After the crash, which relegated him to a ninth-place starting position, Leclerc could be heard over the Ferrari team radio expressing his frustration with a sigh and expletive: “for f**k’s sake.”
The day had been challenging for Leclerc from the beginning, with the slippery conditions causing him to come close to hitting the barrier on the runoff of Turn 1 during FP3. Despite the rain easing up and allowing drivers to switch to slick tires by Q3, off-line portions of the track remained treacherous.
