F1 LIVE | Leclerc puts his foot down at Ferrari, Marko thanks God for win

07:02, 19 May

byNorberto Mujica

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Leclerc puts his foot down with Ferrari after disastrous Imola GP

For Charles Leclerc, his superb and elbows out drive was not rewarded with a result that matched his efforts and lets Ferrari know that this level of perfomance is unnaceptable.

Both Ferrari cars were unable to make it past Q2 on Saturday, and the Scuderia's senior driver, Leclerc after a complicated race on home ground, demands a better performance from the Italian team.

"I was saying before, it's one of the races where you've got to race with the heart and put the elbows out a little bit," said Leclerc to Sky Sports.

Leclerc finds Ferrari's woes unacceptable after tough Imola GP

Leclerc had two very obvious on-the-limit moments, which he believes he was forced into by Ferrari's lack of overall pace on Saturday.

"When it's like this you go very much on the limit, sometimes a little bit over. But when you are starting P11, as a driver I cannot accept the situation we are in."

Verstappen's epic win prompts Marko to thank higher power

Max Verstappen's win at Imola, overpowering both McLarens driven by Oscar Piasti and Lando Norris, has made Red Bull chief advisor thank a higher power for the highly positive result in Imola for the Austrian team and the Dutch driver.

Red Bull brought upgrades to the Italian track, and Marko sees that the winds and tides of the championship may be turning in Red Bull's favour.

"We were simply faster today. We were at least as good [as McLaren] in terms of tyre wear," said the Austrian to ORF.

"And then, thank God, you see a result like that," Marko concluded.