“I Cannot Do Much”: Charles Leclerc Shrugs Off Major Criticism From Former F1 Champion

Ferrari was tipped to challenge Red Bull after a strong start to the season. Charles Leclerc won 2 of the opening 3 races and mounted the pressure on Max Verstappen. However, after a series of unfortunate events and mistakes from both ends, their title charge was quickly annulled by RBR. Consequently, this prompted Damon Hill to criticize Ferrari’s star man, Charles Leclerc.

It was another disappointing outing for Leclerc in the sprint race of the Brazilian GP. The Monegasque finished the race P6 after another blunder in qualifying cost him to start the race from P10. Amid all this, Damon Hill criticized the Monegasque for not taking enough responsibility.

The 1996 F1 champion said, “It is very upsetting in a way because you can see they have the potential. You can see Charles is criticizing the team on the radio effectively by saying ‘nice one guys’ but he has to assume some responsibility as well.”

He added, “I mean… could you imagine Max Verstappen saying ‘what are we doing?’.”

The Ferrari driver acknowledged Hill’s comments as he replied to his criticism. The Monegasque said, “In some occasions yes. [In qualifying], I had no idea of what was going on. If the team tells me it is raining outside, I don’t see outside or at least not in turn 12 or whatever. In those situations, I cannot do much.”

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Charles Leclerc takes a dig at Ferrari after another howler in Brazil

Charles Leclerc was a sitting duck in the qualifying of the Brazilian GP after he was the only driver to come out on intermediate tires. Ferrari’s strategy backfired immediately and Charles Leclerc was left red-faced as he started the sprint from the 10th position.

“Nice, Beautiful, f***ing beautiful,” Leclerc commented sarcastically. Talking to told Sky Sports F1, he further said, “We were expecting some rain which never came.”

An irritated Leclerc further expressed, “I will speak with the team and try to understand what we can do better in those conditions, but extremely disappointed. The pace was there but whatever.”

Leclerc and Ferrari will hope to put behind another embarrassing afternoon and focus on the final race with just 19 points separating them and Mercedes.

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Ferrari has struggled for much of the second half of the season. They were challenging Red Bull for the title before the summer break. However, they now find themselves battling for P2 in the constructor’s championship. Can the Prancing Horse hold off a late challenge from the Silver Arrows?