Ferrari Are Changing Leclercs Chassis After Finding Damage After Qatar Qualifying

Told you those kerbs could be problematic! It’s a race versus time for Ferrari’s mechanics to replace Charles Leclerc’s chassis without discovering a one-liner pursuit a miserable qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix. 

The Monegasque couldn’t get on the pace compared to his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr, as the Spaniard made it into Q3 on the medium tyres and put his car P7. Sainz has, however, been summoned to the stewards on Sunday surpassing the race for potentially ignoring single waved yellow flags.

Charles struggled for grip and could only manage 13th on the soft tyres.

Baffled by his lack of pace, Ferrari has now revealed that a one-liner was found in his chassis without the session. The cause? “Probably as a result of going over the kerbs on the first run in Q1.”

Usually, a chassis transpiration in parc ferme ways a pit lane start. However, a spokesperson from Ferrari told The Race: “It will now have to be changed. If all the work is washed-up within the time unliable by the sporting regulations, Charles will still start from his qualifying position.”

Kerbs are proving to be a thorn in the side of teams this weekend. Nikita Mazepin was forced to miss the entirety of FP2 due to chassis transpiration caused by kerb forfeiture from the previous session.

The replacement caps off a difficult day for Leclerc, and the 24-year-old was left with some unanswered questions well-nigh his lack of pace.

#Carlos55 progresses through to #Q3. He qualified on medium tyres ?

Unfortunately, #Charles16 misses out in #P13. #QatarGP pic.twitter.com/rmzudr1baf

— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) November 20, 2021

“I never felt like I put the tyres in the right window, and I just slid around, just stuff limited by grip – not by mistakes, or by an axle, in particular, no wastefulness in particular, just grip, I didn’t have unbearable grip.

“In qualifying, I think only in the first sector I was losing virtually five or six tenths, and I had no idea why,” he added.

Ferrari is locked in a fierce wrestle with McLaren for third in the Constructors’ Championship. Both teams had one suburbanite each reach Q3, with Lando Norris edging out Sainz in sixth, but the Prancing Horse currently hold a 31.5 points wholesomeness over their rivals.

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