Charles Leclerc has revealed where he believes Ferrari could cause a major upset by beating Red Bull at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The driver from Monaco finished third after a lonely race, having failed to overtake the front pair of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
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Both Red Bull drivers were too quick for him to catch as they recorded their second one-two finishes of the season.
It would all have been very different if Leclerc had been ahead of Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez at the start, but after falling back, he could no longer close the gap.
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Speaking about what denied him victory in Saturday’s race, he pointed to heat exhaustion as an issue in Jeddah.
“DRS, I don’t think that’s where we’re lacking at the moment,” he said. “But of course we will have more analysis after this weekend to understand exactly what our weaknesses are and try to improve from the last race.
“However, I don’t think tire damage was a factor. It was more about warming up the tires and we worked harder to get them to the right temperature to push.
“This also made it more difficult because I had to pass cars in the heat, and that was more difficult for us than for them.
“That’s when they pulled a gap, which stayed more or less the same until the end, but that was too late for us to put them under any pressure.”
The approaching European leg of the season should give the Maranello-based outfit an opportunity to improve and develop their car.
That doesn’t mean Red Bull will be resting, but they are ready to compete over the next few months at tracks that suit their package more than they did in Bahrain or Jeddah.
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