Leclerc: “We took a step forward – We didn’t expect to be so close to Red Bull”

Winner him Max Verstappen had his qualifiers Austrian GPwith the Dutchman taking yet another pole position this year and proving his dominance.

However, the pleasant surprise was her performance Scuderia Ferrari, which showed much improvement after the upgrades to her car. Yes, O Charles Leclerc he tied… the Dutchman for pole position, ending up in second place by just 48 thousandths of a second!

THE Monegasque after qualifying he declared himself satisfied with the performance of the car, stressing that the upgrades worked even better than expected in his team Maranello.

In detail what he said:

“It feels really good to finally have a clean qualifying session and to be back on the front row of the grid. I had a good feeling already from the previous races. In Q1 and Q2 I was building momentum for the lap in Q3. I gave it my all on my last lap and was very close to Verstappen. We didn’t expect to be so close to Red Bull overall. We took a step forward. I want to thank the team at the factory for the work they did to get the upgrade package ready earlier than expected. It was impressive what they did and they gave us extra performance in qualifying. We have to confirm our good pace in the race tomorrow and Sunday.”

For the behavior of the car after the upgrades: “I had a good feeling overall, it was difficult today because everyone is so close to each other in performance. We did everything right, we did the right thing and I’m happy. We had a good race in Montreal but we have to have a good and steady pace. Red Bull are fast in the race so things will be tough. I hope we make it difficult for them.”