeling with the car”

Eighth time for the Monegasque “In Q3 either I make the time or I put it in the wall”. Charles Leclerc was unable to find the key to the problem at the wheel of his Ferrari SF-26 in Qualifying for the Canadian GP and tomorrow he will start from the fourth row in eighth position. “Horrible weekend, I have zero feeling with the car – explained Leclerc to Sky’s microphones – I hope to improve the weekend a bit tomorrow. We solved the problems we had yesterday (in braking, ed.) but in Q1 we weren’t able to do what I needed, which was to have clean launch laps without traffic to be able to bring the tires up to temperature well.” “In Q3 I managed to get the tire into a good window and the lap was acceptable, but it’s a lap that’s only worth eighth place – added Leclerc – it’s true that we’re all very close and that the gap isn’t that big, but finishing eighth isn’t enough, that’s for sure”.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-24 07:35:00