Leclerc 'angry with myself' after losing out to Ferrari team mate Hamilton in Mexico City Qualifying
Charles Leclerc will start the Mexico Grand Prix in P3 while Lewis Hamilton claimed a first pole since 2023.
Charles Leclerc was left to rue another 2026 qualifying session that didn't go his way but there was added frustration as the cards fell for his Ferrari team mate Lewis Hamilton, who took a superb pole position.
Quickest in Mexico City on Friday, as has often been the case this season, Leclerc ran through the three qualifying sessions in P3, P3, P3, only beating Hamilton in the second one.
As was the case in Austin last week, the big issue was getting the tyres into the right window for an optimum qualifying lap, and once again he openly admitted that he’d got it wrong.
“I just didn't do a good enough job,” he said. “Yes, tyre preparation is quite key. I kind of struggled to have the same conditions for my out lap throughout the qualifying.
"But at the end of the day, when I had a clean out lap in Q3, run two, I didn't do the job. So I can only be angry with myself.”
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