Charles Leclerc (L) and Carlo Sainz (Photo Credit: Reuters)
Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlo Sainz consider their vehicles can compete with McLaren, whose Lando Norris completed fourth in Bahrain Grand Prix forward of Leclerc on sixth.
Ferrari and McLaren are anticipated to have an edgy battle within the Constructors’ Championship this Formula One season. McLaren completed P3 final season whereas Ferrari endured its worst season in 40 years to finish on P6. During the pre-season testing, it got here forth that McLaren had made fairly a progress whereas Ferrari was additionally over its engine points that plagued it final season. In the primary race of the season (Bahrain Grand Prix), McLaren and Ferrari have been shut as soon as extra with Lando Norris (McLaren) completed fourth whereas Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc completed on the sixth spot. McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and Carlo Sainz Jr of Ferrari additionally ended up within the seventh and eighth place, respectively.
“It’s encouraging because last year I remember that with that car (McLaren) I passed Charles (Leclerc) fairly easy, so I remember how big the difference between the McLaren and Ferrari was and how close I was to overtaking Ricciardo at the end. I think I had a much better pace than Daniel towards the end of the race. We were catching at more than half a second per lap and there are positive signs,” Sainz mentioned, who was within the Ferrari for the primary time.
“There’s a big step compared to last year and now it’s a matter of keep refining the details, keep working hard back in Maranello and keep improving. We’ve done certainly a very good step and now we want to take the next steps. But as (team principal) Mattia (Binotto) said, this year will be more focused on next year. But I’m encouraged. Honestly, I’m happy with what I’ve seen, I’m happy with my feeling with the car to be the first race and I can see a positive start,” he Sainz.
Leclerc was additionally hopeful and mentioned, “If I look at where we were last year at exactly the same place, there has been good progress. So surely we want to be fighting for the win very, very soon. But realistically and honestly, we’ve done a great job to catch that and now be closer to McLaren at least and fighting with them in the race, so let’s see at Imola.”
