On the again of a really sturdy weekend in Azerbaijan, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc insists that the Italian outfit might want to fine-tune the SF-24 if it desires to problem for the highest locations.
Ferrari loved a productive Friday within the warmth and humidity of the Marina Bay Road Circuit, which hosted the primary two hours of free follow for the Singapore Grand Prix, the 18th spherical of the Method 1 World Championship.
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had been at all times entrance runners, first and third within the first session and second and third within the night one, held underneath floodlights. The SF-24 carried out nicely with each drivers who evaluated all three Pirelli compounds, as they labored in each qualifying and race trim.
The Monegasque topped the opening session earlier than setting the second quickest lap in FP2.
Reflecting on his day, Leclerc mentioned that Ferrari might want to make some tweaks to the setup of his SF-24 for the rest of the weekend to seek out the proper steadiness.
“The automotive felt good, however there’s nonetheless some work forward of us to get it to really feel precisely as I need it to. It was a very good start line, now now we have to seek out the appropriate steadiness and put all of it collectively in qualifying tomorrow.
“The climate forecast for the remainder of the weekend is changeable, so we must adapt in a short time. I might be stunned to see the identical hole behind us once more tomorrow, will probably be fascinating to see if the pecking order will change.”
His team-mate Carlos Sainz ended the second session in an encouraging third spot, however he was removed from proud of the behaviour of his automotive.
Having outbraked himself a number of instances throughout the 2 periods, the Spaniard labelled his begin to the weekend as “difficult”, claiming that one thing felt bizarre with the brakes.
‘It’s been a difficult begin to the weekend to be trustworthy. Already in FP1 I may really feel there was one thing not fairly proper with the brakes and we appeared to hold that into FP2, so I struggled to get probably the most out of the 2 periods.
“Apart from that, the automotive appears to be in a very good window. I’m assured that we are able to work out what occurred at the moment and make an enormous step tomorrow.”
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