Charles Leclerc says his US Grand Prix was undermined by an "extremely hard" first stint, the cause of which the Ferrari could not explain. From the outset, the Scuderia's drivers were challenged to keep up with their front-running rivals in Austin. In the opening laps, a struggling Sebastian Vettel progressively fell down the order before a suspension failure put an end to his misery on lap 8, while Leclerc held his own in fourth place but was never a force to reckoned with. The Monegasque opted for a two-stop strategy, running on all three compounds, but a massive pace deficit left the Scuderia charger a whopping 52 seconds off the lead in the end. Angry Ferrari responds to...
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