F1 Bahrain GP: Why Charles Leclerc abandoned his final run of qualifying
The Monegasque was second-fastest behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen g🅠oing into the last minutes of Q3 but failed to complete a final flying lap after climbing out of his Ferrari.
Leclerc’s premature end to qualifying immediately sparked speculation that his Ferrari had suffered some sort of technical issue,&nbs🍃p; but he denied there was any problem.
"There wasn't any issue,” Leclerc said.
A Ferrari spokesperson confirmed the reason was strategy-related, with Leclerc choosing to save a new set of softs 𒐪to start the race on.
The decision ultimately sacrificed a better starting position for Leclerc after Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez improved on his final lap to go second.
Nevertheless, 𝐆Leclerc said he was happy with the result, describing being in the fight for pole as a “good surprise”.
"I think we were in the fight for pole, which was a good surprise to be honest because I did not expect that after test⛦ing and after free practices that were a little bit difficult,” he added.&n🌌bsp;
"We managed to find that pace🌠 for the qualifying pace,ꦛ which was great.
"However, we need to keep in our mind 🌌that on the race runs, we seemed to be a little bit on the back foot compared to Red Bu🧸ll.
"And I think that we're in a better place starting third with ne𓆉w tyres🐓 than starting first with older.
"I don't know if I would have been in p♌ole or not bღut it would have been close."
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