Jul.25 (GMM) Charles Leclerc is just not feeling assured forward of this weekend’s Belgian GP.
The Ferrari driver truly received at Spa-Francorchamps in 2019, and he additionally noticed the chequered flag first earlier this yr in Monaco.
However since then, and particularly since a brand new flooring was launched in Barcelona, the Maranello primarily based crew has been grappling with the return of the bottom impact phenomenon often called ‘porpoising’ or bouncing.
Ferrari made a tweak to the design for Hungary, however even crew boss Frederic Vasseur admits he isn’t positive if the bouncing solely improved there as a result of the circuit is low-speed.
“Spa will permit us to confirm if we now have carried out an excellent job over the previous few weeks to mitigate the unintended effects in excessive velocity corners of the replace bundle we launched lately,” mentioned the Frenchman.
“Now we are going to see if we now have mounted it at excessive velocity tracks too,” Vasseur added.
Leclerc, who has typically struggled with the 2024 automotive greater than Carlos Sainz, is just not assured.
When requested if he and Ferrari would possibly once more be Monaco-like favourites within the Belgian GP or past, the 26-year-old driver answered: “If we proceed like this with this automotive, I don’t suppose so.
“Monaco stays a really, very particular circuit. Simply because we have been sturdy there doesn’t imply we’ll be quick elsewhere. So on paper, we’re not favourites wherever.”
Nevertheless, Leclerc admitted that the ground tweak in Hungary final week was a transparent enchancment. “The understanding of the ground is certainly shifting in the proper path,” he confirmed.
“Nevertheless, the bouncing of the automotive stays a problem that’s tough to unravel. We’re making progress, however I anticipate it to be a problem once more at Spa.”
