Charles Leclerc admits Ferrari F1 car ‘didn’t feel like I wanted’ in Friday practice

"The car didn’t exactly feel like I wanted. We still hav🌺e to improve it."

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc has admitted his Ferrari F1 c🥀ar “didn’t exactly feel like I wanted” despite setting the second-fastest time in Friday practice for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Leclerc was less than a tenth off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris’ top time, with a significant margin to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz behind.

Reflecting on ཧhis Friday at the Marina Bay𒅌 Street Circuit, Leclerc conceded Ferrari can’t just “rely on a good Friday”.

“It felt good but there’s still some work to be done,” Leclerc said. “The car didn’t exactly feel ꧙like I wanted. We still have to improve it. Also the forecast f🎐or the rest of the weekend, similarly up and down.

“We will have to adapt very quickly. We cannot rely on a good Friday. It’s been a good friday. It’s always better to have a good on🍒e than a bad one. It’s a good starting point. We stil🍒l have to push forward.”

“Just a bit more balance in the car putting everything together in terms of driving. We should🌸 be in a good place for tomorrow.”

Leclerc had a 0.5s ma🅠rgin over Sainz in third, while Mercedes and Red Bull were further off the pace.

Thus, he expects Ferrari’s rivals to be “𒈔much closer” in qualifying.

“I think we’re in the mix but let’s see,” Leclerc added. “I just hope the picture doesn’t change much for tomorrow. I would be very surprised if we have the same advantage today, same gap from me to th▨e third place.

“I believe everyone will be much closer tomorrow. It will be much tighter. Then we will have to under🐲stand whether it changes the pecking order or not.”

Sainz blamed brake issues for his deficit to Lec🐻lerc.

Explaining the problem, he said: “It’s been a bit of a topic this year in our team. We ran into some brake issues normally on Friday and today it was my turn to face them with aꦛ lot of inconsistency on the brakes throughout FP2,🌺 especially on laps, outlaps, plenty of issues out there which doesn’t help the confidence or preparation for the weekend.

“It’s not something that concerns me ๊when we manage to put everything together tomorrow.”

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