“That was a race that Charles would have gone there as a favorite to win. He usually goes there with a variety of confidence, and for Carlos to nick that one below his nostril actually harm. I feel that type of factor has made him concentrate on: ‘okay, I really want to get the job executed on Sunday.’
“That is to not say he by no means thought that, nevertheless it does imply you alter your focus barely, when you take it away from, ‘okay, we simply must get the most effective qualifying automotive we are able to and get a qualifying lap, after which it’s going to all occur on a Sunday.’
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“I feel you are simply seeing a greater illustration of Charles and of us as a race driver, as a race automotive, as a race workforce.”
As Clear referenced, Leclerc has usually held a repute for being notably sturdy in qualifying however the Briton believes that he has improved by way of his race administration in the course of the 2024 season.
“Folks tended to say to me two or three years in the past, ‘yeah however he’s nowhere close to nearly as good within the race as he’s in qualifying’,” Clear – who can be Head of the Ferrari Driver Academy – defined. “That’s probably not honest. It’s simply that he’s very, excellent at qualifying.