JEDDAH, March 17 — Charles Leclerc stated on Thursday that he and the Ferrari team are anxious about their continuing trustworthiness issues, but nevertheless imagine in their opportunity.
The Monegasque driver will pay the value for mechanical challenges with a 10-place grid penalty at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Ferrari adjusted two electronic engine factors in Leclerc’s vehicle more than the opening weekend in Bahrain and declared on Wednesday that they were switching a third time. That signifies that ahead of the 2nd race has even started out Leclerc has passed the permitted full of two changes in a electricity device for the 23-race period.
“It’s the way it is,” he explained. “It’s the commencing of the year and, of study course, it is not the perfect commence. But what can I do about it?
“Now we need to have to concentration on what is ahead, what we can do to be a superior staff, to do greater.
“This weekend we are starting from the again foot, but our concentrate on is to attempt and do something specific. I like this problem of beginning a small bit additional on the back foot and hoping to do a thing specific and come again to the entrance as speedily as possible!”
He mentioned he had been performing to galvanise the crew and rebuild morale right after the period-opening race in Bahrain in which he was compelled to retire due to the power device issue.
“We’ve nevertheless received many races to go and we however want to be battling like mad to be back at the leading and keep pushing,” he conceded.
“I continue to believe that in it and of system we however will need to all think in it because it’s only the initial race. So, it has not absent as planned — and when it is Ferrari and it does not go as properly as it need to, then there are loads of voices and all of this all-around the staff.”
Carlos Sainz echoed his staff-mates sentiments.
“Yes, for guaranteed, we are concerned,” explained the Spaniard. “It’s not the way to get started the period with a penalty at race two. We have discovered the battery issues as a weakness and it has taken us by shock.
“We are placing items in area to take care of it and we’re rather guaranteed that we are able of correcting that in the brief time period.
“But, for now, it is a undesirable problem. So, we have to repair it, go forward and be much more aggressive.” — AFP