This yr the crew’s marketing campaign has been characterised by robust qualifying tempo adopted disappointing Sundays, both due to a scarcity of race tempo, reliability issues or technique fumbles.
The Monegasque driver says he needs to make use of the remaining 4 Grands Prix of this season to enhance the crew for subsequent yr and is way much less involved concerning the battle with Sergio Perez for second within the championship. The Mexican presently holds the place by a single level.
“It is at all times nicer to complete second than third,” mentioned Leclerc. “However my most important focus is just not actually on that, it is totally on attempting to make use of these final 4 races for us to be difficult for the world championship subsequent yr.
“We’ll attempt to use these final 4 races as a way to be a greater crew for subsequent yr.”
When requested what the crew wants to enhance most, he replied: “I believe, actually, it is Sunday execution as an entire. So that is a great deal of issues. It is tyre administration, as we have seen within the final race, it is nonetheless a weak level.
“Communication, technique, reliability, simply to be a stronger crew coming to Sunday and to truly finalise the weekend in one of the best ways potential. As a result of on the Saturday we have been usually very robust, however the Sunday someday issues fell aside.”
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
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Concerning the way in which that Ferrari has reacted to setbacks this yr, he added: “I believe we at all times undergo the identical course of. At any time when there is a mistake or one thing going fallacious, you at all times attempt to analyse from the place that is coming.
“After which when you perceive from the place it is coming, you are attempting to look ahead. That is what we have finished this yr, and that we’ll proceed to do.”
Leclerc says he is already seen some enhancements in latest weekends.
“Properly, I believe for communication technique, etcetera, that is been a number of races now we have been engaged on it,” he mentioned. “And I’ve already seen constructive indicators. So that’s good.
“After which there’s the tyre administration, as we have seen within the final race. The place this is a little more troublesome, we have to determine all of the causes of it. However this can be a steady work that we’re doing, and that we’re getting higher at.
“And I believe we have seen it this yr in some races we have been superb with tyre administration, the one factor we have to be is to be good in very particular conditions.
“Like in Japan, the Sunday was a bit cooler, clearly, it was raining additionally. After which when it’s kind of of an surprising scenario, that is the place we in all probability are inferior to perhaps Pink Bull is. So on that we have to work.”
Leclerc mentioned he was happy that the crew has stored bringing new elements to the monitor, having run an updated floor at Suzuka: “Yeah, small issues. I do not assume there are any left. However we’re coming to the tip of the season, the place clearly the main focus is extra now on subsequent yr.
“I believe we additionally attempt to use these small upgrades to attempt to perceive issues earlier than we finalise utterly the design of subsequent yr’s automobile.”
