Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc (AFP Image)
Ferrari modified two digital engine elements in Leclerc’s automotive over the opening weekend in Bahrain and introduced on Wednesday that they have been switching a 3rd time.
Charles Leclerc mentioned on Thursday that he and the Ferrari crew are involved about their persevering with reliability issues, however nonetheless consider of their potential. The Monegasque driver can pay the value for mechanical issues with a 10-place grid penalty at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Ferrari modified two digital engine elements in Leclerc’s automotive over the opening weekend in Bahrain and introduced on Wednesday that they have been switching a 3rd time. That implies that earlier than the second race has even began Leclerc has handed the permitted complete of two modifications in an influence unit for the 23-race season.
“It’s the best way it’s,” he said. “It’s the beginning of the season and, of course, it’s not the ideal start. But what can I do about it?
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“Now we have to give attention to what’s forward, what we will do to be a greater crew, to do higher.
“This weekend we are starting from the back foot, but our target is to try and do something special. I like this challenge of starting a little bit more on the back foot and trying to do something special and come back to the front as quickly as possible!”
He mentioned he had been working to galvanise the crew and rebuild morale after the season-opening race in Bahrain the place he was compelled to retire because of the energy unit drawback.
“We’ve nonetheless bought many races to go and we nonetheless must be combating like loopy to be again on the high and maintain pushing,” he conceded.
“I still believe in it and of course we still need to all believe in it because it’s only the first race. So, it hasn’t gone as planned — and when it’s Ferrari and it doesn’t go as well as it should, then there are lots of voices and all of this around the team.”
Carlos Sainz echoed his team-mates sentiments.
“Yes, for certain, we’re involved,” said the Spaniard. “It’s not the way to start the season with a penalty at race two. We have identified the battery issues as a weakness and it has taken us by surprise.
“We are putting things in place to fix it and we’re pretty sure that we are capable of fixing that in the short term.
“But, for now, it’s a bad situation. So, we have to fix it, go forward and be more competitive.”
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