McLaren and Ferrari have been bogged down for third place in the constructors’ championship all season.
Ferrari reduced McLaren’s lead to just 7.5 points after the last time at the Turkish Grand Prix, although the Woking team is best positioned to break away in the overall standings after Lando Norris’ second practice session at the Circuit of the Americas finished second fastest.
“FP1 was very good, especially on the low fuel runs,” said Leclerc after finishing FP2 in seventh place. “And then the FP2 was a little less positive on the low fuel runs, but the high fuel runs looked good, so this is the most important thing for Sunday. There’s still a little missing here and there, but it’s a very demanding track and we have to find a bit of a balance between qualifying and racing.
“As we have been since the beginning of the year, we are very, very close. We just have to try to do everything perfectly to beat them and to be consistent at our work until the end of the season. “
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Teammate Carlos Sainz finished the day ninth, 0.7 seconds behind Norris’ impressive time.
The Spaniard is confident that he has more time after encountering traffic and making a mistake on his best lap in FP2.
“I have a smile because, above all, I really enjoyed myself, it’s a great track to drive and I just enjoy every lap that I do here. It has a really nice flow, a really nice atmosphere and as a driver I enjoy it a lot, ”added Sainz.
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“And the car, the setup in the FP1 was pretty tricky with the bumps, some setup tunings and we were able to improve it quite a bit for the FP2. because I had a pretty gruff third sector with traffic and a bug. Generally happier and looking forward to tomorrow. “
With tire wear expected to play a key role at Sunday’s Grand Prix due to the hot temperatures, Sainz admitted that Ferrari is focusing more on race trim.
“It’s going to be very tough [on tyres]“Explained Sainz. “It was very tough today. A lot of the setup work we’re going to be doing overnight is trying to tweak the long run because this is where the race is important, you can overtake so having a car that has a Lap is good, but not in the race.
“Here you put more bias and more emphasis on getting a car that does well on Sunday.”
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