Leclerc’s reaction after Sainz’s help to his pole

“P1”, his engineer exclaimed over the radio. Charles Leclerc took pole position at Paul Ricard. “Good. Good, Carlos”, replied the Monegasque over the radio after crossing the finish line. These were his first words after occupying the first position on the grid for this Sunday’s race. And he dedicated them to his Spanish partner, knowing that his help was very important in achieving the long-awaited goal. Therefore, it is not surprising that Charles Leclerc came to the media corralito and the first thing he did was hug Carlos to thank him for his support.

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“I’m very happy, very happy. Overall, the weekend was very difficult for me. I didn’t find the balance of the car and the driving style, and when it’s very hot, when the car shakes, the lap is compromised. It was very complicated, but I was very happy with that last lap, although obviously Carlos helped me and that helped us to be very good on that lap. Great teamwork”, Leclerc pointed out at a press conference, revealing how everything happened during qualifying.

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“We didn’t practice it, but Carlos did it perfectly. In turns 8 and 9 on the first lap I had a bit of dirty air and had to adjust my driving. And in the second lap I caught the 8th and 9th best and then Carlos’ slipstream was perfect”, he said on ‘DAZN F1’.

“It’s quite difficult to do it perfectly (the slipstream),” he explained in this regard at a press conference. “In the first lap maybe we were too close in turns 8 and 9 and there maybe I lost a bit and I lost. t drive in the best possible way. And in the next we adapted it and it was better. And that was the turn. We did a great job and communicated well. And Carlos helping me has been incredible”, he added, knowing that this Sunday the battle will be even more complicated. He will start against the two Red Bulls with better race pace and without the support of Sainz, who will start 19th for an engine change.

“It’s going to be complicated. Red Bull looked very fast in the race simulations they did yesterday. We have the car ready for the race and we hope it will be fine this Sunday. And tire management will be important. It was in Austria but I think we made a step forward in performance from yesterday and we hope to see him in the race this Sunday”, said ‘Il Principino’, who this season has converted only two of his previous 6 pole positions in victories. . He won in Bahrain and Australia, but was second in Miami, retired due to reliability problems in Barcelona and Baku and fourth in Monaco due to a strategic error. He came from the first opportunity to win a race off pole and will look to repeat this opportunity from the start to continue putting pressure on leader Verstappen.