Charles Leclerc: “Not a good day for us”

Despite his third position in the final qualifying rankings in Hungary, Charles Leclerc will go far ahead Max Verstappen on the starting grid on Sunday. The leader of the championship Formula 1 indeed experienced a mechanical problem in Q3, trapping him in tenth place. His rival for the championship, however, was not fully satisfied with this Saturday.

Leclerc: “The rhythm is there”

“We're focusing on ourselves, it's not a good day for us, judged Charles Leclerc after the session. It was complicated to get the tires to work, we had a lot of inconsistency in these conditions. I really struggled to complete a full lap, but we have pace in the car which will allow us to come back tomorrow. I hope we have a better Sunday. » Especially since the second in the world championship must recover after his mistake at the French Grand Prix, a week earlier, while he was leading the race.

Charles Leclerc is convinced of this, “the rhythm is there. » “We just need to understand why today it didn't work with the tires. » In front of him, the Monegasque will have to get rid of his teammate Carlos Sainz and an astonishing George Russell. The Briton actually surprised the two drivers of the Team in the very last moments to claim his first career pole position and the first for his team this season.

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