Ferrari, Charles Leclerc happy to have held off Max Verstappen

These are the warm statements of Ferrari’s Monegasque Charles Leclerc immediately after his third place in the Belgian Grand Prix at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, his fifth podium finish of the season.

“I am very happy with this podium, because the race with Verstappen always close was really complicated. I knew the first part of the race would be the most difficult, we didn”t have enough downforce, so I”m pretty satisfied that I was able to keep third position”.

“The pressure is high, especially in those conditions, because with the slippery road surface a mistake is always possible if you get out of the dry strip – continued the Ferrarista -. Fortunately, then the track dried and the pace was good. In Budapest in a week, we hope to better understand the updates we brought here and start putting more pressure on the McLaren“.