Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc feels the Italian side should have good pace in this afternoon’s Hungarian Grand Prix, but at the same time Charles is aware that the tight layout of the circuit makes overtaking very difficult, as the Monegasque will attempt to recover from seventh on the grid.
The Scuderia Ferrari driver, who came within three laps of winning the last race at Silverstone, was only seven-hundredths of a second away from qualifying fourth yesterday: “We struggled a little bit with rear instability from Q2 onwards especially. That cost us the very few thousandths there are from P7 to P4, but it’s life.” – Charles explained
Charles Leclerc believes he has the pace to make progress but doubts he will have the opportunity to show it as the Hungaroring is “a very difficult track to overtake on.”
Ferrari’s race pace “was quite good” in Friday’s practice running, said Leclerc. “But I don’t know how much we will be able to show it because it’s very difficult – if we’re in a train of cars, then we probably won’t show it and it will also be a lot more difficult for tyre management. So let’s see how it goes. But the start will be key.”
While Fernando Alonso has predicted drama at the start between title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen on the front two rows, Charles Leclerc said he “doesn’t count on them touching each other or whatsoever. I will focus on my own race,” he said. “The start will be very important tomorrow, as it always is, but especially on this track, where overtaking is limited. So I will try to maximise my start and then we’ll see. I think that there’s not going to be a lot of overtakes,” he added. “It is going to be a difficult race.” – Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc concluded.
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