Charles Leclerc is furious at Scuderia Ferrari’s strategic decision at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix.The timing of the pit stop ended in failure and fell to 4th place
Charles Leclerc was leading his home race from pole position early in the race when the track began to dry and multiple strategies were seen in the lower teams.
However, Ferrari’s strategist decided that Charles Leclerc would be exchanged for an intermediate. Leclerc was third behind his teammates Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.
Teammate Carlos Sainz rejected the team’s offer of intermediates and took the strategy of switching from full wet to slick tires directly. Xavier Marcos Padros, a race engineer at Charles Leclerc, instructed Sainz to continue pitting with him when he changed to dry tires.
However, the team then changed their strategy to stay out and told Charles Leclerc, who was already in the pit lane and wirelessly questioned the team’s indecision.
As a result, Charles Leclerc returned to the track in 4th place, off the podium, with Sergio Perez leading the race, followed by Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen.
Charles Leclerc’s anger did not subside, and when he was informed about the situation with 15 minutes remaining, he said, “No feedback needed. Either way, you can’t overtake. It’s okay, “he argued.
At the end of the race, the top four drivers ran tail-to-nose, but no one was able to set it up and Charles Leclerc couldn’t return to the podium.
Charles Leclerc’s radio message after the checker was even more straightforward.
“I can’t put it into words. The season is long, but we can’t do that. “
Charles Leclerc was finally able to finish the home race in his fourth attempt in F1, but the gap with Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship widened to 9 points.
“I make mistakes, but overall I made too many mistakes today,” Charles Leclerc told Sky Sport F1.
“Obviously, in that situation, it’s a bit dependent on what the team can see, because you don’t know what others are doing with dry tires or intermediates.”
“I was asked if I wanted to switch from Extreme Wet to Slick, so I said,’Yes, but not now. A little after the race.’ I don’t know what changed our minds and replaced it with Inter.”
“We were undercut and stopped behind Carlos. We made a lot of mistakes. We can’t afford to do that.”
Charles Leclerc said that the mistakes that Scuderia Ferrari makes when he is in a winning position are only to give up the opportunity and are unacceptable.
“It’s been hard for the last few years, and I’m used to getting home disappointed, but I can’t do that at this moment.”
“We are very strong now, we have a strong pace and we need to take advantage of these opportunities. We can’t lose so many points. Speaking from 1st to 2nd, 1st to 4th. . After the first mistake, I made another mistake. “
“I love my team and I’m sure I’ll be back stronger, but it hurts a lot.”
Charles Leclerc (Scuderia Ferrari) 2022 F1 Monaco Grand Prix
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