Charles Leclerc takes office
Hats off to the quality of the standard equipment Charles Leclerc his race engineer has already put it live worldwide Bryan Bozzi. But it is true that, steel attributes or not, the weekend of Suzuka once again highlighted the ability of the 29-year-old from home Ferrari to throw his heart over the obstacle: so, the Monegasque beat first Lewis Hamilton in the rematch (but in a small way) of the wheel-to-wheel duel in Shanghai, only to then carefully and patiently repel all the attempted attacks George Russell strenuously defending third place at the finish line of the Japanese GP.
The story of the Ferrari driver’s race
A solid performance, which leaves Charles Leclerc quite satisfied. Thus the Monegasque at the microphones Sky at the end of the race, underlining the proud reaction after the Safety Car came out which caused him to lose time and positions: “Today it was a bit difficult with the pace, also because McLaren also took a step forward. It’s also true that we had some bad luck with the Safety Car which came in at an unfavorable moment. But, in the end, these things happen and so I tried to take advantage of the anger I had about the neutralization of the race at the wrong time”.
“I wasn’t very confident – he adds – even if when the GP starts again and the visor closes, you always push to the maximum. With the Hard tires it is indeed a little more difficult to bring them back up to temperature, but honestly it wasn’t that bad. Maybe there would have been a chance to do something more if I had stopped with the Safety Carbut a third place today is the type of result I have to bring home while waiting to have, I hope, one day the best car”.
Hope from Miami onwards
The Ferrari driver therefore underlined the importance of the updates which, as also done by Frederic Vasseur after the qualifications, they will be able to upset the balance of power: “At the moment, Mercedes is ahead and McLaren has also made an improvement step, but it will be a championship that will be won or lost with the quality of the technical developments. All the people at home are pushing hard and, in Miami, we will have a fairly new car like everyone else. It will be essential to start on the right foot from Miami onwards“. “Power units? Yes, the engine is certainly the area in which we struggle more than the Mercedes and there is no doubt about it, but it’s not just that” concludes Charles Leclerc at the end of the Formula 1 weekend in Suzuka.
