Ferrari: It never rains but it pours. Leclerc: “It’s been like this for nine years.”

The Brazilian Grand Prix brought to light a problem that has plagued the Maranello team for several seasons: difficulties in wet conditions. Charles Leclerc spoke about it again after the race at Interlagos, pointing out that Ferrari has frequently encountered problems in these conditions over the course of his nine years with the team, without managing to find a definitive solution.

“For nine years, when these conditions arise, things have rarely gone our way,” Leclerc said. Frederic Vasseur also acknowledged the problems Ferrari faced in Brazil, explaining that the team struggled to get the tires into the correct temperature window. This difficulty made the car hard to drive and prevented both drivers from maintaining consistency throughout the race.

One statistic makes it even clearer just how long-standing this issue is: Ferrari hasn’t won a rain-affected Grand Prix since March 25, 2012. The last driver to do so was Fernando Alonso, who delivered a stellar performance at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. More than fourteen years have passed since that day, and no Ferrari driver has managed to bring the Prancing Horse back to victory in wet conditions.

Leclerc’s comments thus confirm that wet conditions continue to be a weak point for Ferrari, even years later and across several generations of race cars. The Brazilian race weekend has merely brought back into the spotlight a challenge that Maranello has yet to resolve.