Vasseur: “Leclerc is a bit under pressure”. Charles: “I will be able to smile with a smooth weekend”

Leclerc on the front row After a triptych of races decidedly below expectations – Montreal, Monaco and Barcelona – Charles Leclerc gave the best possible response to those who saw him in clear difficulty, bringing his Ferrari to the front row at the Austrian Grand Prix. The Monegasque will start alongside George Russell, although in the interview with Canal+ he was cautious: “At the moment my confidence isn’t sky-high, because after a few complicated weekends I’ve lost confidence in the car. As a result I find myself a bit in that dynamic where I try to save the weekend and the aim is to have a smooth weekend. In any case I don’t think I could have taken pole from George, he was too fast even if I had done the lap of my life. We have to finish the race in the right way and then I will be able to smile a little more and look forward with a little more optimism.” Vasseur is calm. At F1TV, Ferrari’s Frederic Vasseur was asked for his opinion on this move by Leclerc. The Frenchman cut it short: “It’s more you journalists who were a little worried, because I wasn’t. Honestly, in his last lap in Monaco he was fighting for pole and had a two-tenths advantage over Max. When he went out in Barcelona he was doing an excellent lap. The pace had always been there. Now he’s a bit under pressure and has made some mistakes. But for him it’s good to go back to doing a good lap, put the race together and he’ll find the rhythm again.”

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2026-06-28 15:00:00