A step forward for Ferrari, but not enough
Yesterday, Charles Leclerc’s day at the Hungaroring circuit ended prematurely due to a crash in the barriers at Turn 4 during the second free practice session for the 2024 Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix. Today, the Ferrari driver finished his Saturday in Q3 with the sixth fastest time, securing a third-row start for tomorrow’s race. A decent result, but certainly not a success for the #16 car.
Second-third row, the best possible
Charles Leclerc qualified behind his current teammate, Carlos Sainz (4th), and his future teammate, Lewis Hamilton (5th). “Am I happy today? No. This weekend the feeling was better, but the performance still isn’t there,” he stated bluntly to Sky Sport F1. However, this time the Ferrari driver knows he gave his best. The problem remains the performance of the SF-24, which is consistently far from achieving front-row positions.
“Couldn’t do more”
“The lap in Q3 wasn’t bad,” Charles Leclerc added. “Unfortunately, something similar to what happened in Qatar occurred in the last corner, where I downshifted when I didn’t want to, but that’s something related to the steering wheel that we’ll look into. The lap could have been worth at most a P4-P5, no more. These were the team’s positions today; there wasn’t much more we could have done.” – the Monegasque driver concluded at the end of the qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit in Budapest.
Looking ahead to tomorrow, the ambition to reach the podium unfortunately doesn’t seem within reach for Charles Leclerc.
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