Charles Leclerc: Good to put a stop to “talk” about F1 qualifying form
Charles Leclerc says it is great to stop individuals discussing his new exhibitions subsequent to qualifying second for the F1 Miami Stupendous Prix run race. The Ferrari driver made impressive progress after missing the majority of the only practice session of the weekend earlier on Friday, narrowly missing out on pole position for the sprint race, which would have been held by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Leclerc is viewed as perhaps of F1’s quickest driver over a solitary lap thanks to his post record yet has wound up being addressed after a run of losses to partner Carlos Sainz this year. What’s more, the Monegasque expectations Miami will stamp the beginning of a circle back in structure after late work to get his tires in the best working window. “Qualifying has been the flimsy part for two races in succession. China was a piece better however we didn’t have the vehicle to show that,” Leclerc said. “On such a troublesome end of the week, I did one lap in FP1, so needed to go into Qualifying and go absolutely straight away. “We just had one bunch of tires in SQ1, so it was extremely, precarious yet straight away I felt the inclination and the difficult work I’ve done before in the season, to place the tires in the right window, has paid off. “People start to talk when you have two races in a row where you don’t do well in qualifying and I haven’t done well. “So it’s great to stop that, so presently we really want to chip away at the consistency and attempt to remain at that level and put the tires reliably in the right window as I’ve done before.” Leclerc’s weekend had all the earmarks of being on the back foot after he was confined to only a solitary lap practically speaking when he turned his Ferrari and halted on target. Leclerc is optimistic about challenging Red Bull in both the sprint race and the grand prix on Sunday, despite the fact that he acknowledges that he has no real knowledge of Ferrari’s race pace going into the sprint race. “P1,” he answered when asked what he can dream of in the run. “I have no clue about our race pace. I did one lap so I have no clue about our race pace except for I truly trust we can have a decent run and have a decent race speed to have expects the success on Sunday.”