Ferrari’s Austin Q3 Wasn’t Just a Power Problem. Leclerc’s Q2 Lap Shows Why
2025 Japan GP Ferrari Lewis Hamilton FP1. Image credit: Liauzh/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Hamilton blamed Ferrari's straight-line deficit in Austin, but Leclerc's Q2 lap and tyre comments point to a more fixable Q3 problem. The post Ferrari’s Austin Q3 Wasn’t Just a Power Problem. Leclerc’s Q2 Lap Shows Why appeared first on Backfire Racing.
Charles Leclerc's best lap of the weekend during the 2025 Japan GP qualifying sessions was achieved in Q2, not Q3. He went 1:34.198 in second place, followed by 1:34.267 in the shootout. If he had simply replicated his Q2 lap, it would have been faster than every Q3 time, except for Kimi Antolinli's pole lap of 1:34.035. The difference between Leclerc's Q2 and Q3 laps in terms of straight-line performance is not significant, implying that another factor changed between the two sessions.
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