Charles Leclerc had a hard time picking the toughest moment in Formula 1 2022, but ended up placing his retirement from the French GP as the most painful
For those who have seen the Ferrari at the start of the year, the big expectation was for an equal litigation with the Red Bull until the last moments of the season. But it didn’t happen. While Toro dominated, the Italians suffered from various problems: with the car, with mistakes in strategy, in the pit stops or even with the drivers.
Therefore, when Charles Leclercwhich finished in second place, were asked about the most difficult moment of the year, difficult to remember just one.
“It’s not an easy question to answer because we’ve had different situations,” he admitted, also recalling the failed strategies in Monaco and Silverstone. “But obviously it was more difficult in France: I lost 25 points and that wasn’t good,” she added.
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In Paul Ricardthe Ferrari driver was initially calm when he suddenly lost the rear F1-75 and ran into the tire barrier. “Are you OK?” the Ferrari engineer asked over the radio, and all he heard was heavy, heavy breathing. “I can’t accelerate! No!” shouted the Monegasque, in disbelief at what happened.
“Especially at that point in the season, we were still a little bit in the championship contention and that hurt. The other mistakes, the ones you can’t necessarily control, are not easy to deal with,” he continued.
Leclerc also commented on his reputation for having bad luck in Monaco. At the end of lap 21, the Maranello team, with the aim of gaining an advantage over Red Bull in the race, called both Charles Sainz like the Monegasque to put on hard tires since the track was drying. But the team’s strategy went down the drain, as Ferrari fumbled during the double stop and enraged Leclerc on the radio.
“Unfortunately something always happens to me in Monaco and this year was no exception. Above all because we managed to do well the most difficult part, the start in the rain, but unfortunately we lost the victory by making the wrong choices”, he concluded.
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