Charles Leclerc has admitted there isn’t a “magic reply” to his Baku brilliance after he charged to a fourth consecutive Azerbaijan Grand Prix pole place.
The winner in Monza final day out, the Monegasque recovered from crashing out in FP1 on Friday to place his Ferrari on pole as soon as once more, having beforehand finished so within the final three years.
However Leclerc has been unable to translate any of these earlier poles right into a race win and conceded he was at a loss to pinpoint why he has been so scorching on a Saturday in Baku.
“For some purpose, there’s not that a lot scatter between my laps on this observe. It appears to be like like I am very constant. I do not actually have the magic reply, however I similar to the rhythm of this observe,” he mentioned.
“I have been eager about it and clearly, each time you’ve got a great weekend, you attempt to analyse. However I do not actually have a robust reply to it. I assume it simply goes with my driving model very naturally, as a result of more often than not, it’s important to work quite a bit to attempt to achieve lap time.
“However there, I simply really feel good with the rhythm of this observe for some purpose. And yeah, that makes it a very good observe for me.
“It was actually good. However yeah, it is also very tough to check it to different years. It isn’t one of the best. I believe the ‘21 one was most likely one of the best as we have been in a really, very tough 12 months. I believe we have been preventing for P9, P10, that championship and to be on pole right here was very particular. Nevertheless, it was a great lap. I imply, it was a very good lap.”
Pole man Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari, Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Staff, in Parc Ferme after Qualifying
Photograph by: Dom Romney / Motorsport Photos
Leclerc defined how he pushed to the restrict on a observe the place the shut boundaries go away no room for error, having felt comfy since first leaping into the automobile on Friday morning.
“I simply took just a little bit extra danger in comparison with the primary try in Q3. It was necessary to only have a lap on the board, after which within the second lap, you simply take extra danger and see what occurs,” he added.
“Fortunately, I completed each of the laps, they usually have been good laps. The automobile felt actually good since FP1. Actually, we barely modified the automobile from FP1 to now. Immediately, I felt comfortable and the steadiness remained actually good.
“We needed to counter just a little bit the observe evolution as a result of there’s a variety of observe evolution right here, however the feeling was there right away in FP1, though there weren’t many laps in FP1 and FP2. That did not cease us from recovering after that and to be comfy for the weekend.”
