When Charles Leclerc he entered the pit lane in the last attempt of the qualifying in Singapore, inside he thought that his provisional pole position would never withstand the attacks of the opponents. The Marina Bay track was drying faster than expected, and missing the last assault on pole could have meant a backward start. Instead Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton stopped within a few thousandths of his time, while Carlos Sainz paid some flaws in the slow sector. With George Russell already out, only Max was left Verstappen to undermine the 18th pole of the Monegasque: pole delivered to Leclerc by a sensational mistake by Red Bull in the management of petrol on the RB18.
The most unexpected of the departures at the pole, in short, for Leclerc. A bit of luck in a vintage, from this point of view, black: “Surprised by the pole? Yes, it surprised me because in these conditions you can buy enough time to run last. The further you go the more the track dries and of course the more grip. the I made a mistake on my last lap but in the times of the sectors we did not see too much: I made a mistake before the end of T2. I must say that I did not expect to be on pole. Eventually I got there, but we have to finish working them tomorrow“, These are the words of the Monegasque a Sky Sport F1. “Satisfaction? Yes, because on Friday I lost half of the session in both FP1 and FP2, and therefore I had few laps in the dry. I went slow at the beginning and then harder at the end. It was a nice Saturday, considering the Friday we had. The race will be difficult and there will be rain near the circuit, but it can be good exercise for us. We have to use it in the best possible way and try to take the victory home“.
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