Charles Leclerc: “I don’t know very well why we are so fast”
The Monegasco had warned that he had no expectations with the house career, but dominated all the rehearsals, fought for the pole and will start second.
Charles Leclerc sits in the chair of the press conference room. It shows it frustrated, but different from Thursday. In the previous talk with the media he had thrown the towel with respect to his chances of repeating the success he achieved in his home in 2024. That the expectations were low, that the Ferrari was not competitive, than… that state dragged him from Icola, where he was sixth, two positions behind Lewis Hamilton. Already on Saturday, after the classification, he is also with a long face, but this time because he could not achieve pole position. After dominating the three batches of training and the Q1, the Monegasco loses with Lando Norris the chance to leave first, for 109 thousandths. Of course, what happened, why it changed so much that car with which I had no illusions of fighting.
“I think we were wrong with expectations and, in the end, it was much more positive than we thought initially. To be honest, I don’t know very well why we are so fast, As in the tip of suddenly, but we are on a good streak. Now we will only try to be well, with an eye on tomorrow, ”says Leclerc in reference to Sunday’s race.
On the frustration he lived for losing pole for so little, he says: “There is always something else, but I think this was the best. The first round of Q3 was a shame because that gives you confidence for the second and lost it to traffic. I am very frustrated. We have no car to fight for victories and leave second here will be complicated. “
The race presents the obligation to stop twice (at least) to change tires, the recipe that the FIA sought to avoid boring competition. “I think it will be a bit chaotic, but we’ll see how it develops. We will see who wins, but I think we could be under pressure from the backs from behind, which could make everything interesting, ”he analyzes.
