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Leclerc: Ferrari 2024 F1 car promise outweighs any depression over Red Bull form

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SubscribeFormula 1Qatar GPWith his Maranello squad having unlocked some key understandings of its car since the Dutch GP, its form was also lifted recently by a new floor that arrived in Japan.It was able to edge ahead of main rival Mercedes at Suzuka, as the two teams lock horns in the fight for second in the championship.However, Red Bull's total runaway pace in Japan has left its rivals in no doubt about the gulf that still exists between them and F1's benchmark outfit.Asked by Motorpsort.com if the mood at the moment was one of encouragement at its own car progress, or depression at the gap to Red Bull still being so big, Leclerc was clear that the positives win for now."On one side you always need to look at yourself and I think, since the second part of the season, since Zandvoort, we've learned a lot," he said. "So, on that we are happy."Then, of course, we understand also that Red Bull is still very far ahead. McLaren also has its peak, and when they have their peak, they are extremely strong like they were in Suzuka."But yeah, all in all, I think we are more happy with what we've learned than depressed with the distance to Red Bull."It's because I think with what we learned, we can do a significant step in the future, which hopefully will help us to close the gap to Red Bull as soon as possible."Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari, attending the FIA press conferencePhoto by: Motorsport ImagesThe Japanese GP also marked an uptick in Leclerc's personal performance, after weekends in Italy and Singapore where team-mate Carlos Sainz had edged him out.Leclerc suggested recently that the swing in form towards Sainz had been down to the way that the Ferrari needs to be set-up for understeer – something he doesn't especially like.But while he was back on top of Sainz in Japan, he does not think it marked any significant step in terms of him getting on top of what is wrong with the SF-23."The issues of the car are still there," he explained. "I think we need maybe a completely new car to get rid of it, and that is the target for next year."But with this year's car, I'm working quite a bit on it because, at the moment, it's not that it cannot be oversteery, we can set it up as any car on the oversteery side, but whenever it's oversteery, it's extremely inconsistent."So, we have to drive it on the understeery side and that makes it quite difficult for me to use my driving style in order to extract lap time."I have tried to improve and to understand what are the ways for me to use my driving style in a different way. It's worked a bit more in Japan, but I wouldn't say it will make a huge difference for the rest of the year."Bet now18+, T&amp;Cs Apply, Gamble ResponsiblyF1 Qatar GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch, TV channelAndretti entry will be "great" for F1 - HamiltonsharescommentsRyan Newman to make first NASCAR Xfinity start in over a decadeOcon: Tough love from de Meo address has fired up Alpine F1 teamAndretti entry will be "great" for F1 - HamiltonLeclerc: Ferrari 2024 F1 car promise outweighs any depression over Red Bull formFrom Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.You have 2 options:Subscribe nowAlready disabled your adblocker?Reload pageSubscribeApp StoreGoogle PlaySubscribe to our newsletterpart ofThe Motorsport.com app© 2023 Motorsport Network.All rights reserved.Continue reading with advertising …Visit motorsport.com as usual with advertising and tracking. You can revoke your consent at any time via the data protection page.1Accept and continueMore information about advertising and tracking in our Data protection notice, the List of our partners and in Data protection information center.… or with a subscriptionUse motorsport.com without any advertising banners, personalized tracking and commercials for a small fee.Subscribe for $1.5Already a subscriber? Log in here1 This is tracking: With information stored on your device ( for example cookies ), we and our partners can personalize advertisements and content based on your usage profile and / or measure the performance of advertisements and content. From this data, we derive knowledge about usage behavior and preferences in order to optimize content and advertisements.SubscribeSubscribepart ofTVJobsTickets

SubscribeFormula 1Qatar GPWith his Maranello squad having unlocked some key understandings of its car since the Dutch GP, its form was also lifted recently by a new floor that arrived in Japan.It was able to edge ahead of main rival Mercedes at Suzuka, as the two teams lock horns in the fight for second in the championship.However, Red Bull's total runaway pace in Japan has left its rivals in no doubt about the gulf that still exists between them and F1's benchmark outfit.Asked by Motorpsort.com if the mood at the moment was one of encouragement at its own car progress, or depression at the...

Leclerc: Ferrari 2024 F1 car promise outweighs any depression over Red Bull form

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