Not a very good qualifying for Maranello team this weekend, Charles Leclerc qualified in 5th position and the Ferrari driver says that they need something special to stay in the fight for the constructors championship.
McLaren securing a vital 1-2 in the earlier Sprint race as Leclerc wound up fifth behind team-mate Carlos Sainz has seen Ferrari‘s gap to the leaders grow to 30 points.
Ferrari had threatened to cause an upset at the Lusail International Circuit when Leclerc topped FP1, but that speed hasn’t carried into the sessions that have counted.
That proved to be the case again as the Italian marque’s woes over one lap saw Leclerc take fifth on the grid behind the McLaren duo, who locked out the second row.
“We still had hope that we could turn the situation around,” he answered when told it was expected to be a damage limitation weekend.” said Leclerc
“Because at the end, if we want to win the Constructors, we’ve got to finish in front this weekend. And we cannot afford to just take the points available.
“We need to overperform in order to target the Constructors. Tomorrow, we’ve got to do something special in order to gain some points on them.”