Charles Leclerc believes McLaren would be the staff to beat within the Sao Paulo Grand Prix however that Ferrari is shut sufficient that the Dash weekend format will allow it to threaten for wins.
Ferrari has received every of the previous two races, with Leclerc victorious at Circuit of The Americas earlier than Carlos Sainz’s spectacular win in Mexico Metropolis final weekend. Leclerc doesn’t count on the Interlagos circuit format to be as favorable to Ferrari as its rivals however he says the variations are so small it may gain advantage from the difficult schedule.
“I believe Qatar on paper might be essentially the most tough weekend for us within the remaining ones,” Leclerc stated. “Right here, possibly it’s the second the place we don’t count on to be significantly stellar. I believe Las Vegas needs to be a extremely good one for us and Abu Dhabi impartial.
“We actually should focus step-by-step. It’s very tremendous particulars and typically this could make an enormous distinction, particularly on a Dash weekend like this.
“We solely have one free follow session. If we handle to do a extremely good job throughout this free follow session, the whole lot is feasible. The margins usually are not large enough for it to be a transparent P3. If we do a extremely good job, then we can have probabilities of successful this race. Regardless that on paper I don’t suppose we’re favorites and doubtless McLaren would be the staff to beat.”
Leclerc additionally sees alternatives within the truth that there’s a new monitor floor at Interlagos and groups can have restricted time to regulate to any variations to earlier years.
“FP1 goes to be tremendous necessary,” he stated. “As I stated earlier, I believe it’s going to play an necessary position on who will come out on high this weekend. The staff that adapts the quickest, the staff that anticipated the perfect this new tarmac, can have the higher hand and hopefully we will be the one.”
