Leclerc had vision problems after the accident: “I couldn’t see very well out of my right eye”

The tifosi in Italy did not know what awaited them with Antonelli later, so everything was long faces after the position losses in the first round of Lewis Hamilton and the impact of Charles Leclerc against the parabolic barriers. The accident was so violent that it left Leclerc with partial vision problems as soon as he got out of the car. “At first it was just a vision problem, I couldn’t see very well out of my right eye. But now I’m fine”as explained to Sky Sports Italia.

Despite the initial problems with his eye, he has been able to attend to the media without problems after the Italian Grand Prix, where he has also spoken for DAZN. “A little pain here and there, but I’m fine”.

He had managed to qualify ahead of Hamilton, despite the fact that it was he who gave the Englishman the slipstream during Q3 and aggressively maintained the position against his teammate in the first chicane after the start. But running in fourth position, he ended up in the wall during lap 2 in an accident similar to those at the beginning of the seasonwhen the engines did not provide power in a way that was always predictable for the pilots. “I’ll look at the data; I felt strange when I stepped on the acceleratorI felt like I had a little more power than the previous lap. “I don’t want to blame something until I’m sure.”

Leclerc is one of the drivers who are characterized by their honesty. It is easy to remember the “I’m stupid, I’m stupid” on the radio after the accident in Q2 of the 2019 Baku GP. Therefore, it does not pass judgment and leaves things open to whether it was both a driving error and a power unit problem. “I felt something strange when I stepped on the accelerator, but I was also very aggressive”.

He was visibly sad in the press pen. Finishing the Scuderia’s home Grand Prix against the barriers is not the way I wanted the weekend to go. “I feel very disappointed. “We will analyze what happened and we will recover for Madrid.”

The Monegasque is already starting to think about the next GP and, despite the pain in his body, what he wants most is to redeem himself. “I’m looking forward to getting back on the track. When these accidents happen, the first thing you want is to compete again.“