{"id":182081,"date":"2025-10-06T18:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/182081\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:14:12","slug":"we-are-struggling-massively-leclerc-left-frustrated-by-ferraris-lack-of-pace-in-2025-formula-1-singapore-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/182081\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We are struggling massively&#8217; \u2013 Leclerc left frustrated by Ferrari&#8217;s lack of pace in 2025 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc admits that &#8220;we are struggling massively with the car&#8221; after a lacklustre weekend in the Singapore Grand Prix for himself and team mate Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The Scuderia were off the pace of the leading runners in Sunday&#8217;s race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, with Leclerc taking a lonely sixth, some <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiNDZzIGJlaGluZCByYWNlIHdpbm5lciBHZW9yZ2UgUnVzc2VsbF9saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vbGF0ZXN0L2FydGljbGUvcnVzc2VsbC1zdG9ybXMtdG8tdmljdG9yeS1pbi1zaW5nYXBvcmUtYXMtbWNsYXJlbi1zZWFsLXRlYW1zLWNoYW1waW9uc2hpcC43Y01JVEd0bmM5ZmR4RWF1a21HVnZJIiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/russell-storms-to-victory-in-singapore-as-mclaren-seal-teams-championship.7cMITGtnc9fdxEaukmGVvI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">46s behind race winner George Russell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\"><a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiTGVjbGVyY19saW5rX2NsaWNrZWQiLCJjbGlja1RleHQiOnRydWUsInBhdGgiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5mb3JtdWxhMS5jb20vZW4vZHJpdmVycy9jaGFybGVzLWxlY2xlcmMiLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/charles-leclerc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leclerc<\/a> has now failed to reach the podium in the last five races, his most recent rostrum coming at the Belgium GP, and the Monegasque admits that Mercedes and Red Bull have taken noticeable steps forward over recent races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;It&#8217;s tough, it&#8217;s very tough. We are not strong at the moment and we are struggling massively with the car. It&#8217;s not easy,&#8221; said Leclerc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;I wish I could say that I&#8217;m positive for the rest of the season, I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything in the car that proves to me that we are going to do a step forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;I think this is the reality of our situation at the moment. I don&#8217;t quite know how to turn that situation around because we don&#8217;t have new parts or anything coming to the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;We did steps forward [at the start of the season] but the others did as well so the gap stayed kind of the same and then Red Bull kind of found two steps in a season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;First half and then in Monza more recently where they did a really big step forward, and now Mercedes seems to have done this step forward and we are the only one that didn&#8217;t find that solution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\"><a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiSGFtaWx0b25fbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL2RyaXZlcnMvbGV3aXMtaGFtaWx0b24iLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/lewis-hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hamilton<\/a> endured an even more frustrating Sunday in Singapore, having made a second late pit stop for soft tyres which seemed like it might pay dividends as he passed Leclerc and was closing on Kimi Antonelli for fifth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">But the seven-time World Champion suffered a brake issue in the final few laps, forcing him to drop his pace dramatically as he slumped to seventh <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiYmVmb3JlIGEgcG9zdC1yYWNlIHBlbmFsdHlfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL2xhdGVzdC9hcnRpY2xlL2hhbWlsdG9uLWRyb3BzLWJlaGluZC1hbG9uc28tYWZ0ZXItYmVpbmctaGl0LXdpdGgtcG9zdC1yYWNlLXRpbWUtcGVuYWx0eS1pbi4zd2RkeTRQcVdjblc1Z0dQWjJzSVpKIiwicGF0aFR5cGUiOiJpbnRlcm5hbCJ9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/hamilton-drops-behind-alonso-after-being-hit-with-post-race-time-penalty-in.3wddy4PqWcnW5gGPZ2sIZJ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">before a post-race penalty<\/a> for cutting the track on several occasions relegated him to P8.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;I feel pain for all the team from catering to marketing, to the guys in the garage and engineers who show up every weekend, and they really do give absolutely everything but the car we have is unfortunately not of the level of the guys ahead of us,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">&#8220;Particularly as they&#8217;ve had some upgrades and we can&#8217;t match them. We&#8217;re on a knife-edge trying to get as close as we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc admits that &#8220;we are struggling massively with the car&#8221; after a lacklustre weekend in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-182081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}