Charles Leclerc admitted he didn’t put up sufficient of a battle when Oscar Piastri attacked him for the lead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Nevertheless the Ferrari driver additionally felt the workforce’s technique harmed his possibilities of preserving the McLaren driver behind.
Leclerc’s lead over Piastri was virtually six seconds when the McLaren driver made his pit cease on lap 15. Ferrari introduced the race chief in on the subsequent lap and he rejoined the observe 1.3 seconds forward of the McLaren driver. If Ferrari had been hoping Piastri would drop behind Sergio Perez after they pitted, they had been to be disenchanted, as Lando Norris delayed the Pink Bull driver and Piastri got here out in clear air.
Whereas Leclerc introduced his tyres in step by step, Piastri threw warning to the wind, and grabbed his probability to assault the Ferrari on lap 20. He squeezed via into the lead, and with that Leclerc’s destiny was sealed.
“At present we misplaced the race primarily based on two misjudgements,” Leclerc stated afterwards. “Clearly the primary one I defined earlier, the actual fact of not combating Oscar extra was a mistake from my facet as a result of then with the completely different configurations we had been struggling to truly overtake again within the straight.
“The second is we anticipated the undercut immediately to be a really tough factor to do, simply because we thought that the warm-up on the laborious can be extraordinarily tough.”
Leclerc admitted he was shocked how shortly Piastri gained on him after his pit cease.
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“For some cause – I don’t actually have the reason but as a result of I haven’t gone into particulars, I simply jumped out of the automotive – however we’ve obtained to look into how the hole went from six seconds to at least one and a half, as a result of that’s undoubtedly not what we anticipated. And that could be a lot.
“Even on a observe the place undercuts are huge, it’s nonetheless 4 seconds and a half or 4 seconds – quite a lot of lap time loss. I don’t precisely know why and the place we’ve misplaced this lap time, so this will probably be an evaluation.
“However after we talk about that quantity of lap time, I feel it is going to be simple. And we’ll see in a short time whether or not they simply had a a lot better heat up with the laborious than us or whether or not we’ve misplaced it anyplace else.”
Had Ferrari seen the potential McLaren needed to acquire a lot time on contemporary tyres, Leclerc stated they might undoubtedly have pitted earlier and never waste the benefit they’d constructed up over Piastri.
“Cease[ping], a lap earlier, I feel that’s it, to attempt to preserve the hole to Oscar behind and to not have that stress if you heat up the tyres on a observe like this,” he stated. “It’s by no means the place you need to be in.
“However once more, it’s at all times very straightforward to vary issues after the race. And immediately, Oscar and McLaren have carried out a greater job than me and Ferrari. And so they need to win.”
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2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix lap chart
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2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix race chart
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2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix lap instances
All of the lap instances by the drivers (in seconds, very gradual laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers utilizing the management under:
2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix quickest laps
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2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix tyre methods
The tyre methods for every driver:
2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix pit cease instances
How lengthy every driver’s pit stops took:
| Rank | # | Driver | Group | Full cease time (s) | Hole to finest (s) | Cease no. | Lap no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 19.712 | 1 | 37 | |
| 2 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 19.954 | 0.242 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 20.045 | 0.333 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 20.073 | 0.361 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 20.181 | 0.469 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 20.214 | 0.502 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 20.257 | 0.545 | 1 | 50 |
| 8 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 20.287 | 0.575 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 20.52 | 0.808 | 1 | 34 |
| 10 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 20.596 | 0.884 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Pink Bull | 20.63 | 0.918 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 20.634 | 0.922 | 1 | 49 |
| 13 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 20.671 | 0.959 | 1 | 16 |
| 14 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Pink Bull | 20.725 | 1.013 | 2 | 49 |
| 15 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 20.922 | 1.21 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 21.123 | 1.411 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Pink Bull | 21.145 | 1.433 | 1 | 12 |
| 18 | 50 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 21.276 | 1.564 | 1 | 14 |
| 19 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 21.289 | 1.577 | 1 | 12 |
| 20 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 21.483 | 1.771 | 1 | 17 |
| 21 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 21.617 | 1.905 | 1 | 15 |
| 22 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB | 21.984 | 2.272 | 1 | 49 |
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