Il driver number #16 of Ferrari concluded the only free practice session of the weekend at second, behind his teammate. Also for Brazil's qualifying, Leclerc set the second fastest time and will start from the front row in Sunday's race.
Leclerc qualifies second in Brazil
In the usual Thursday press conference, Charles Leclerc had admitted the difficulties of the SF-23 in convert pole positions into victories then on Sunday. The Ferrari driver had confessed that after the two pole positions obtained in Austin and in Mexico, he would prefer victory this weekend.
It was a great start to qualifications in Brazil for Charles Leclerc, who 10 minutes from the end of Q1, managed to win the best time, remaining undefeated until a few seconds from the end, when Russell e Verstappen they bypassed it. In the Q2, Charles takes to the track with used rubber, marking the eighth time which however, with the improvement of the track, puts him on the razor's edge.
The single-seater number # 16 he returns to the track 3 minutes from the end, obtaining the fifth fastest time and passing the cut. Gray clouds loom on the circuit and the riders have a reduced time to set the best time of Q3 before the rain hit the track. Leclerc manages to place second, behind Max Verstappen in these unusual qualifications.
“It has never happened to me in my career”
Interviewed after Brazil qualifications, Leclerc He says: "I experienced something that had never happened to me before in entire career”. He then continued by saying: “In turn 4 there was no rain, but The car was extremely difficult to drive. The grip was zero and I was only thinking about returning to the pits".
The Monegasque calls these qualifications bizarre. “I didn't expect to come second" He admitted. Subsequently interviewed by Mara Sangiorgio for sky sports f1 said: "We could have run the qualifications even without the free practices before, you got there and it was the same for everyone”. When asked if he is open to different scenarios ahead of Sunday's race, the pony he claims: "I will do everything to take advantage of second position in the best way and we'll see on Sunday".
