The brutal statement F1 rival made about Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari

Ferrari’s woes within the Qatar Grand Prix dash race have been noticed by Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.

Charles Leclerc slumped to thirteenth and Lewis Hamilton completed solely seventeenth as Ferrari recorded their first mixed non-score in an F1 dash race because the 2021 Italian Grand Prix in Qatar.

Each drivers struggled with their SF-25 vehicles in the course of the race, with Leclerc shedding locations on the primary lap and seen struggling to maintain his Ferrari on observe on a number of events all through the 19-lap dash.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton gained only one place after beginning within the pitlane so Ferrari may make set-up adjustments to his automotive.

Hamilton worryingly reported after the race that the tweaks had “made the automotive worse”.

Talking to Spanish broadcaster DAZN, Hamilton revealed Gasly, who adopted him for a lot of the race, advised him how dangerous the Ferrari appeared.

“Even Pierre got here as much as me afterwards, he was like ‘yo… it seems to be so dangerous’! I used to be like ‘yeah, yeah… no sh- Sherlock,’” Hamilton stated.

Ferrari a handful for each drivers

Detailing the struggles he confronted, Hamilton advised Sky Sports activities F1: “Effectively, I imply, we began from the pitlane as a result of we needed to discover and make some adjustments.

“That they had some issues they discovered on the simulator final night time, so we carried out these adjustments. And yeah, the automotive was actually within the unsuitable route and really, very troublesome for no matter purpose.

“We simply don’t have any stability. So after I say that, it’s the rear finish isn’t planted. So it’s sliding, snapping rather a lot. Then we have now bouncing. So whenever you’re going into corners like Flip 10, the factor begins bouncing.

“Now we have loads of mid-corner understeer. And then you definately apply the steering after which it snaps and also you try to catch it. So it’s totally different between low, medium and excessive. And it’s a struggle such as you couldn’t imagine.”

Leclerc had comparable complaints about his Ferrari, which he branded as “extremely troublesome to drive”.

“I haven’t got any explanations for now,” the Monegasque admitted.

“I assumed there was harm on the automotive – we noticed one thing, but it surely was after the primary few laps, the place[as] the issue was principally within the first lap. So we’ll analyse that, but it surely felt horrible.”