Leclerc took pole for Saturday’s sprint race despite crashing on his final lap of the shortened qualifying session. In this case, the only driver compromised by Leclerc’s crash was Sainz, who was running behind him at the time. Leclerc said: “With the soft tyre was a little bit tricky. “[On my final lap] I was behind compared to my first lap and was pushing a bit ,but I overdid it in Turn Five.”. Leclerc said: “We will go for it but we need to be realistic – until now we have been on the back foot in the race compared to the Red Bull.”. The aid worked more on Lance Stroll’s car than on Alonso’s, he said, but was not working all the time.

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