An difficult day at the office, for the Monegasque, as he himself admitted to the press. Charles Leclerc concluded the Qatar Sprint Race in seventh position, but because of the track limits, the pilot of the Scuderia Ferrari he left the points.
Leclerc: a difficult Sprint in Qatar due to an obligatory but correct tire choice
Excellent start Charles Leclerc, which goes up when the traffic lights go out fourth position dragged by his teammate, Sainz. The choice to use the soft tires it proved to be ideal for the start, but the degradation meant that the two single-seaters from Maranello struggled towards the end of the race. Visibly Charles is in trouble Leclerc which suffers, in order, overtaking by Verstappen, Norris and Hamilton.
In the final round of the Qatar Sprint Race, Albon signs Leclerc for a fiery duel while the eyes of the world are turned on Verstappen, who is about to cross the finish line and become world champion for the third time. Leclerc pays dearly the successful attempt at defense by the pilot of the Williams, taking four warnings for track limits. After exceeding the track limits, Leclerc was penalized di 5 s, thus ending the race 12esimo.
“I'm not angry about the tire choice”
To the microphones of sky sports f1, is asked Charles Leclerc whether the tire choice was one forced choice, in view of tomorrow's race. “We've definitely kept in mind the possibility that tomorrow could be one multi-stop race” replied the Monegasque.
"We started with the soft ones, we knew it would be difficult at the end of the raceHe said Leclerc after the sprint in Qatar. She then continued by saying that, despite everything, she was happy with the choice: "I'm not angry of choice, made our Saturday difficult, it's true. The speranza is that with this decision the tomorrow's race may be top".
