Charles Leclerc still started the race in Miami with good spirits, and after the first meters he was even in the lead. However, the Monegasque dropped back to sixth place due to a spin in the last lap, but had already seen how eventual winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli and McLaren’s Lando Norris disappeared on the horizon. Leclerc hopes that Ferrari can soon find out why the speed disappeared from the SF-26 during the Grand Prix: ‘We need to look into this’.
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Charles Leclerc had a mixed weekend in Miami. The Monegasque still finished on the podium during the sprint race, but saw George Russell and Max Verstappen overtake him at the last moment in the main event due to a spin in the last lap. After the race, the Monegasque lost two more places due to a time penalty for repeatedly exceeding track limits. Leclerc thus dropped back to eighth place.
And that while the Ferrari driver was still in the lead at the start of the race. The Monegasque analyzes to the media in Miami how his chance of a win went up in smoke. “We were not strong on the medium tires. The tires wear out very quickly,” Leclerc looks back. “On the hard tires it also did not go so well at the start. Then it got better and then a little better again, but it was never at the level of during the sprint.”
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‘No pattern’
The Monegasque hopes that his team Ferrari will soon find the cause of the performance loss during the Grand Prix. “We need to look into this. We have lost a lot of performance and speed compared to Saturday, and I want to understand exactly what happened there.” Leclerc was pointed out that this is not the first example in 2026 where Ferrari’s pace decreases during a Grand Prix. “I don’t think it’s a pattern,” he explains, “but let’s wait a few more races and see if that is the case. However, I don’t have that feeling.”
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