“We just need to put everything together,” Charles Leclerc oozes optimism after strong start to French GP
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Charles Leclerc had a pretty solid outing for the Ferrari Formula One team during Friday’s practice sessions and after FP1 AND FP2, has indicated that he is happy with what the package has so far produced at Paul Ricard.
Charles Leclerc finished FP1 in the pole position and was able to secure P2 during FP2 where he missed out on the pole by a minute margin to his teammate Carlos Sainz.
After his French outing, Leclerc said, “Yeah it was a good Friday. I mean we still have to work on the car a little bit for tomorrow.”
Moreover, the Monegasque was a bit surprised with what Red Bull was up to during the Friday practice sessions and while talking about them said, “It’s very difficult to understand because it feels like Red Bull is doing something different to us on Friday, but focusing on ourselves the feeling is good. so we just need to put everything together and the pace is in the car.”
Leclerc believes as long as Ferrari does everything that needs to be done, they are going to be in a much better place as compared to Red Bull for the race, moreover, the 24-year-old was extremely pleased with the pace of his F1-75 in Paul Ricard.
Charles Leclerc: Max seems to be particularly quick today on the high fuel
During Friday practice, Red Bull was more focused on long runs as compared to the one-lap pace, and Leclerc while talking about their strategy said, “Max seems to be particularly quick today on the high-fuel so I don’t know how much fuel they are running that is the question mark.“
“Let’s see tomorrow I believe the pace is in the car, we just need to focus on ourselves and if we do the perfect weekend will be fighting for the win.
Currently, temperatures are at an all-time high across Europe and after seeing the baking hot conditions on Friday, it is believed that temperatures are going to stay in the extreme range high during the race and Leclerc who got a taste of it during FP1 and FP2 said, “We need to be on top of this weekend it’s going to be a difficult race for us drivers but also for the car but I’m confident it’s going to be okay.”
The upcoming race is not going to be a straightforward weekend and now with track conditions also becoming a major factor, it is going to be immensely important for Leclerc and Co. to manage their race well, otherwise, they could be in for a repeat of what happened with Carlos Sainz in Austria.
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