F1, Charles Leclerc very hard: “World Championship? If we lose it my fault”

After the incident, the very harsh self-criticism.

Charles Leclerc takes the blame for the Le Castellet crash and retirement. The Ferrari driver crashed into the barriers while leading the French Grand Prix. And, despite the initial accusation of an accelerator problem, he admitted at the end of the race that the responsibility is his alone. Widening the discourse to the entire race for the world championship.

“No, it has nothing to do with it,” he in fact told ‘Sky Sport’ referring to any mechanical trouble with his Ferrari’s accelerator. “There was a problem when I had already touched the wall. The reverse gear wasn’t working, so I couldn’t go backwards. The car didn’t look that damaged, except for the wing in front. Although it was a big shock, I don’t know what happened.”

“That’s honestly a detail, though, and I wouldn’t even want to shift the focus to that,” Leclerc added. “I can’t make those mistakes. Since the beginning of the year I am at a very high level, maybe one of the highest since the beginning of my career. But if I make these mistakes there is no point in being at a high level. It is unacceptable. And if at the end of the year we lose the championship by 32 points, the ones I lost at Imola and here, I will know where these points come from. That is, they will come from me.”

Now the path to winning the world championship, for Ferrari, becomes even more complicated. “We’ll see at the end of the year, we’ll do the math at the end of the year. I can’t do these things, though. Was I pushing because I had to change tires? Yes, but we all push. And this is not an excuse. My screaming? I was not aware that I had the radio on. I would have preferred to keep it to myself,” Leclerc concluded.