Charles Leclerc needed to Elevate and Coast throughout the 2025 Singapore GP. The Ferrari driver, who began his race from P7, needed to carry out it to cut back gas consumption and the brake temperature. A 104-second clip of the identical surfaced just lately on social media, the place the Ferrari engineer requested Leclerc to Elevate and Coast.
Within the 1-minute 44-second clip, Bryan Bozzi instructed the Monegasque driver to carry out the Elevate and Coast. He began it on Lap 6 and adopted the identical sample on Laps 16, 17, 18, 19, and continued till Lap 20.
Bozzi instructed Leclerc to carry out the identical all through the race with the intention to save vitality and permit the automotive to have higher vitality regeneration. This system additionally entails much less aggressive braking software, which reduces brake temperature.
Here is the video the place Bryan Bozzi instructing Charles Leclerc to carry out Elevate and Coast throughout the Singapore GP:
Nonetheless, having Elevate and Coast repeatedly hampers efficiency to an important extent, and at instances places the driving force at a drawback. Because of this, the Monegasque driver needed to preserve his observe place, save gas, and cut back his brake temperature all through the Marina Bay Road Circuit race.
In the long run, Charles Leclerc completed his race in P6, a spot forward of his beginning place. His teammate, Lewis Hamilton got here dwelling in P8, two locations behind his beginning place. In a nutshell, Ferrari had a race to neglect in Singapore final weekend.
Mercedes’ George Russell gained the race, forward of Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen. Championship chief, Oscar Piastri completed the race in P3.
Charles Leclerc let his emotions identified following Singapore GP
Following the conclusion of the Singapore GP on the Marina Bay Road Circuit, Charles Leclerc shared his ideas. Chatting with the media, here is what the Ferrari driver mentioned:
“Sadly, we do not have the race automotive to struggle with the fellows in entrance. McLaren at all times had the identical hole on us in comparison with the start of the yr. Pink Bull did a step from Monza and the identical stage as McLaren.”
“Mercedes now could be on the identical stage of McLaren and Pink Bull, after which there’s us, and, it is not straightforward, clearly, since you wish to struggle for higher positions. However for the time being, it simply appears like we [are] type of passengers to the automotive and we can not extract way more what’s there to salvage from the remainder of the season,” Leclerc added. (By way of ESPN)
At the moment, Charles Leclerc is in P5 within the Drivers’ Championship with 173 factors after 18 races and three Sprints. His teammate, Lewis Hamilton is in P6 with 127 factors. Ferrari are in P3 within the Constructors’ Championship with 300 factors.
Edited by Sabyasachi Biswas