Ferrari’s Achilles heel, ruthless telemetry: Leclerc loses almost half a second on the straight

Federico Albano’s telemetry speaks clearly In his usual analysis of the qualifying on the pages of , Federico Albano commented on Ferrari’s telemetry data as follows: “For the reds, the straights in the last part of qualifying are a trickle that sees Leclerc burn almost half a second compared to Russell only on the straight. Despite the engine with the first step of ADUO the differences are clearly still very marked and on a track of this type they are felt significantly.” And from the telemetry produced by our colleague, relating to the lap that gave second position to Charles Leclerc, it is clear how the Monegasque gradually loses on the straight, accumulating almost half a second of delay just considering the straight sections. Half a second on a pole lap of just 66 seconds: an enormity, despite the small step forward in the engine update. Ferrari, the engine remains the Achilles’ heel It must be recognized that in the days leading up to the Austrian Grand Prix, Ferrari had avoided launching into proclamations about the first update to the power unit of the season, far from it. Motorsport manager Enrico Gualtieri had spoken of a “relatively contained” development which “would not have changed the values ​​on the field”. And as recently as Friday, team principal Frederic Vasseur had also dampened expectations: “It won’t be a significant step forward.” And they were sincere. Still on the subject of power units, Lewis Hamilton also did not hide the difficulties in the press conference: “When we arrive on circuits with long straights, we know that they will be our Achilles’ heel for a while. This update is a first step, but we must take a bigger step to reduce the gap to Mercedes.”

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2026-06-28 19:00:00