Leclerc: "I always chose to play Interlagos" – F1 Drivers – Formula 1

A comeback race: Charles Leclerc in Brazil he will not be able to fight for the actual pole position in the penultimate grand prix of the season. The 1997 class driver, in fact, will start from the center or from the bottom of the group depending on the new components introduced in the fourth power unit that will equip his Ferrari SF90 # 16 at Interlagos. After the technical inconvenience suffered in the United States in Maranello they preferred to equip the Monegasque with a new and perky power unit to go to the attack rather than run in defense as happened in Austin.

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A year ago Charles Leclerc was phenomenal in Brazil. In qualifying he managed to gain access in Q3 by remaining on the track against the box's advice that he didn't want the then debutant to risk too much with slick tires on a wet track. Then in the race he finished in seventh place, "first of the others" behind the Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari drivers.

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Leclerc, in presenting the green weekend, emphasized that as a child the Interlagos track was one of his favorite video games without forgetting that Brazil is home to Ayrton Senna, idol of the young Ferrari driver: "Brazil is not just a nation in which there is a huge passion for our sport: it is also the home of Ayrton Senna, or rather the pilot to whom I was most probably inspired. He was a great talent and a special person and this Grand Prix always brings to mind his legend. The circuit is extremely entertaining: it is a short circuit in which however very different curves are placed between them as well as straight lines of discrete length. The layout of the track has changed a lot over the decades to become the current one. When I was playing with video games as a child I always chose this track, so I can say I'm a big fan. The weather in San Paolo is always unpredictable and this obviously affects the conditions of the track that change from day to day and under certain conditions can be a variable that reshuffles the cards on the table ".