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Vasseur reveals how the clouds influenced Leclerc's qualifying position

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur has revealed that Charles Leclerc deliberately sacrificed his qualifying result to save more medium and hard tyre for the race. Lewis Hamilton complained about his gearbox in FP3 while his team-mate Charles Leclerc looked to be in fine form as he took third in final practice. Leclerc and Hamilton then did get both cars into the final qualifying segment which was a good first step. However, the Monegasque only had a single set of fresh softs for Q3 which meant that he only ran once, with his effort having been enough for P7 on the grid. His team-mate was able to have two goes, his second quick enough for fifth which was a good result considering how unhappy he...
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