An qualification a bit' strana the one of Charles Leclerc, which ends at the checkered flag in sixth position. In both sessions always at risk of elimination like teammate Sainz excluded from the Q3.
Leclerc's analysis after qualifying
In the area reserved for interviews, among the journalists waiting for the Monegasque was Mara Sangiorgio from SkySportF1. In his opinion, it could have been the last lap improved so as to be worth it to him fourth position; for the rest, according to Ferrari, it was a great ride: “On the last lap I put together everything I had learned from this qualifying. The last sector was a little less good because I had some snaps and lost the rear. These transformed in time could be worth 5 cents, but no more. Maybe they will be enough to gain some positions, but in general the lap seemed very good to me.".
The 24-year-old then tacked on performance of the car compared to that of one McLaren increasingly growing: “We are struggling overall with the performance of the car at the moment, with McLaren surprising us again today. We knew they had made a step forward, but we thought it was limited to the fast corners, but instead the improvements are general. The only thing we can do is work and hope that the next upgrades will lead us to fight with them".
On the race: “The degradation was ok, the pace wasn't”
The mind is already on tomorrow's race, with a Leclerc who, although confident as always, seems slightly more worried for the Sunday appointment, especially regarding your own step: “Unknowns for tomorrow? I believe that the situation is somewhat the same for everyone and I don't think that these will have a more negative influence on us than on others. The degradation didn't seem bad when we did the simulations, but the pace wasn't good. We'll see, also because Red Bull ran with a fresher tire than ours. Furthermore, it is difficult to make comparisons when you have a format like this. The important thing tomorrow will be to do good tire management. If we succeed, we could play for something tomorrow.".
We know Charles' spirit well: he is the last to fall. The desire to go back up is great, it will be up to him to succeed stay with the first.
Article by Francesco Orlando
