{"id":112486,"date":"2025-05-18T19:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112486\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T19:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:36:13","slug":"frustrated-leclerc-cannot-accept-the-situation-at-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112486\/","title":{"rendered":"Frustrated Leclerc \u201ccannot accept\u201d the situation at Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charles Leclerc<\/a> expressed his disappointment after struggling to sixth place in the Formula 1 Imola Grand Prix<\/a>, saying he cannot accept the position he currently finds himself in at Ferrari<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leclerc was eliminated in Q2 on Saturday and although he recovered to finish inside the points, he was left dejected with the weekend\u2019s performance<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Monegasque currently finds himself 85 points behind championship leader Oscar Piastri<\/a> and only finished on the podium once this season with third place in Saudi Arabia. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was saying before the race, it was one of the races where you’ve got to race with the heart and you’ve got to put the elbows out a little bit,\u201d Leclerc told Sky Sports F1.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know that when it’s like this, you go very much on the limit, sometimes a little bit over.\u00a0But when you are starting P11, I mean, as a driver, I just cannot accept the situation we are in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI took risks.\u00a0I don’t think that with Pierre Gasly<\/a>, I was particularly at fault over the limit.\u00a0It was just a racing incident in the way it was.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Charles <\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Alexander Albon, Williams<\/p>\n

Photo by: Lars Baron \/ Motorsport Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Alex, it was very much on the limit for sure.\u00a0I thought that in the way the rules are written, I was right on the limit of those rules.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve got to check the images again, but I don’t regret anything I’ve done. Today was all about giving it all. I knew from the moment that I didn’t take the pitstop on the second safety car that it was going to be a very difficult race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leclerc won his home race in Monaco last season in spectacular scenes, as he ended his winless hoodoo in Monte Carlo, but believes he will be hard-pressed to pull off a repeat in this year\u2019s race next weekend.<\/p>\n

When asked what he was expecting in Monaco, he said: \u201cA very difficult weekend. I think Monaco is exposing quite a few weaknesses of our car, so I don’t know, but there are also many things that you cannot really expect.<\/p>\n

“The amount of risk you take in qualifying, the car is set up in a very different way, so I hope we will be surprised.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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