It has been a nightmare so far. Leclerc comments on his Canada weekend

Photo: Scuderia Ferrari

24. 05. 2026 11:52 CET
icon timer
2 min

It has been a nightmare so far. Leclerc comments on his Canada weekend

Karin Gerlová

Karin Gerlová

Journalist at News.GP specialising in coverage of MotoGP and Formula 1.

Formula 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari F1 Canada 2026 F1 season

Charles Leclerc admits that the Canadian weekend has been so far the worst weekend of his career. He has been struggling for performance since FP1 and is set to start the Grand Prix from eight position.

F1 & MotoGP news to your inbox every day.

Leclerc wasn’t able to match the performance of his Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton who has been really positive about his weekend so far as he qualified fifth for the upcoming race.

“I just felt like I was going to put it into the wall in every single corner I do just because the tyres were completely out of the window today. The brakes yesterday that were not in the window as well. There was never, at any time, something that was just clicking and everything was right,” he commented after the Qualifying, quoted by the official Formula 1 website.

He also spoke about Hamiton who managed slightly cooler weather conditions well: “I'll analyse on what I can do to be better in these kinds of conditions to just switch those tyres on, because it's been really a nightmare so far.”

His British teammate is currently enjoying one of his strongest weekends so far in this season. Leclerc commented that it is strange but he has to work on that. “Honestly, for now, I just have a very strange feeling with the car so we'll look into everything. Surely I can do better things, but it just felt very off,” he concluded.

logo-newsgp logo-instagram logo-linkedin logo-whatsapp

Karin Gerlová

Karin is a journalism student at Palacký University with a focus on motorsport coverage. She specializes in reporting on Formula One and MotoGP, bringing fans closer to the action on and off the track. Her goal is to create articles that are not only informative, but also relatable and easy to understand, helping audiences connect with stories in a natural and meaningful way.

To the topic

F1 & MotoGP news to your inbox every day.

logo-newsgp
Information

icon F1 and MotoGPF1 and MotoGP news

icon articlesNew articles every day

icon worldNews from around the world

icon reportsReports from races

logo-newsgp logo-instagram logo-linkedin logo-x logo-whatsapp logo-youtube

F1 & MotoGP news around the globe

Contact

NewsGP s.r.o.
Nové Sady 988/2
602 00, Brno, Czechia
IČO 22343776
European Union

info@news.gp


We have established partnerships with circuits, organizers, and official partners. As we do not collaborate directly with the owner of the Formula 1 licensing, it is necessary for us to include the following statement:

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.