Leclerc, in the meantime, put his arms up for a mistake throughout the late downpour – even when he managed to work his means again as much as eighth with strikes on Hamilton and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.
“For an enormous a part of the race we thought P5 was secured,” he commented. “Then, clearly, the rain arrived and all the things modified. The primary one responsible is myself, after the error I’ve executed exiting Flip 11.
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“We misplaced three or 4 positions, which was then very tough to get well. We overtook one or two guys on observe, however then we had been a bit too late for the pit cease after which we misplaced a couple of different positions.
“It’s been a tough day, total, however we’ll look into it. It’s solely the primary race of the season… Sure, it’s not the primary race we’d have hoped for, however wanting ahead we have to re-motivate ourselves for Shanghai and get well from what was a disappointing first weekend.”
