Motor racing-Ferrari have yet to clarify Spanish setback, Leclerc says

I said it straight away after qualifying and we can see that on data clearly. "I'm losing six and a half or seven tenths in all the left-hand corners. For now I cannot say much more to be honest." Asked what fans could expect in Montreal after the difficult Spanish weekend, Leclerc said the team did not have anything new on the cars.

Ferrari have failed to get to the bottom of a qualifying problem that wrecked Charles Leclerc's Spanish Grand Prix this month. The Monegasque, who described his car's handling as "weird" while turning left in qualifying, ended up having to start from the pit lane at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Asked at the Canadian Grand Prix on Thursday whether Ferrari had discovered a problem once the car was back at the Maranello factory, Leclerc told reporters they had not. "To be honest it's the first time that it happened in my career," he said. "If I look at all the left-hand corners that's where I was struggling. I said it straight away after qualifying and we can see that on data clearly.

"I'm losing six and a half or seven tenths in all the left-hand corners. "But there are no real reasons for it yet. For now I cannot say much more to be honest."

Asked what fans could expect in Montreal after the difficult Spanish weekend, Leclerc said the team did not have anything new on the cars. "I don't think we'll have any miracles but we need to just try and maximise our package, understand more this package, the way we should set up the car to maximise it," he said.

"In Spain we were quite easily off the window and then we were losing quite a lot of performance, so we've learnt a lot and I'm pretty sure we'll be in a better place for this weekend. But I don't think it will be a huge step forward." Leclerc said he expected runaway leaders Red Bull, winners of every race this season, and Aston Martin to be strong while recovering former champions Mercedes were a bit more of a question mark.