Second rowThe temper within the Ferrari storage is split. Whereas Lewis Hamilton’s aspect is smiling and celebrating the primary ‘mini-pole’ for #44, Charles Leclerc can’t be glad together with his fourth-place end in SQ3. The Monegasque was two-tenths behind his teammate and was additionally crushed by Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri. Most notably, Charles Leclerc by no means appeared capable of sustain with Lewis Hamilton when it comes to pace on this begin of the race weekend on the 5.451-kilometre Shanghai Worldwide Circuit.
A step again“I struggled on my aspect of the storage,” admitted the #16 Ferrari driver to the official F1 channel microphones. “From the beginning, I felt a step behind Lewis, who was merely sooner at present. I struggled rather a lot in turns 2-3, the place I additionally had points final 12 months; it’s a little bit of a disgrace. Past that, we’re all shut. It’s a disgrace to start out from fourth, however Lewis is on pole, and we hope to have a superb race collectively tomorrow. Tire administration in FP1? Very troublesome. We struggled to get every part in the best window. However ultimately, I felt a bit higher in qualifying, although not as I’d have favored.”
Particularly on a Dash weekend, although, there are nonetheless alternatives to redeem himself: “There’s nonetheless work to do for tomorrow’s qualifying,” Charles Leclerc continued. “Nonetheless, the race will probably be one other story. Easy methods to reset? To start with, there would be the Dash race, which I feel will probably be very difficult for the tires, so we’ll need to deal with that. Then we’ll see how the opposite qualifying periods go after that.” – the Monegasque driver concluded after qualifying fourth for the Chinese language GP Dash race.
Mar 21, 2025
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