The Ferrari driver accomplished simply three laps in observe after spinning at Flip 16 and struggling a clutch situation on the Miami observe.
However having been a prolific qualifier in his F1 profession, with 23 pole positions, Leclerc admitted he was struggling to seek out the proper window with the tyres in qualifying which was partly blamed for a poor run of kind.
Leclerc certified seventh for the Chinese language dash race and sixth for the Chinese language GP, whereas he was eighth in Japanese GP qualifying.
When requested if he was relieved by his Miami dash qualifying efficiency, he replied: “I’m as a result of qualifying has been a weak level for 2 races in a row.
“At one level in China it was somewhat bit higher however we did not have the automobile to truly present that.
“On such a tough weekend, I had one lap in observe and go straight into quali, go immediately flat out, we’re additionally solely allowed to make use of one set of tyres [in each qualifying segment], so it was very, very tough.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Picture by: Steven Tee / Motorsport Photographs
“However immediately I felt the sensation and that the exhausting work that I’ve carried out earlier within the season to attempt to put the tyres in the proper window has paid off so I’m glad.
“There are such a lot of talks now, you might be solely pretty much as good as your final race on this sport, so when you’ve got two races in a row the place you might be dangerous in qualifying and have not carried out a fantastic job folks begin to speak so it’s good to cease that.
“Now we have to work on the consistency and attempt to keep at that stage and put these tyres persistently in the proper window as I’ve carried out prior to now.”
Regardless of his robust qualifying place, Leclerc says he goes into the Miami dash race blind about his race tempo as a consequence of no lengthy operating in observe.
“I do not know about our race tempo as I did one lap,” he mentioned. “However I actually hope we are able to have a very good dash and have good race tempo to have hopes for the win on Sunday.”
