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Leclerc shocked by Red Bull's Friday pace
Charles Leclerc says he was shocked by Max Verstappen's pace during Friday's free practice sessions ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. Ferrari set the pace in FP1 through Sebastian Vettel, before Valtteri Bottas put his Mercedes in P1 at the conclusion of FP2. An engine cooling issue and heavy traffic caused Leclerc to finish FP2 in P7, but it was the pace showed by Red Bull which surprised the 21-year-old most. Despite two long straights at the Shanghai International Cicruit, something which in theory should expose their remaining power deficit with the Honda engine, Verstappen finished just two tenths shy of Bottas and P2 Vettel in the second practice session. “I think it will be...
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