Ferrari 2023- Difficult car
Both the drivers revealed that Ferrari SF-23 is really difficult and tough car to drive.
Leclerc struggled to pass the drivers in the race and was racing with Kevin Magnussen all race
Carlos Saniz started well however the pace of the car was slow and couldn't catch with Fernando Alonso
Charles Leclerc
“It was really difficult," he admitted. "We were just speaking with Carlos and we basically agreed that we have a car that is so incredibly difficult to be on the limit and on my side, I don’t know what was going on but in the high-speed, I had the car moving a lot.
“Not from the rear, but just the overall platform of the car was touching like crazy, so we will check the car and everything, but it didn’t feel great. As we were saying with Carlos, it was just a very inconsistent car today. Obviously not a great race.”
Leclerc was asked on upcoming races and said “Well, it’s going to be very important because now we are very far away – like very, very far away
“And for me, I really struggled to find any explanations why we are so far in the race and so close in qualifying. This is really something we need to work on.”
Carlos Saniz
“He revealed it then. It’s very tough for us at the moment. I had a super encouraging and exciting first stint pushing Fernando and thinking that we could actually battle him and stay ahead of the Mercedes for the race.
“Then we went for the undercut [pitting early for fresh tyres] and having to push those first three laps after the pit stops killed my tyres and it was just a very long stint from there to the end.
“We were battling inconsistencies of the wind, with the unpredictability of the car, with the overheating of the tyre, which means we have very little flexibility in the race to play around with other cars with the strategy. And I think we paid the price of maybe pitting those five laps too early to undercut Fernando.”
Can Ferrari overcome the car difficulties in coming races?
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