Charles Leclerc: Ferrari 'Struggling Massively' To Match Pace Of Mercedes And Red Bull

Charles Leclerc conceded that he and Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton are "struggling massively with the car" after a disappointing Singapore Grand Prix.

Leclerc finished down in sixth on Sunday, 46 seconds behind winner George Russell.

He is fifth in the drivers' standings, 163 points behind championship leader Oscar Piastri, and has not won a single Grand Prix in 2025.

Leclerc has five podium finishes this season, though he has not finished in the top three in any of his last five races, twice finishing fourth (in Hungary and Italy).

With six races left, and Ferrari off the pace of both Mercedes and Red Bull, Leclerc noted how those two teams have made strides forward since the summer break.

"It's tough, it's very tough. We are not strong at the moment, and we are struggling massively with the car. It's not easy," said Leclerc.

"I wish I could say that I'm positive for the rest of the season. I don't think there's anything in the car that proves to me that we are going to do a step forward.

"I think this is the reality of our situation at the moment. I don't quite know how to turn that situation around because we don't have new parts or anything coming to the car.

"We did steps forward [at the start of the season], but the others did as well, so the gap stayed kind of the same and then Red Bull kind of found two steps in a season.

"First half and then in Monza more recently, where they did a really big step forward, and now Mercedes seems to have done this step forward, and we are the only one that didn't find that solution."

Hamilton was a further 39 seconds behind Leclerc, though he suffered brake issues in the final few laps that caused him to drop his pace dramatically and slump down to seventh.

A post-race penalty for cutting the track compounded Hamilton's frustration, as he ended up eighth.

"I feel pain for all the team, from catering to marketing, to the guys in the garage and engineers who show up every weekend, and they really do give absolutely everything, but the car we have is unfortunately not of the level of the guys ahead of us," Leclerc added.

"Particularly as they've had some upgrades and we can't match them. We're on a knife-edge trying to get as close as we can."