Leclerc: 'To finish second is a good start to the weekend'

Charles, I know there's the deficit in qualifying but you've got a way of keeping the Mercedes cars on their toes in race trim. It was great to watch out there today. How was it for you behind the wheel? I actually really enjoyed it. It was quite a fun race for me from inside the cockpit. You've got quite a few laps where things are happening. I was obviously a bit of a spectator for the fight of Lewis and George in the first few laps but that was wanted. I knew that they would put quite a lot of stress on the tyre at that time and I was just trying to take care of my tyres at that time to push later on, which kind of worked. Unfortunately, there was the safety car later on so we couldn't really show all the benefits of keeping those tyres at the beginning. Then the safety car reset everything, nearly lost it in the restart. I'm quite satisfied. It's a race and a track where I particularly struggled and struggled in the past and to finish second is a good start to the weekend.