The youthful driver got here out on prime, later explaining that he was “on the restrict” as he targeted on reclaiming P5 across the high-speed monitor.
“I used to be actually struggling to get shut on the straights,” Leclerc mentioned after the Dash. “I believe we perhaps ran a distinct configuration of vehicles. Lewis was quick on the straights, I used to be fairly quick within the corners however that was principally primarily based on automobile traits.
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“It made it very troublesome to be as shut as I wished for Flip 1 however I had one alternative and I went for it. I do know it’s an important time of our season – we’ve received the struggle with McLaren that appears to have the benefit for now.
“Each level is tremendous essential so I attempted every thing. I handed, it was on the restrict however it was enjoyable. Then I had actually good tempo however with our beginning place it was troublesome to do something higher so tonight will likely be elementary to have a greater qualifying in comparison with the place we began right now.”
