The Spanish Grand Prix qualifying session brought thrilling moments. The homeboy Carlos Sainz “didn’t leave anything on the table” and pushed the car to land in P2. But an unexpected twist in the tale left the Tifosi in denial. The qualifying master, Charles Leclerc faced an uncharacteristic setback that caught many by surprise.
The pressure mounts as they strive to analyze the reasons behind the unexpected knockout of Leclerc in Q1. Leclerc is set to start tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix from 19th on the grid after being knocked out in Q1 during qualifying. The Monegasque complained of a lack of rear-end grip throughout the session and high traffic caught him off guard.
❌ ELIMINATED IN Q1 ❌
Agony for Charles Leclerc, who is out in Q1!
Bottas
Magnussen
Albon
Leclerc 📸
Sargeant#SpanishGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/GFMfrAx1KO— Formula 1 (@F1) June 3, 2023
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After Ferrari’s plan to bring upgrades every race past Monaco, the Tifosi had high hopes pinned on it. However, the unbelievable P19 for Leclerc has fans left heartbroken and sad for Leclerc.
Fans react as Charles Leclerc knocked out in Q1 at the Spanish Grand Prix
As soon as Leclerc got knocked out at Catalunya, fans rushed to the social media platform, Twitter, to share their reactions. A large number of fans showed sympathy towards Charles and just wanted him to have one stress-free day at Ferrari.
Let’s take a look at just a few of the fan reactions to this sad day for Leclerc.
Ferrari legit sabotaging him atp. It sucks he has these issues that hinders his talent. Now granted idk where or how the issue happened and what made that noise but please Ferrari fix it and stop making him depressed
— jesse | 🇪🇸 BARCELONA 🇪🇸 (@jesse_leclerc16) June 3, 2023
Always something wrong ffs pic.twitter.com/Yi2gwfHpTd
— DmDm¹⁶ (@NotDmDm) June 3, 2023
ferrari you will pay for your crimes https://t.co/u6m5pjttLf
— annie ❁ (@checoleclercs) June 3, 2023
charles out in Q1 so i blocked ferrari pic.twitter.com/MJv8TlFBOq
— jo (@love4ferrari) June 3, 2023
Life’s not being kind to Charles. First, it was Monaco, then Spain. It’s just too much to handle, even for a super athlete.
— Charles Leclerc (@Charles_Leclerc) May 27, 2023
i’ve never wanted charles to be in a team other than ferrari because i love ferrari and i know he does too so passionately but for the first time i’m almost on my knees to beg him to free himself this circus
— léon (@jmkfine) June 3, 2023
this is just really painful for us fans, can’t even imagine for him.#spanishGP pic.twitter.com/KEPwxSWPu3
— leclerc data (@leclercdata) June 3, 2023
Here’s an interesting tweet highlighting the car just was not cutting it.
🆑: “i don’t have an answer right now. i need to look at the data, the feeling was completely different from everything i had this year. i almost went into the wall in the first red flag. i was at 60 km/h. something is not right to me.”
… #spanishGP pic.twitter.com/PO8heIiYX7
— leclerc data (@leclercdata) June 3, 2023
Mood as a Charles fan today.#SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/k3fZDY1HDu
— tami. (@Vetteleclerc) June 3, 2023
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Ferrari legit sabotaging him atp. It sucks he has these issues that hinders his talent. Now granted idk where or how the issue happened and what made that noise but please Ferrari fix it and stop making him depressed
— jesse | 🇪🇸 BARCELONA 🇪🇸 (@jesse_leclerc16) June 3, 2023
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If the disappointments from Ferrari don’t stop, it’s certainly how long will fans hold on. Or, much more important, how long will Leclerc wait for them to show up?