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Leclerc Expected McLaren to Head Midfield in Montreal Qualifying

Charles Leclerc admitted he expected the McLaren F1 Team to lead the midfield battle in Qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix so it came as a surprise for him to outqualify both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne on Saturday. The Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team driver will start thirteenth on the grid and was less than a tenth of a second away from eleventh placed Kevin Magnussen but qualifying ahead of both Alonso and Vandoorne was unexpected as the McLaren duo appeared to struggle for performance around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. 'Not really, actually this is a bit of a surprise as [on Friday] we expected them to be on top of the midfield,” said Leclerc to Motorsport.com.  'For us...
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