Charles Leclerc mentioned a “mixture of things” prompted the crash that ruined his hopes of scoring one other house F1 pole place on the Monaco Grand Prix.
Ferrari entered qualifying as heavy favorites after holding the tempo on Friday, however Mercedes fought again as Andrea Kimi Antonelli took a sensational pole place forward of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.
Qualifying on house soil ended up being a disappointment for Leclerc, who had secured provisional pole earlier than Antonelli, Verstappen and Ferrari teammate Hamilton improved. Leclerc crashed on the ultimate lap of Q3 whereas attempting to enhance.
Leclerc is struggling together with his brakes
“It is a mixture of things. I am not shy to say it after I’m solely accountable, however as we speak it was in all probability a mixture of things,” Leclerc instructed Sky Sports activities F1.
“To begin with, I feel that is the results of a very tough state of affairs over the past two weeks. There was one thing fallacious with my automotive specifically and we’re struggling very a lot in the intervening time. I feel we have now an answer, however we have now to strive it in Barcelona and see if it will get higher.”
“Nonetheless, it is rather tough to take care of the steadiness of the automotive in the intervening time. In Q3, I pushed too exhausting with out actually understanding the place the automotive’s limits had been.”
Leclerc slid closely on the doorway to Tabac, crashing into the wall and damaging his rear suspension. If Leclerc can keep away from a grid penalty for harm, he’ll begin on the second row on Sunday.
The Monaco driver struggled together with his brakes all weekend in Monte Carlo and in addition had issues on the Canadian Grand Prix, which he described as a “horrible” race.
Hamilton within the different Ferrari certified third place.
“The texture of the automotive is essential,” Leclerc defined. “I like this music, it is my favourite music of the season.
“On a monitor like this it is not sufficient to be quick, it’s important to be assured. It’s important to know precisely how the automotive will react to place it the way in which you need it, and the entire weekend was a problem.
“I used to be on the brakes, however I did not actually know the place I used to be going to settle within the nook. It was the identical in Montreal, so I will must strive an answer and see the way it goes.”
