Un particular Friday, for the pilot of the Scuderia Ferrari, in what is effectively his home circuit. After it fright for the possible damage to the bottom during Free Practice 1 on Monaco GP, Leclerc reiterates the goal of the weekend dictating the pace during FP2.
Leclerc evaluates his performance at the end of FP2 of the Monaco GP
Driver number #16 started this weekend on the right foot, but it's worth remembering that it's only Friday. Leclerc, during the first part of Free Trials 1, managed to obtain the best time, thus putting himself at the helm of the top 3 made up of Hamilton and Verstappen. However, 15 minutes before the end of the session, Zhou ends up in the wall debris left by his Stake come impressed by the Monegasque. Leclerc, worried about having damaged the fund, returns to the garage where he had recently passed to fit the medium tyre.
On the Monegasque circuit, qualification is key to make a difference. Charles Leclerc also knows this well who, during the session FP2 of the Monaco GP, he worked intensely to refine the dry ride. The driver of the red finished the second free practice session on Friday in first positionwith a time of 1:11.278.
“Mercedes seems very fast”
Interviewed at the end of the day on Friday, Charles Leclerc declared: “I think that on the mediums we were very strong, while on the soft we struggled to put things together“. The home pilot continues: “Maybe I took more risks than others, but tomorrow in qualifying everyone will reach the limit“. Leclerc, aware of what happened over the Imola weekend, almost takes it for granted Max Verstappen's return to the top positions.
Mercedes was certainly the surprise of the day and Charles Leclerc doesn't want to underestimate it. “In 2021 we were doing badly, but here we were very quick. This year, here, also there Mercedes seems very fast after suffering so much, we saw it with Lewis. We have to maximize everything to get pole".
STATEMENT SOURCE: FormulaPassion.it
