Leclerc: ‘I’m not over the moon because it’s only a P3’

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Well, Shah, a heck of a race out there. It felt like at some points it was conspiring against you
but you managed to find a way to pull it back to get that podium. How pleased are you with that effort?
Yeah, I mean, I'm
quite pleased, of course. I'm not over the moon because it's only a P3, but considering everything
we've been quite unlucky with the safety car, which is okay.
Then we came back to the podium, which was good and to keep that third place in the end
wasn't an easy task, so I enjoyed it. And again on the track, which
historically has been extremely difficult to overtake, we've still seen some overtakes with these cars. So I am still
convinced about what I think that these cars actually racing is fun, and I like it.
Qualifying, some tweaks have to be made.
Probably because you're quite good at it.
In terms of the pace of the McLarens that they showed today,
they feel like they're much more of a threat, and Mercedes, the pace still looks strong.
So you guys have got quite a lot of work to do, haven't you, going forward?
Yes, yeah, I think
that, I mean, the Mercedes power unit is very, very strong and at the moment we've got some work to do to catch up.
However, in this first phase of the season, it's very important for us to maximise the points just like we are doing, and then
the upgrades will come in Miami, I think, for the whole paddock.
It will be probably more than half the car completely new for everybody and
this will see the first truth for the remainder of the season. So it's very important that we do a good job for Miami.
