F1 Bahrain GP: Why Charles Leclerc abandoned his final run of qualifying
The Monegasque was second-fastest behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen going into the last minutes of Q3 but failed to complete a final flying lap afte🎃r climbing out of his Ferrari.
Leclerc’s premature end to qualifying immediately sparked🍸 speculation that his Ferraꦯri had suffered some sort of technical issue, but he denied there was any problem.
"There wasn't any issue,” Leclerc said.
A Ferrari spokesperson confirmed the reason was strategy-related, with Le🐲clerc choosing to save a new set of softs to start the race on.
The decision ultimately sacrificed a better starting position for Leclerc after Red Bull’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez improved on his final lap to go second.
Nevertheless, Leclerc said he was happy with the result, describing being in the fight for pole as a “good s🌠urprise”.
"I think we were in the fight for pole, which was a good surprise to be honest because I did not expect that after testing and after free practices that were a little bit difficultღ,” he added.
"We managed to find that pace for the qualifying pace, 🐭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 Bul𓆏l.
"And I think that we're in a be༺tter place ♔starting third with new tyres than starting first with older.
"I don't know if I would have been in pole or not but it wo🐟uld have been close."
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