Charles Leclerc “surprised” but “not getting carried away” by Ferrari’s Singapore Grand Prix pace
Leclerc set the pace in FP1 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, while teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz led a Ferrari 1-2 in the second session.
Given Ferrari’s struggles at high downforce circuits in F1 2023, many didn’t expect t✅hem to be Red Bull’s nearest challenger let alone be the team to beat.
Red Bull, who are unbeaten in 2023, only ma🔜naged the seventh and eighth fastest times in FP2.
Speaking after practꦕice, Leclerc said he was “surprised” by Ferrari’s form but refused to get carried away by it.
“Yes, we are surprised but we’re not getting cꩵarried away either. It’s only Friday and we expect the other teams to show more for their true potential tomorrow.
“We cann༺ot get carried away but it is true ꦚwe did not expect this kind of performance on a Friday at least.
“It’s a good start but now we need to focus on ourselv༒es and hopefully we reproduce the same tomorrow.”
Sainz noted “very weird performance swings” in the past, hinting at Mercedes’ struggles over the year in seasons they were very dominant but tended to struggle in Sin🗹gapore (2015).
“Yeah, a little but at the same time yဣou always need to arrive in Singapore very open-minded, he added.
“We’ve seen in the past very weird performance swings at this track as it’s a very particular one. So far it looks like it’s suiting our car well and it’s go🦩ing well with the way that we’ve hit the ground running in FP1 and we could fine-tune the setup a little bit for FP2, and be a biꦬt quicker.
“It looks good but I do believe the track is going to change a lot for tomorrow, ramp up the grip a loꦚt and it’s all about who finds the perfect setup for tomorrow.”
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