Charles Leclerc was left satisfied with his P2 result in Sprint Qualifying during the Miami Grand Prix weekend, with the Monegasque pleased to improve his qualifying form as well as bouncing back from very limited running in Free Practice 1.
It was a difficult start to the opening day of track action for Leclerc, having suffered a spin in the early stages of Friday’s sole practice hour which brought out the red flags. The Ferrari driver was unable to record any further mileage during the session, leaving him with little to go on when Sprint Qualifying began.
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Fortunately Leclerc hit the ground running in the session and, while he looked quick in the final stages, it was not quite enough to beat Max Verstappen to pole, meaning that he will start from second place on the grid.
Asked if he was pleased with the result given his lack of running earlier in the day, Leclerc responded: “Yeah, I am. I am because qualifying [was] a weak point for two races in a row at one point. China was a little bit better but we didn’t have the car to actually show that.
“[It’s come] on such a difficult weekend because obviously I did one lap in FP1, so I had to go in quali and go straight away flat-out. We are allowed to only use one set of tyres in SQ1 so it was very, very tricky, but straight away I felt the feeling, and the hard work that I’ve done earlier in the season to try and put the tyres in the right window has paid off.
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