The ‘predestinate’, the intuitive and the teacher without discussion in the classification, Charles Leclerc extends his negative streak and ends up against the wall in qualifying for the Barcelona Grand Prix. He was in the fight for the first line, but in the first attempt of Q3 he lost the SF-26 during braking. turn 4 and went irremediably against the wall, despite trying to recover it with a countersteering wheel.
The pressure of hamilton and the tests with the brakes seem to weigh on the confidence of the Monegasque, who has never been the most solid in the appearance psychological. He is in one of his bad streaks, until he changes the chip and returns to his exceptional level on Saturdays.
It is the second qualy in which he ends up in an accident, Something in Monaco was also repeated in the race, curiously after having renewed for several years with Ferrari, where he has not found a car that allows him to fight for the F1 World Championship.
And Hamilton, emboldened and with a masterful turn with time running out, got into second on the grid, surpassing Antonelli and leaving Lerclerc tenth on the grid.