168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc expects Ferrari to be a step closer to Red Bull in performance termꦐs at this weekend’s Chinese Grand Pri𝄹x.

Red Bull secured their third 1-2 of the season last time out at Suzuka with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen winning by over 12 seconds.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz was the closest non-𝐆Red Bull drive𒆙r, finishing just under 20 seconds off the lead.

Ferrari are expected to fare better at Shanghai given it’s a front-limited circuit - meaning the front tyres are loaded for longer through corners and thus suffer more tyre degradation than the rears - and the combination of cor💝ners don’t favour the RB20🍸 as much as Suzuka.

Spe🐷aking in the FIA press conference, Lecle🎃rc explained why he’s confident of being closer to Red Bull on race day.

“I think in the race we will be, yes,” he said. “But let’s see. It’s been a very long🅰 time since we didn’t drive here.

“I think the track was painted or there’s something strange o💝n it so we will have to see how our car behaves with that and what the main limitations are in the race. On the paper, we should ꧟be closer to them, yes.”

Leclerc has enjoyed a consistent start to the year, finishing inside the top four in al♏l of the races so far.

However, qualifying has been a key weakness for Leclerc in 2024, struggling to match teammate Sainz in🦩 Australia or Jap📖an.

Througho𓂃ut his F1 career, qualifying has been one of his main strengths, and Leclerc has stressed the need to extract the maximum from the SF-24 over one lap because there’s two qualifying sessions this weekend amid return of the sprint format.

“I think the level of confidence is quite stable since the beginning of the season,” he added. “On paper, I think it’s a track where we could be a bit stronger compar🎀ed to Suzuka but we will just approach it the same way.

“I still think Red Bull will have the upper hand this weekend. We will just have to focus on ourselves because it can be very easy as we have seen especially in qualifying in Suzuka I didn’t do a good job on the Saturday - you don’t go from fourth to fifth, you go fr༒om fourth to eighth. 

“It’s going to be very important - sprint weekend with two qualifyings to extract the maximum out of the car. In tꦍhe race, I think we are quite strong this year.”