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Formula One F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco – May 27, 2022 Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc ahead of practice with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton seen in the background REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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Formula One F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco – May 27, 2022 Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc ahead of practice with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton seen in the background REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Mercedes have had a rather surprising start to the season with their struggles. The German team are currently lagging behind Red Bull and Ferrari in P3 in the constructor’s championship. But it does not surprise Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc that the world champions are struggling in 2022.
He mentioned it is natural for a dominant team to have a dip in form at some point in time. Mercedes have looked off the pace since the Pre-season testing and have had no answers to Red Bull and Ferrari.
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Charles Leclerc is not surprised by Mercedes’s struggles
The Monegasque driver mentioned it is always weird when a dominant team has a slump in form. But he also discarded the fact that they’re out of the championship fight and cannot bounce back in the 2022 season.
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Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 20, 2022, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc before the race Pool via REUTERS/Giuseppe Cacace
“It’s obviously weird whenever such a dominant team struggles at the beginning of the season. That’s also why I never really discarded them from the championship because I know how strong of a team they are, what they’ve shown in the last years is not by chance, it’s because they’ve got the right people and they are working in the right way,” said Charles to Motorsport.
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It would be unwise to rule Mercedes out, but in some ways, Charles would want them to be out of the title fight this season. His quest for the first world champion has just gotten a bit harder after his Monaco GP heartbreak.
Martin Brundle comments on Ferrari’s Monaco debacle
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Former F1 driver and Sky Sports pundit Martin Brundle mentioned one could only feel sorry for the Monegasque driver in his home race. The Italian team made a strategic blunder to deny Leclerc his first win in Monaco.
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Formula One F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco – May 27, 2022, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc during a press conference REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
“You must feel sorry for local boy Charles Leclerc. He aced pole position and comfortably led the race only for a strategy to consign him to fourth place,” wrote Brundle in his column.
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It would be interesting to see how the Ferrari driver bounces back in the upcoming races to get his championship campaign back on track. All he can do right now is keep his head down and continue to perform consistently.
