As he prepared to travel to Montreal, Leclerc would have want to put his recent issues behind him, however, missing a flight certainly cannot help.
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On Tuesday, Charles Leclerc’s woes continued when he missed his journey to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. The error added to the Ferrari driver’s bad luck after he was forced to retire from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the weekend due to his second engine failure in three races. As he prepared to travel to Montreal, Leclerc would have want to put his recent issues behind him, however, missing a flight certainly cannot help. “Starting the week by missing my flight to Montreal,” the Monegasque wrote on Instagram.
Not shortly after, the Ryanair official Twitter account posted a tweet about Leclerc’s anguish. “He’s a 5, but he doesn’t fly a private jet. He’s a 10 for us.”
Ferrari needs quick answers to its recent reliability issues, which included Carlos Sainz retiring in Baku on Sunday with a hydraulics failure, if it is not to let Red Bull run away with the championships. However, Red Bull team head Christian Horner understands that his team cannot afford to take its foot off the throttle and merely hopes that its adversary will continue to make mistakes.
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Having taken pole position in the past four races, Charles Leclerc has not won a race since the championship’s third round in Australia. Worse, two engine problems (in Spain and Azerbaijan) combined with strategy blunders in Monaco have allowed major title contender Max Verstappen to open up a 34-point lead in the championship standings.
However, Red Bull team head Christian Horner understands that his team cannot afford to take its foot off the throttle and merely hopes that its adversary will continue to make mistakes. “I think they have a very fast car, certainly on a Saturday. I think on a Sunday, we’ve been equal to them at pretty much every race that we’ve been to this year. And I think that was the case again [in Baku] from what we can see in the early laps.” explained Horner.
“They will sort their problems out. I’ve got no doubts about that. But inevitably, I guess it means that there’ll be penalties further down the year in the back end of the year. Of course, there is a long, long way for this championship to play out. We’ve seen big swings in points over the last four or five races, and it just shows how quickly things can turn around.” expressed the Red Bull team principal.
