Ferrari has its “best shot” at beating Red Bull so far this Formula 1 season, reckons Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Off the back of some impressive pace on the opening practice day for the Australian Grand Prix, Leclerc feels that his Ferrari squad is in pretty good shape with the performance of its SF-24. And while he is under no illusions that Red Bull still holds an advantage at the front of the field, Leclerc believes that Ferrari can target a much better showing than it managed in the first two grands prix of the campaign.
But our race run was pretty good, which is encouraging, but let's see.” Team-mate Carlos Sainz was returning to action in Australia following the appendicitis operation that put him out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Although he admitted not being in peak shape, he still ended up third fastest in FP2 – just 0.430 seconds behind Leclerc. Asked about how he felt after his first day back in the car, Sainz said: “Good, thank you. I feel okay.
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