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Leclerc blasts F1’s energy systems after Q3: ‘It’s a f**king joke’
© XPB Phillip van Osten
28/03/2026 at 09:02 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Charles Leclerc qualified fourth for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, but the Ferrari was anything but happy with the result – or rather how it had been achieved and the shortfall it suggested. The performance triggered after the session a furious outburst from the Monegasque that cut straight to the heart of the sport’s current identity crisis. For Leclerc, the "pinnacle of motorsport" – and qualifying in particular – has become a glorified exercise in restraint, a system that punishes the daring and neuters the elite. A battle against the system The Scuderia charger’s...
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