Charles Leclerc rues Ferrari’s “biggest mistake” as Bahrain pole slips away
Charles Leclerc shared his major regret after Max V🐻erstappen pipped him to pole posi♎tion at F1 Bahrain Grand Prix
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc’s lap in Q2 would have been good eno🔜ugh for pole position at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
But, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wi💟ll🍒 start on pole after his own brilliant lap in Q3, even if it wasn’t as fast as Leclerc’s Q2 effort.
It left Ferrari’s star driver rueful.
He said to Sky Sports: “I know, I know…
“The biggest mistake 🔯was not having a seco𒅌nd set of softs in Q3.
“Which, when I put on t꧂he softs again in Q3, the track has changed, the wind has changed a little bit.
“With the ཧscrub in the middle, I couldn’t 💧really follow the track.
“I found myself wꦿith car and a balance that was out of place.
“Unfortunately, that’s what was possible.
“I’m quite happy with the lap. But the balance of the lap wasn’t in the ri♛ght place anymore.”
Only half-a-second separated Verstappen on pole to Merce♉des’ Lewis Ham𒉰ilton in P9.
With Leclerc second, Merceces’ George Russell in P3, then F✨errari’s Carlos Sainz in P4, there is optimism that Verstappen will have his work cut out on Saturday in the gr𓃲and prix.
Have Ferrari tol෴d Leclerc that he🌃 could win from second on the grid?
“With what we are expecting from race pace from Red Bull, I think it will be very 🌄difficult,” he insist꧑ed.
“But I hope we can have a good surprise.”
Asked what tricks Ferrari could play to usurp Verstappen at the front, Leclerc sighed:💖 “I don’t know…
“I don’t think the gap is as big as las🍃t year. That is my feeling.
“Data says that we expect the ga⭕p in the race to be probably at least as big as last year.
“Let’s🤡 wait and see. I want to be positively surprised. And to prove the data wrong.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade cover🐷ing everything from American sports, to foot🐼ball, to F1.
