Charles Leclerc conceded he does not know where his elect💜rifying pace ca🐷me from as he stormed to a brilliant fourth place on the grid during qualifying for Formula 1’s Eifel Grand Prix.

Leclerc looked fast throughout final practice on Saturday morning and translated that form into qualifying at the Nurburgring as he secureไd a second-row starting position with a late effort to s𝐆natch P4.

The Monegasque said he was left “quite surprised” by the improvement fro👍m his up꧂graded Ferrari SF1000.

Asked where he felt the🌟 pace had come from, Leclerc told Sky: “I don’t really know.

“I’m quite surprised, epecially with this weather, I ex♔pected to struggle in the cold weather.

“From the beginning of the season, we are struggling to make [the tyres] work any time it is cold. Today, it seems it 𓂃has worked𒐪 out for us.

“I’m very happy, very happy with my last lap. I put eღverything together and P4 is great.”

Fer𝓀rari has brought further upgrades to Germany after introducing some successful minor new parts i🌠n Russia, and Leclerc was pleased to report they are working as expected.

“There were upgrad✤es this weekend that worked in the proper way,” he explained.

“We are not trying to find an update that is giving a huge amount of lap time, just small differences every🎶 weekend which for now is working well.

“Every time wཧe are bringing something on the car, it’s working, which was 🃏not the case in the past. This is very important and it helps us to build a solid base for the car.”

Leclerc could not explain his superior pace advantage over Ferrari tea🦩mmate Sebastian Vettel, who was 🌊only able to qualify 11th, seven-tenths further back.

“In♑ the first sector I was quite competitive,” he said. “But Seb is a four-time world champion and🍸 I’m pretty sure that he will come back where he deserves to be.

“At the moment I am focusing on myself, I’m trying to push myself as mu🐲ch as possible when I’m insi🍸de the car and it’s working pretty well for me.”

And Leclerc is expecting a “very interesting” race on Sunday as drivers prepare to head int🌳o the💫 “unknown” given the lost running on Friday.

“It’s goiܫng to be a very interesting race,” Leclerc said. “We all💃 go a bit into the unknown.

“We haven’t done any high-fuel runs yet, so it’s going to be important to take care of those tyres and try anticipate as much as possi🅘ble which axle will degrade first. This is where I will focus tomorrow.”