Charles Leclerc he celebrated his in moderation fourth place in the qualifications of Portuguese Grand Prix scheduled for Sunday. Several updates of the SF1000 proved effective: “Today I am very happy with the work done by the team, I have been saying for 4 GPs that every time we bring pieces even if we are not looking for miracles, in front of the TV it must be difficult to watch and hear these statements. , but small steps make a difference and today we have had confirmation ”.
“But it’s just the qualification, tomorrow the points are scored and in Germany we have seen that we struggle more in the race. But here it went even better because we entered Q3 with the averages, a fact that we are gives hope for tomorrow“.
Progress in any case is evident: “We are increasing the overall performance. It’s not that it’s easier to drive, I think the balance is similar, but we’re looking and finding more speed. This is good. It is important to have a clean race tomorrow because we need to understand where we are. The conditions were different last race, it was much colder. I haven’t looked at the weather tomorrow, I heard it won’t be great, but we’ll see. We need to have a good race and we hope to manage the tires better. The sensations were much more positive this morning ”.
Sebastian Vettel, just fifteenth, he admitted that for now nThere is no comparison with the teammate: “There is nothing I can do right now. It is driving to another level. Even if I do a good lap he is even faster ”.
On the choice of the medium tire that penalized him: “All weekend I struggled a bit with the soft – Vettel explained – we hoped that the media could work well. The soft tires always ‘opened’ and created graining, we thought that the mids would work better. In the second attempt, however, I was unable to get the tires to work well and was eliminated. What if the wind has penalized me? I don’t know, maybe a little bit, but it’s hard to say because in Q1 we used the soft and in Q2 the medium. Nothing can be changed in the end. Tomorrow will be a difficult day starting so far back, but we will try them all ”.
OMNISPORT | 24-10-2020 18:04
