Ferrari narrowed Me🎃rcedes’ lead to 20 points after finishing fourth and si🔴xth at the Japanese Grand prix.

Leclerc enjoyed a quiet race to finish fourth, crossing the finish line six seconds ahead of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz narrowly m🔯issed out on fifth after a late pit stop dropped b๊im behind both Mercedes drivers.

It’s been a strong run ✃of races for Ferrari, out-scoring Mercedes in Italy, Singapore and now Japan.

Leclerc has hinted that Ferrari are now in a strong position to take P2🍨 off the German manufactur♓er.

“They are strong, in the race they were on it,” Leclerc said. “They put is♛ under pressure. 

“They split their cars, that was an interesting strategy. They are strong in the race, in qualifying they are a bit more inconsistent. It will be a close fight b🤪ecause we are more inconsistent in the race, they are more inconsistent in qualifying. 

“But I have a feeling inside of me that we’ve learned things in the past𓂃 weekends that will give us the upper hand.”

Team boss Frederic Vasseur admitted that Fe🧜rrari were forced to “focus on Mercedes today” as it will be a “fight until the end.

“We were a couple of hundredths behind McLaren in qualy,”  he ad🐬ded. “They wer🔯e faster this weekend.

“We had𝔉📖 to focus on Mercedes today. We took a step forwards. This will be the fight until the end.”