Ferrari racing director pinpoints target for Charles Leclerc in Canadian GP

Ferrari racing director pinpoints target for Charles Leclerc in Canadian GP. Ferrari racing director pinpoints target for Charles in Canada.

Third position for Carlos Sainz, 19th for Charles Leclerc who only took part in Q1 to gain a position compared to Yuki Tsunoda. This is the balance of Scuderia Ferrari at the end of the qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix which saw a very precise Max Verstappen take pole position for Red Bull in front of an extraordinary Fernando Alonso, who took full advantage of Carlos Sainz’s error at the exit from the last chicane.

Laurent Mekies, Ferrari sporting director, shared his thoughts on the Canadian Grand Prix qualifying in an interview for Sky Sport F1:

“Qualifying was complex for everyone, with conditions that changed a lot. To complete them with one car gives you less information and is strategically more difficult. Today we saw that Max had something more in terms of pace, congratulations to them. Carlos was close, he would have been second not too far from Max, but at the end of the last lap in such conditions a mistake can happen, as it did today. Too bad for the second place, but hopefully we’ll be fighting tomorrow with Red Bull. If we thought about using slick tires in Q3? We talked about it. There were three options: either a single set of intermediates, or two sets of intermediates, or to gamble on dry tires. We chose the second set of intermediates like most of the other competitors.” – Laurent Mekies explained at the end of the qualifying session in Montreal

When asked if Charles Leclerc will start the race with the fourth power unit in Canada, the Ferrari sporting director confirmed: “Yes, he has the fourth engine in the car. We thought it was the best choice, given the limited time to react to what happened in Baku and also because it is a favorable race to do so. Usually you overtake here and there are many chances that a Safety Car will hit the track at some point. It is a race in which you can aim to recover. Sergio Perez? Both he and Charles will be looking for a comeback. It may seem easier than on other tracks, but on Friday we saw that it’s not really that easy. Surely Charles wants to recover as much as possible and we aim for a place in the top 5. Perez will try to do the same. We will see where we will be able to finish the race.” – Laurent Mekies concluded.