Leclerc: “We will try to turn things around. It’s not going to be easy"

Charles Leclerc’s mixed season start continued in Spain as he finished fifth but the Monegasque is sitting on the fence ahead of his home Grand Prix of Monaco.

Leclerc has shown flashes of brilliance in the early season, qualifying on pole for the Bahrain Grand Prix before a short circuit cost him his first win in Formula 1. He’s crashed out in Q2 of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and could only manage fifth in China and Spain.

With his home Grand Prix days away the Ferrari man is looking forward to it but admits the team need to get closer to the dominant Mercedes.

 “A home grand prix is always a special weekend,” Leclerc said ahead of the race.

“Even more this weekend, obviously, coming here in full red with Ferrari and also with the chance to have a very good result, so we will push.

“Obviously we’ve had a difficult start to the season.

“The low-speed corners weren’t great in Barcelona, but normally Monaco is pretty different.

“We will try to turn things around. It’s not going to be easy but we will give it everything.

“I think during testing we understood a few things, not enough, obviously, to be at the level of these guys, or Mercedes – but we understand a few things.”