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‘It’s not the car but the set-up’
Leclerc was roughly 10s ahead of his team-mate when he stopped and, with Alonso finishing 10s up on his fellow Spaniard, it’s not inconceivable to imagine the Aston Martin could’ve caught him. He told media, including PlanetF1.com in Bahrain: “I never saw a car to match the pace of another one in qualy and not to able to race. [So] then it’s a matter of set-up and some choices on the car.Ferrari in fact showed good pace in the grand prix when it came to straight-line speed, Sainz quickest in the speed trap with a 326.6km/h, 1.1km/h quicker than Perez. Leclerc was third.
Although Ferrari have not revealed the exact cause of Leclerc’s retirement, there is speculation – and it must be said it is purely speculation – that it’s not as bad as it looks as it was a simple wiring problem with his ERS-battery pack. But until Ferrari take everything apart, they won’t know the exact cause. They also won’t know if that’s Leclerc’s two penalty-free Control Electronics fired or salvageable.The Ferrari may not have been as quick as the Red Bull when it was moving, but the Ferrari pit stop crew were quicker than Red Bull’s when the car was stationary.
Ioverno made it clear he wants those stops to be under the three second mark as that can is considered “very good. Up to 3.5 seconds are good, but not perfect, under four seconds are inadequate and over 4.5 seconds we consider them failures.”
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