Crazy Friday in Shanghai in qualifying for the Sprint Race of the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai: the arrival of rain at the start of Q3 made everything unpredictable and spectacular. Charles Leclerc he spun, hit the wall and had to change the front wing, eventually finishing in seventh place.
These are his words in the mixed zone after this performance: “Honestly, from the first preparation lap it was extremely complicated and it was very difficult to get the tires up to temperature. I tried to be more aggressive and went long into Turn 8 and this complicated our qualifying. Then I wasn’t able to work miracles, I couldn’t have done much more on my part.”
However, the Monegasque underlined the progress made in qualifying: “Once again I wasn’t able to give my best in qualifying and I’m not happy about this, if we want to look at the positive however I think that in the dry I made good progress and I’m very happy about this because I worked a lot on putting in temperature and tire preparation and I think there will be the first fruits ahead of tomorrow. With the rain in Q3 I wasn’t able to put my progress on the track, we’ll look at tomorrow trying to give our best in the Sprint race and in qualifying“.
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