Charles Leclerc confident “we can recover the 49-point deficit to Max Verstappen!” | 2022 Canada GP. Post-race comments from Charles .

Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc finished the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix in fifth position at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a result that falls within the targets that the Maranello team had set on Saturday evening, even if the DNF of Sergio Perez could have suggested something more. In reality in Montreal the Monegasque lost some points probably due to some details in the race that did not favor him. Above all, the pit stop was slow, with the rear jack slipping. A detail that forced Charles Leclerc to attack four cars with fresh tires ‘burning’ them a bit. Below are some of the most important comments from the Monegasque driver in an interview for Sky Sport F1 after the 2022 Formula 1 Canadian GP.

“We start again at Silverstone, where we will return to aim for victory. The championship is still long, the gap is 49 points: two wins and it’s done. Seriously, we have to concentrate on ourselves and we can recover the points deficit, I am certain! I am not satisfied with this fifth place, but in the end I don’t think we could have done a lot more. If we push to the maximum we have the potential to return to the front. I can’t judge what happens at Red Bull, but everyone has reliability problems. Mercedes is coming back too.” – the Ferrari driver said.

It could have been more without the DRS train and pit stop.. Was a podium possible today?
Charles Leclerc: “I don‘t like to look at those kind of things. There was a small problem with the pit stop. We need to understand what happened. But it is part of racing. I have enjoyed the last part. The middle and first part was extremely frustrating. I was just stuck in a DRS train, then stuck behind Esteban who was on new tyres and out of Turn 10, he had a very good traction and I just could not get passed. Then we had the problem with the pit stop that put me behind another DRS train. The end was fun. I had a lot of overtakes. P5 was the best we could have done today. Ten points which are valuable at the end of the day” – Charles Leclerc concluded.

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