Leclerc looking for answers after ‘most difficult weekend of my career’ in Canada Despite improving to the top-four in the Canadian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc reiterated his struggles over the weekend. Charles Leclerc concluded that the Canadian Grand Prix was undoubtedly the “most difficult weekend” of his career so far, the Ferrari driver struggling to extract performance out of his SF-26 even with a top-four finish. While his team mate Lewis Hamilton appeared to be the most comfortable he’s felt at the Scuderia, Leclerc was unable to match his pace and reported issues with his brakes on Friday, which affected his confidence in committing to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s extreme braking zones. A result of fifth in the Sprint seemed to boost his optimism for the rest of the weekend before he ended Qualifying eighth, four tenths adrift of polesitter George Russell. Tyre management then became his greatest problem in the 68-lap Grand Prix, leaving him to focus on bringing the car home safely in P4 after benefitting from incidents further ahead. “It was a horrible, horrible weekend,” Leclerc summarised afterwards. “I had already said it was probably the most difficult weekend so far of my Formula 1 career. I’ve finished the race now and I can definitely say it’s the most difficult weekend of my Formula 1 career so far. “Never could put the tyres in the right window, but it has nothing to do with the car of course – Lewis has done an incredible job and congratulations to him. On my side I’ve just been struggling. I had no feeling with the car. “The only positive of a weekend like this is I’ve got Lewis in the same car and I can look at what he did this weekend and try to get answers on why I