Leclerc surprised to find Ferrari working for him in wet Interlagos qualifying

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Leclerc said Ferrari’s car worked for him in wet São Paulo qualifying, a surprise after describing wet sessions as the team’s biggest weakness during his nine years at Maranello.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · 08 Nov 2026, 16:02 · 1 min

Charles Leclerc said he was surprised to find Ferrari’s car working for him in the wet during São Paulo Grand Prix qualifying. He said wet sessions had been the team’s biggest weakness during his nine years at Maranello, though there were moments in this session when he felt very good in the car.

Leclerc qualified fourth in changeable conditions, but a 10-place grid penalty was set to send him well down the order for Sunday’s race. He was disappointed with P4, yet said the session had been interesting and would help Ferrari learn more.

He said the penalty allowed Ferrari to experiment more with its set-up. Leclerc saw a strong correlation between where the car performed well or less well and what Ferrari had been doing in the background, and expected the lessons to help the team going forward.

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