Charles Leclerc: “If it’s hot we’ll be better than Mercedes”

charles leclerc This was revealed at a preliminary press conference Singapore GP Regarding battle between ferrari and mercedes 2nd place in the championship. “I think so. Mercedes is very strong when it’s cold, but we seem to be even stronger when it’s hot. “It’s supposed to be hot this weekend, so we need to take advantage of that and close the distance (in terms of classification) with Mercedes,” he declared. Temperature is the factor that most affects performance.better than other track features.

Regarding the final race, Leclerc doesn’t believe Ferrari can be more competitive than in Azerbaijan. Recall that in Baku they finished in the lower zone of points. Hamilton 8th place and his own Leclerc 9th place. therefore, I’m not very optimistic We even managed to get close to the podium among the Italian teams.

The intense heat may be advantageous for cars, but at the same time A huge physical challenge for pilots. FIA to riders, cooling vestand the number 16 has indicated that he intends to take that into consideration. However, he believes last year’s Singapore Grand Prix was “tolerable”. Don’t think this is more difficult.

on the other hand, Charles Leclerc expresses dissatisfaction with this season. “all we are disappointed As a team, especially at Ferrari, we always want to get back to the top, not fight for second, third or fourth in the constructors’ championship. That’s not what we want. We are not satisfied, we must improve more” was expressed.

big pearl of the team Maranello It also states that It is highly unlikely that we will see Ferrari wins for the rest of the season. “We are strong against heat, but mclaren It is extremely resistant to such environments. However, compared to the England team, I don’t think we have an advantage.Mr. Leclerc said the opportunities to explore include: vegasgood It’s a circuit where things are “very strange”.