![]() ![]() But a slow pit stop made Charles come out behind that whole group. "At that point, we were trying to gap a big group of cars at the back but we saw that Ocon's pace was not good enough to gap them. Charles tried with all his might but he could not overtake Ocon. Now, when he got to Ocon, he found himself behind a car with much fresher tyres. "Charles managed to do a very good stint and from P19 on the grid, he found himself running P6 early on in the race. Starting P19, Charles' objective was to overtake as many cars in the first stint and then do what we call an offset strategy. "His tyre allocation for Friday was different, his qualifying plan was different, even his race starting tyre was different. "Knowing this, we arranged his whole weekend differently. "With Charles, we had a very peculiar weekend because we came in knowing we would have to start from the back of the grid," said the team's sporting director and head of race strategy Inaki Rueda. The gap in the constructors' table is even bigger, with Ferrari 76 points off the pace. Leclerc is 49 points adrift of Verstappen in the drivers' standings, as the Red Bull man won the Canadian Grand Prix while his Monegasque rival could manage only fifth after starting at the back of the grid. So Max has an easy time in the Red Bull with six wins already." The reliability is often reminiscent of the old days and the drivers themselves are not always confident on the road. "Errors are creeping in again at Ferrari. "Unfortunately, I have to say that anyone who continues to put their money on Ferrari or Leclerc will get nothing. "I hoped with many people that Ferrari would make it again after more than 14 years," he told Blick. He also named Leclerc as he bluntly assessed their chances. ![]() ![]() The whole situation has left Ecclestone unimpressed, causing the 91-year-old to reveal his disappointment that the Italian team appears to be squandering a good opportunity to return to the top of the sport. Lewis Hamilton gets boost in time for British Grand Prix as Mercedes confirm car upgrades ![]()
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