Ferrari driver coach Jock Clear believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz’s triumph at the Singapore Grand Prix last year “really hurt” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

Sainz converted p✤ole into victory - the only non-Red Bull win of the year ♑in 2023.

The Spaniard put together a masterclass at the Marina Bay Street Circuit as he deliberately allowed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris to stay in DRS range ꦜto fenꦫd off the two Mercedes behind.

Leclerc, who tended to have the edge in qualifying over Sainz, couldn’t capitalise on Red Bull’s o😼ff weekend.

However, since then,൲ it’s been Leclerc - aside from Australia - who has generally been in the ascendancy.

Clear beli🐈eves Singapore was a decisive moment for Leclerc.

“I think he's responded well to a very strong team 🌞mate,” Cl𒀰ear said on the Beyond the Grid podcast.

“We've long talked abo🧜ut the qualities of Carlos and the fact is, Carlos probably doesn't quite have that edge of p🦩ace that Charles can show in qualifying, but you look at Singapore last year and that really hit home to Charles.

“That was a race that Charles would ♍have gone there as a favourite to win. He often goes there with a lot of confidence, and for Carlos to nick that one under his nose really hurt. I think 🌼that sort of thing has made him focus on: ‘okay, I really need to get the job done on Sunday.’

“That's not to say he never thought that, but it does mean you change your focus slightly, if you take it away from, ‘okay, we just need to get the best qualifying car we can and get♛ a qualifying lap, and then it'll all happen on a Sunday.’

“I think you're just s🍸eeing a better representation of Charles and of us as a race driv✨er, as a race car, as a race team.”

Clear was also quick to point out that talk around Leclerc’s poor race management and tyre preservation is a thing of the p❀ast.

“People tended to say to me two or three years ago, ‘yeah but he’s nowhere near as good in the race as he is in qualifying’,” Clear added. “That’s not really fair. 💦It’s just that he’s very, very good at qualifying.

“But, that said, I think this year you have seen the result of a development on the car side and a development on the driver side. I think i﷽t's probably true that we've shifte𒆙d our focus slightly to making the car a better race car.

“Tyre management is always a hot topic.🐈 It's not that Charles historically hasn't been good on tyres. I think that we, as a combination, haven't been focused that well on tyres.

“I think what we've seen this year is the result of us bein🉐g more focused on getting the car working really well in the race and looking after those tyres, and Charles learning from previous years and honing those skills of tyre management.”