'It's going to be tight tomorrow' - Leclerc relishing a battle in Budapest

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AI GeneratedCharles reflects on a positive Friday practice session, noting that the car's performance felt strong from the start. While pleased to avoid the usual Friday struggle, he acknowledges that other teams often improve by Saturday and emphasizes the need for continued hard work to maintain a competitive edge for qualifying.
Good to see you, Charles. On the face of it, it looked like a strong day for the team and a strong day for you too.
Yeah, it was a relatively strong day from the beginning. I felt quite good with the car and the performance seemed to be good from the straight away.
So that's a good thing, but the weekend is still long. From the Friday to the Saturday, we see teams making a jump of performance.
Normally, we are on the back foot on the Friday, so it's a good thing that we have a good Friday.
But we still need to stay on it and work hard in order to get better for tomorrow.
I think Lewis had an extra lap on you and replaced you at the top. Qualifying is very, very important here.
You've got a bit of a buffer at the moment. Do you sense that will get tighter tomorrow?
It's going to be tight tomorrow, as always. I don't expect us to be having the gap that we've had today, so we'll have to do everything perfect.
But if the feeling is there, then I'm sure we'll do a good job in Q3.
