‘Lewis was simply quicker immediately’ laments Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc as he reveals reason for Dash Qualifying struggles in China

Charles Leclerc was hampered by related limitations to those he skilled 12 months in the past in China as he certified fourth for the Dash.

Leclerc was unable to problem his pole-winning staff mate Lewis Hamilton in Dash Qualifying for the Chinese language Grand Prix.

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Though the session was a marked enchancment on Qualifying in Australia final week – when he wound up P7 on the grid regardless of a powerful Friday – the truth that he had fallen 0.208s shy of his staff mate in Shanghai left Leclerc targeted on the place he had missed out.

“I’ve struggled on my facet of the storage,” he mentioned. “From the start, I’ve felt like I used to be a step again in comparison with Lewis and he was simply quicker immediately. I struggled rather a lot in Flip 1, 2, 3, which was roughly the identical struggles that I had final yr. Other than that, every little thing was fairly tight.