Leclerc took pole position in the last two races in Monaco and Baku when Ferrari saw a surprising increase in performance.
Ferrari has done well in the slow corners throughout the season, with the Paul Ricard Circuit consisting mostly of medium-speed corners.
Leclerc expects Ferrari to “fight” relative to the previous two races.
“I think it will come back to reality a bit,” said Leclerc. “That was two weekends, in Monaco we didn’t expect to be so competitive, in Baku we definitely didn’t expect it and we expected to be back to reality in Baku, but actually I have the feeling that this weekend unfortunately it will be the weekend where we get back to reality and struggle a little more compared to the last two weekends.
“There’s a little more medium speed [corners] it’s a bit more of a normal track here. I expect to have a little more struggle this weekend. “
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The Monegasque driver expects Ferrari to line up with McLaren and AlphaTauri in France this weekend.
“I really hope it’s not out of the points, but no,” added Leclerc. “I have a feeling that we will probably be the fourth or third team fighting with McLaren, AlphaTauri, always the same teams we are fighting with, but with a slightly bigger gap to the two top teams Mercedes and Red Bull . ”
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Like Leclerc, Sainz expects Ferrari to drop the pecking order, but the Spaniard insists that he focus on his own performance rather than the team’s.
“I think it will be where we expect it pretty much every weekend, a bit like Barcelona, where we know where we were competitive but not at the level of the last two races,” explained Sainz.
“I’m looking forward to it. To be honest, I focus more on myself than on the performance of the car because I think I can get a lot more from myself to spend a weekend together than myself too much to concentrate on the others. “
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