Leclerc was more than three-tenths behind Norris in qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, with the Ferrari driver starting the race from seventh on the grid.
After a disappointing race last time at Circuit Paul Ricard, the Italian manufacturer is now 16 points behind McLaren in the race for third place in the constructors’ championship.
When assessing his performance in qualifying, Leclerc was happy with his own performance but was concerned about the huge gap to Norris in the third quarter.
“I’m happy with my lap, actually very satisfied with my lap, I put everything together, I drove a very good lap, I didn’t make any mistakes, I drove all of my best corners in one lap, but on the other hand, when I work out the gap between Looking at Lando and me, it’s pretty … I’m not going that far, but it’s pretty much, “Leclerc said.
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“We have to work hard for tomorrow – I actually think our race pace was better than our qualifying pace this weekend, which is pretty unusual, but sometimes we couldn’t keep up the pace from Friday into Sunday’s race, so we have to Work well tonight, prepare as well as possible for tomorrow and drive a good race. “
Leclerc believes Ferrari’s deficit comes when it uses DRS and loses on the straights.
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“I think, to be honest, we’re losing quite a bit in the first sector, that’s mainly the three DRS zones, for some reason we don’t quite understand why, because that’s where we mainly open the DRS and the other one seems to have DRS activated to be much stronger, ”he explained.
“Well, it’s not on all straights, it’s mostly on those three straights and then general grip, probably a little bit. But in the corners we’re actually not that bad when you compare yourself to the others. “
Carlos Sainz fared no better when the Spaniard started the race from 12th on the grid.
“I think it’s pretty clear that this track just doesn’t suit us that well,” added Sainz. “We fought for Q3 and fought for the top ten in every training session.
“You can see that the lap time is not as easy as with Paul Ricard, and the feeling with the car is no longer as good as there. Over one lap we struggle to reach the pace of one lap, but hopefully we can correct this trend and be stronger in the race tomorrow. “
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