Charles Leclerc says 🏅he altered his approach following h🍸is “stupid” crash during qualifying for Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver ruined his chances of challenging for pole position in Baku in April when he slammed into the bar♈riers during Q2, a mistake he lamented as “stupid” at th🙈e time.

Mistakes followed in Spain and Monaco - following a poor team strategy call during qualifying - which have prompted a change of approach from the Mone𝕴gasque. 

“I think one aཧpproach that I probably have change after Baku was pushing too hard in Q2,” Leclerc said. 

“There has b🔯een a mistake in Baku becaus♏e we definitely had an easy potential to go into Q3 with the car that we had. 

“To crash at that time was pro😼bably a bit stupid as I mentioned it many times. 

“Then in Barcelona, of course, we broke parts of the floor but that was not by pushing too hard, I just definite♍ly did not expect it. 

“I let the car go an🌳d we broke a piece. This is something that I definitely changed after this. 

“There’s definitely bee♑n a few mistakes,” he added. “There’s a change of approach when you arrive in Ferrari compared to a year like last year when you can give it all from Q1 to Q3.

“But 🎃as we’ve seen in Baku may be it was not very important to give everything in Q2 because we definitely had the potential to do a lot better in Q3. 

“A few mistakes on my side and I’ve definitely l💦earned from them. Now I’m looking forward trying not to reproduce them and hopefully there are better times t📖o come.”

His and Ferra🍬ri’s mistakᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚes have proved costly in Mercedes opening up a 118-point advantage in the constructors’ championship. 

Asked if he feels this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix is a must-win for the team, Leclerc replied: “I don🐬’t see it that way. 

“Then of course, we have already done one third of the season, or wil♋l do at the end of this race. 

“So it is important that we come back but yeah in the en꧒d we just need to do the best job we♚ can. 

“There’s no need to put ourselves at morꦺe pressure, we just need to push harder than ever to try and maximise what we have and to ♛understand where we can improve.

“It’s definitely a high-speed traꦡck a lot more than it is in Monaco so our top speed normally is something positive for us, so hopefull🍸y we can take advantage from it and have a very good result here.”