It is a little enviable moment for all the pilots: getting out of the track even before the start of the race is a difficult test that some face during their career. Lance Stroll was missed in the training round of the Brazil Grand Prix last November, then Isack Hadjar committed a similar blunder during his first GP in Australia two months ago.
French and Canadian had been trapped by a wet track, extreme conditions that do not forgive the slightest error. Charles Leclerc has made it the painful experience in turn in Miami, but the Ferrari driver did not even have time to start the training lap, leaving in the lathe.
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The Monegasque lost control of its SF-25 at the moment when the amount of water on the track was the most important. In a straight line – which is not so straight – from the urban route, Leclerc was carried away in aquaplaning to the wall, which broke its suspension and punctured its tire. The Ferrari n ° 16, which adds to its red history the blue and the white of its HP sponsor this weekend, was then fitted with intermediate tires, while its rivals were sailing, as the conditions allowed, with maximum rain.
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The dubious choice of the wall of the prank horse was immediately pointed out by Lewis Hamilton, when he saw his neighboring garage stranded on the aisle: “I don’t know how you could get us out with intermediate tires”, Raver the future third of the radio race.
Despite the criticism of his stable, Charles Leclerc assumed his responsibility in an accident he should have avoided: “ It is very frustrating, but I can only take it myself. It is quite clear that the choice to go into intermediate tires under these conditions was not the best, but it is not an excuse ”, Ensures No. 16 at Canal+.
“In addition, the way I lose the car is quite sad because I was in a straight line, not even thoroughly, and I was just waiting to arrive at the next turn. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do anything and I completely lost control of the car. I tried to turn and brake, but nothing happened ”, says Leclerc. “It hurts, but I can’t stay blocked for a long time on this disillusionment. The qualifications arrive quickly and I hope I will be there if you have enough time to repair the car. If this is the case, it will be a good opportunity to get off on the right foot after a weekend that started badly. »»
Qualified 6th for the Sprint race, Charles Leclerc was very disappointed with the performance of his car on Friday evening, but his teammate Lewis Hamilton proved to him, thanks to a bold and paying strategy of Ferrari, that his car could hang the podium – at least in the rain … If the sky calms his anger on Sunday, the story will be very different.
