Strong qualifying “confirms our third place in the pecking order” – Ferrari’s Laurent Mekies

It was a brilliant qualification for Scuderia Ferrari In the Spanish Grand Prix, who believe the result will cement their place as the third fastest car in a single lap.

For the third time this season Charles Leclerc will start from the second row as he lines up from fourth tomorrow with home boy Carlos Sainz Jr. right behind him in sixth.

Overtaking is notoriously difficult at the Barcelona-Catalonia CircuitFerrari will be very happy to have completed the strongest qualifying of the season as a team. The Scuderia are hoping a strong amount of points will be taken home tomorrow as they try to close the gap Mclaren F1 team.

Ferrari’s race director Laurent Mekies indicates that it is “priority” that the qualifying performance be repeated on Sunday.

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“A good qualifying that confirms our third place in the pecking order at least on Saturdays. Now the priority is to repeat this performance on Sunday, which we only managed temporarily. It is therefore particularly important that our best team qualification result from these first four laps is on this very challenging track. ”

“The gap to pole is half as big here as last year, but it’s still significant and even if we could have gone a fraction faster, nothing would have changed significantly. Charles and Carlos, driving here in his house in red for the first time, both did a good job behind the wheel and worked with the team to get the most out of the SF21. “

“Tomorrow, given the very small gaps between us and our closest rivals, we can expect a very tough race. If our strategy, reliability, teamwork and the performance of the drivers are optimal, we can aim for a good result. “