Charles Leclerc 'struggling like crazy' and baffled by 'incredibly difficult' Ferrari car after poor Miami Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc has admitted that Ferrari are “struggling like crazy” with their car after a disappointing showing at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday. Leclerc finished the race in seventh with team-mate Carlos Sainz slipping from third to fifth. Ad Speaking after the race, the 25-year-old said he was confused with a car that is not giving him or Sainz any «confidence».

Miami Grand PrixMiami qualifying red flag leaves Verstappen in ninth as Perez takes poleYESTERDAY AT 21:15 «We have a car that is so incredibly difficult to be on the limit,” he said. “We are very, very far away. »I struggle to find an explanation as to why we are so far away in the race and so close in qualifying.

«We are competitive in qualifying but once we come to race day we are struggling like crazy. “The window of our car is so narrow and whenever you get a little bit out it has huge consequences on the balance. »It's from one corner to the other and even in one corner sometimes you can have huge understeer which goes to huge oversteer and this is not ideal to have confidence in the car." Leclerc appeared to have the one-lap pace to start the race in Miami on the front row, but crashed in qualifying.

He added that the car was also struggling to perform in the windy conditions, and that Ferarri need to take action. “We have a lot of work to do,” he said. “We need to find something.