Charles Leclerc’s failure to set a lap time in Method 1’s Austrian Grand Prix dash SQ3 was attributable to an anti-stall drawback aboard his Ferrari slicing its engine.
Leclerc pulled out of the queue for dash qualifying’s high 10 runners as they massed on the finish of the pitlane with the clocking ticking down on the Pink Bull Ring, the place Max Verstappen went on to claim the top spot on the grid for the primary of two races at his crew’s dwelling race this weekend.
As soon as out of the quick lane, Leclerc was in a position to get his SF-24 going once more and he made it out onto the observe for an out-lap adrift of the remainder of the pack.
This meant when he got here round to begin what would have been his sole SQ3 flying lap, the session was already over.
Leclerc was subsequently confined to tenth place as the one SQ3 runner to not set a time, which afterwards he described as “disappointing” regardless of feeling Ferrari was not “tremendous sturdy” in any case right here.
“I do not know what occurred,” he stated of what had brought about the anti-stall and engine difficulty within the pits. “I used to be within the pitlane and I received the anti-stall after which the whole lot switched off.
“The crew advised me that we are going to communicate once I’ll be again within the storage, however clearly I went straight from the automotive to right here, so I do not know.”
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Photograph by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Images
When requested what he may need been in a position to obtain had he put in an SQ3 run, along with his team-mate Carlos Sainz ending fifth in that session, Leclerc replied: “We weren’t tremendous sturdy, however positively higher than P10.
“So, it is a bit disappointing. However, yeah, we’ll have a look at what occurred and tomorrow we’ll attempt to have an excellent dash race to try to come again within the entrance.”
After crossing the end line a second after the pink lights had come on to finish SQ3, Leclerc had initially angrily demanded solutions from his Ferrari engineer Bryan Bozzi about the issue.
The change went as follows:
Leclerc: What the hell occurred, guys?
Ferrari: We took the anti-stall.
Leclerc: Ah, thanks, however the anti-stall sort of stopped the engine. The engine switched off.
Leclerc: I do not know for those who observed? There was no engine. Ignition went to off. So, I needed to redo the entire thing.
Ferrari: Copy, field, and we’ll discuss it contained in the storage.