Charles Leclerc’s Sunday within the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the 6.003-kilometre Baku Metropolis Circuit took a distinct flip after being overtaken by Oscar Piastri. The Monegasque driver admitted that he made what he known as a judgment error by virtually leaving the door open for the Australian, who then proved unreachable behind the wheel of an especially quick MCL38 within the last levels of the Baku race. Whereas trailing behind the Woking automobile, the Ferrari driver seen some particulars about his rivals’ machine, together with a particular engine mapping.
“McLaren had a mode to push the Ok (kinetic power) extra powerfully on the final straight, which made overtaking tougher,” Charles Leclerc instructed Sky Sport in his interview on the finish of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
There was additionally an surprising issue associated to the Pirelli tires. “What I don’t perceive is the hole after the pit cease. We anticipated a whole lot of warm-up time with the arduous tires: I had six seconds on Oscar, however stopping one lap later, he was already proper there with me. We have to take a look at this knowledge, that’s the place we made a mistake. Then we struggled with the tempo on the hards, additionally as a result of we by no means did laps with a whole lot of gasoline. With the medium tires, I had help within the gradual sections, however with the hards, I by no means had that.” – Charles Leclerc concluded on the finish of the Components 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
Sep 15, 2024
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