Red Bull Dutch driver Max Verstappen cruised to a third consecutive Formula 1 race win, his fifth in the first seven rounds of the current championship, to secure victory at the Circuit de Catalunya in the Spanish Grand Prix and take control of the F1 campaign.
Carlos Sainz slipped from second on the grid to fifth at the finish despite the aerodynamic package introduced by Scuderia Ferrari this weekend in Barcelona: the Spaniard lost fourth place to Sergio Perez in the closing stages, while Charles Leclerc, who started from the pitlane, was not able to get in the top ten.
Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc expressed his disappointment for the poor performance of the Ferrari SF-23 challenger in the first interview following the Spanish Grand Prix:
“We got so much work to do. It‘s very strange and difficult to understand because we go on the first set of hards and it feels so bad, no grip at all. Especially the fronts were really bad. And then you go on the second stint of hards and everything feels fine and you did exactly the same as before. Luckily we had much less problems compared to qualifying yesterday. Unfortunately we still have struggles with the tyres, especially in the first stint.” – the Ferrari man pointed out.
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Is the situation getting worse before you establish what is wrong with the car and it gets better then?
Charles Leclerc: “I hope not. And to be honest looking at our weekend, I struggle to think that it can get worse than that. The target is to only get better from here.”
