Leclerc gives himself heavy criticism after first Ferrari qualifying

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10:51, 16 Mar 2019

Charles Leclerc was desperate to get a better result in his first Ferrari qualifying session as he reveals his self-disappointment.

Leclerc, 21, will start from fifth tomorrow behind Max Verstappen who split the Ferraris. The man from Monaco topped the timesheets in Q1, but a vital mistake on his final run in Q3 cost him a better result.

Looking back at the mistake, Leclerc criticises himself. “I’m not happy with myself today, I'm very disappointed with myself," Leclerc admitted in an interview on crash.net.

"I was not here when I had to be in Q3 and it’s all up to me. I did a very bad job in the last run of Q3 and unfortunately, it showed itself in the lap time. I just did a mistake in my first lap, I locked the front wheel in the first corner of the second lap, and lost quite a bit of time and then overall the lap was pretty poor. I did some mistakes here and there."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

Leclerc gives himself heavy criticism after first Ferrari qualifying

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