Leclerc reckons Red Bull is 'on another planet' in terms of race pace, and his Ferrari F1 team needs to understand why. 'I think Red Bull found something big somewhere, and we need to find that.'
However, his race was ended by a loss of power that saw him stop on track on lap 40.
"It is very difficult to understand because obviously, the car from quali to race is not changing at all. The team explained then that degradation was exacerbated by the drivers having to push harder in races in order to keep up with the improving Red Bull, and Leclerc acknowledged that it was a similar situation last weekend.
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