Charles Leclerc disagrees with George Russel on porpoising technical directive

Charles Leclerc disagrees with George Russel on porpoising technical directive. Charles disagrees with George Russel.

The last three race weekends (Montmeló, Monaco and Baku) have all started great for Charles Leclerc, but ended badly: Saturday, the Scuderia Ferrari driver has taken pole position each time, while on Sunday at best he finished fourth on the Monte Carlos streets, having to retire from the other two races while he was in the lead.

Twelve points in three races are a very poor tally and have shown a Ferrari as fragile as it is fast. It is difficult to approach the Canadian Grand Prix without asking a few questions, and in fact Charles Leclerc appeared ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, as the Monegasque driver does not deny the latest difficulties but does not give up on fighting and believing in the title.

“Yes, I missed my flight, but it went well because an hour later I took another one. In Baku, the pace was positive, so there was something to save. Even if it is difficult to endure three consecutive Grands Prix with errors or problems, the pace was there. For the rest, you have to work to deal with it as quickly as possible. Ahead of this new race weekend I don’t have to give any message to the team, motivation remains high and we want to get back to victory as soon as possible, we are working on problems and we want to solve them quickly.”

The pole positions? They are nice, but the points are not given on Saturday, but on Sunday, which has recently been painful. The pace from Barcelona onwards was good, but we want to show it as it should be” – Charles Leclerc said, as the Ferrari driver was then asked about the FIA’s technical directive on porpoising. “Honestly, I disagree with George (Russell, who was alongside him at the press conference and hoped for an even more decisive intervention from the FIA, ed), it is the responsibility of the teams to give a safe car to drive. I have personally not had such serious problems with porpoising. It’s different since last year, but the car is not so undriveable, and for our part we have worked to contain this phenomenon” – Charles Leclerc said ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.