Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies needed to confess after receiving the Mexican GP: The Scuderia from Maranello disappointed expectations with 5th and 7th location for Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
In the very first complimentary session at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were still ahead. After a strong start, the Ferrari duo were required to view the race take the leading areas. In the last training, the Spaniard and the Monegasque needed to choose 5th and seventh location.
Sainz wound up missing out on Max Verstappen’s lap time by over half a 2nd. On his fastest lap, Leclerc was nearly eighteen times slower than the Formula 1 champ at Red Bull Racing. Laurent Mekies spoke of a hard battle in certifying after chasing after the times.
And Ferrari’s sporting director confessed: “This season we were utilized to being greater on the grid, however today we needed to go for 5th and 7th.” And he included with a chuckle: “It’s most likely reasonable to state that we weren’t totally delighted with how our cars carried out on this track which there might still be a couple of things we require to enhance here to be more competitive.”
At the exact same time, the 45- year-old engineer highlighted: “However, our company believe that the capacity exists. The spaces were little and in Q2 it appeared like we might defend the very best position. As it turned out, we will begin the race behind our rivals.”
Looking ahead to the Mexico City GP, Mekies stated: “It’s a long and difficult race here, we’ve seen a great deal of slips than typical and it might be a Grand Prix loaded with surprises where we wish to have the ability to gamble to win a great deal of points.”
Qualification, Mexico
01 Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, 1: 17.775 minutes
02 George Russell (GB), Mercedes, 1: 18.079
03 Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, 1: 18.084
04 Sergio Perez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, 1: 18.128
05 Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari, 1: 18.351
06 Valtteri Bottas (FIN), Alfa Romeo, 1: 18.401
07 Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, 1: 18.555
08 Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, 1: 18.721
09 Fernando Alonso (ES), Alpine, 1: 18.939
10 Esteban Ocon (W), Alpine, 1: 19.010
11 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), McLaren, 1: 19.325
12 Guanyu Zhou (RC), Alfa Romeo, 1: 19.476
13 Yuki Tsunoda (J), AlphaTauri, 1: 19,589
14 Pierre Gasly (F), AlphaTauri, 1: 19.672
15 Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, 1: 19.833
16 Mick Schumacher (D), Haas, 1: 20.419
17 Sebastian Vettel (D), Aston Martin, 1: 20.419
18 Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, 1: 20.520
19 Alex Albon (T), Williams, 1: 20.859
20 Nicholas Latifi (CDN), Williams, 1: 21.167
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