In the final seconds of qualifying in Austria, Charles Leclerc looked set to take pole position, but Max Verstappen came up short despite a not-so-perfect lap. The Ferrari driver is hoping for a trouble-free short race, after having had less luck on several weekends in a row.
In the final seconds of qualifying in Austria, Charles Leclerc looked set to take pole position, but Max Verstappen came up short despite a not-so-perfect lap. The Ferrari driver is hoping for a trouble-free short race, having had less luck on several weekends in a row.
"The three of us were very close to each other," Leclerc commented after qualifying. The top three, consisting of Verstappen, Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, finished within a tenth of a second.
"On the last lap, I struggled a bit to bring the tires back after so long in the pits, but Max was a bit faster, so my congratulations to him," acknowledged the Monegasque, who expects an exciting short race on Saturday.
Above all, however, the Ferrari driver is hoping for a trouble-free weekend. "I just want to have a clean race. There have been five races that have been a disaster for my side, so hopefully everything will go well and we can finally score the points we deserve," Leclerc concluded.