Charles Leclerc smiles through gritted teeth
The words of Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc spoke hot off the heels of Singapore qualifying: "It's extremely difficult as everywhere, here probably more so, with the tires overheating on the lap course. It's always a balance between the first and last sector. Everything was very close, also today Mercedes è was really strong".
"Unfortunately, I è missed just a little bit’ to gain a couple of positions. Carlos did a great job and we have first-third place on the grid for tomorrow", he added about his teammate’s pole.
Filling in on the race: "The physical challenge will definitely be tough. So far we have had a’very good performance. We did not expect to be soì competitive on a track like this. This è a good sign for the future".
These are all the times:
1 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari1:30.984 6
2 George RUSSELL Mercedes+0.072 6
3 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+0.079 6
4 Lando NORRIS McLaren+0.286 6
5 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+0.501 6
6 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team+0.591 6
7 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin+0.631 6
8 Esteban OCON Alpine+0.689 6
9 Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team+0.824 6
10 Liam LAWSON AlphaTauri+1.284 7
11 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing- – 4
12 Pierre GASLY Alpine- – 4
13 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing- – 4
14 Alexander ALBON Williams- – 4
15 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri- – 4
16 Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo- – 2
17 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren- – 2
18 Logan SARGEANT Williams- – 3
19 Guanyu ZHOU Alfa Romeo- – 2
20 Lance STROLL Aston Martin- – 2
