Charles Leclerc says Ferrari ought to be pleased with its restoration within the Singapore Grand Prix however admits the race efficiency leaves him conscious of the work wanted to combat for normal wins.
Ferrari had a powerful pair of races in Monza and Baku, the place Leclerc received and was second respectively, ranging from pole place within the latter race. Heading to Singapore it was anticipated to be aggressive once more however a crash for Carlos Sainz in Q3 was adopted by Leclerc getting his solely lap deleted for exceeding monitor limits, though he fought again from ninth on the grid to complete fifth.
“Actually good execution of the race,” Leclerc stated. “Trying again on the [qualifying] information, possibly sure, the tires have been a bit of bit chilly however there was additionally a bit of little bit of me locking up in Flip 1 and doing the monitor limits. So it was not all about tires and that put us on the again foot.
“So, a bit disenchanted [with qualifying] as a result of I feel the potential was there to do one thing good this weekend. However however, typically it goes like that. A weekend depends on very superb particulars — one lap in Q3, you do one mistake on that precise lap and your entire weekend is taking a special flip, and that’s what occurred for us. However we maximized and we ought to be pleased with our race.”
Leclerc was significantly fast after his pit cease when he managed to overhaul Lewis Hamilton and reel in George Russell, however he believes the actual fact he couldn’t have competed with the McLarens or Max Verstappen exhibits the hole that Ferrari nonetheless wants to shut.
“We have been very quick in clear air, however I pushed fairly a bit on my tires after which when it was time to attempt to overtake George in the direction of the top I didn’t have my rear tires in nice form, so I couldn’t make the go,” he stated. “However we did a great job anyway.
“Nonetheless some work to do however that hasn’t modified for fairly a very long time. McLaren stays the automobile to beat — they’ve proven it once more. Purple Bull appears to be so sturdy with Max after all, and we appear to be the third or fourth. That doesn’t actually change. I feel in qualifying there was undoubtedly room to do significantly better and possibly the primary row was attainable, however within the race, other than being in entrance of George I don’t suppose we deserved to be on the rostrum with the tempo we had.”
