Leclerc praises Ferrari for masterful strategy moves

Having taken an emotional victory on Ferrari’s turf dwelling, Charles Leclerc has praised the Scuderia’s passionate Tifosi and likewise his group for choosing an aggressive one-stop technique.

Ferrari regarded robust all by way of the weekend, however Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz solely certified fourth and fifth on the grid, having missed the essential closing tenth of a second to be in rivalry for pole place.

Though Leclerc had a masterful begin and executed an formidable transfer on McLaren’s Lando Norris on the primary lap to maneuver himself up into second place, Oscar Piastri regarded in charge of the victory. However McLaren made the decisive transfer to name the Australian in for a second cease whereas Ferrari elected to pursue an aggressive one-stop technique with each its drivers.

The technique allowed Leclerc to maneuver into the lead, and the Monegasque managed to nurse his tyres till the top of the 53-lap race to take an emotional victory on the Italian Grand Prix.

“What an unimaginable feeling. The primary time I received in Monza in 2019 was so emotional to each me and to our entire group, I didn’t assume that profitable right here may ever really feel like that once more, however right this moment, it did.

“Seeing our tifosi celebrating with us is simply wonderful and I’m so glad that we may share this victory for a second time. Monaco and Monza had been the 2 races I’ve at all times needed to win, as a result of they’re so particular to me.

The Monegasque continued: “An enormous thanks to each single particular person in our group who made this occur right this moment.

“You may have carried out an unimaginable job to make this dream a actuality and we are able to all be proud to have achieved this collectively. We had a wonderfully executed technique right this moment and beat our opponents to it, and we’ll give the whole lot to maintain this momentum for the remainder of the season, taking any alternative we’ve,” concluded Leclerc.

His team-mate Carlos Sainz began from fifth on the grid, and managed to maneuver himself up the order by a spot after George Russell ran extensive on the Variante del Rettifilo.

Ferrari pursued a offset technique with the Spaniard, pitting him a number of laps later than his direct rivals. Whereas an aggressive one-stop technique allowed Sainz to emerge in P2 within the closing levels of the races, the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris overtook him on a lot brisker tyres.

“Initially, congratulations to Charles and your entire group, together with the folks working in Maranello! I am actually comfortable for all of them and the tifosi, it’s positively a nicely deserved win!

“It was a disgrace I could not hold a podium place right this moment. I believe staying out and increasing the primary stint made me lose some race time and the practice of tows on the entrance.

“0From there it was tough to make up time however the name to decide to a one-stop technique was the best one and general we ought to be comfortable that the automotive appears to work higher. Let’s see within the upcoming races if we are able to sustain the nice outcomes,” mentioned the Spaniard.

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