Ferrari ‘not finger pointing’ amid recent Charles Leclerc F1 results dip

“We are absolutely not in the situation🔯 to finger point”

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur says thꦇe squad is no🌠t ‘finger pointing’ amid a recent tough run of results since Charles Leclerc’s Monaco victory.

The Scuderia made a strong start to the 2024 campaign, with Ca🍌rlos Sainz winning in Australia while Leclerc scored four podiums inside the first seven rounds before winning the Monaco Grand Prix.

Since then, however, both drivers haveཧ seen the podium just once, while front wing 🦋damage in Austria and a strategy misfire after a poor qualifying at Silverstone saw Leclerc finish races outside of the points.

While he rebounded with fourth and third in the following two races, Leclerc said after the Belgian💝 GP that he felt Ferrari had the fourth-fastest car currently.

Vasseur notes there have been errors on both sides in the first h🦂alf of the season, but says Ferrari is not trying to focus blame and believe𝓡s Leclerc’s frustrations stem from his greater expectations.

“It’s not just about Charles, it’s tough for the tea🥃m,” Vasseur told .

“After Monaco we had a tough sequence. In♔ Canada we were not in ba꧂d shape.

ﷺ“What is clear is t🍷he car is a bit more difficult to drive the last couple of events and the level of expectation of Charles is also a bit higher.

“It’s the life of a team, that you have up and d꧂owns. We have permanent dis𝐆cussions with Charles.

“He knowဣs the situation on our side, what we do well an༺d what we did wrong and he knows sometimes he did some mistakes.

“But we’re not in th🔥e situation that we’re trying to put the responsibility ൩on someone.

“We’ve been wor♒king together for years, we know each other perfectly, we know we are pushing, we know we just need to fix things.

“We are absolutely not in the situation to finger point. It’s also where it’s good to✃ have a persona🍌l relationship.”

At the summer break, Leclerc is third in the standings on 177 points ꦯ- 100 away from championship leader Max Verstappen, while Ferrari occupies third in the constructors’ table.

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