Charles Leclerc is assured the brake downside he managed the Bahrain Grand Prix won’t strike once more in Jeddah.
He struggled with uneven brake temperatures from the early laps of final week’s season opener, an issue later confirmed by his Ferrari group.
Whereas Leclerc managed the issue to complete in fourth place behind group mate Carlos Sainz Jnr, he appeared agitated over group radio all through the race, even describing the issue as “harmful” in a single occasion.
As this weekend’s venue, the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, options fewer heavy braking zones than Bahrain, drivers have extra alternatives to their cool brakes whereas working on monitor this weekend. Leclerc says he doesn’t count on the issue to recur in Saudi Arabia.
“It was simply a problem that we’ve by no means had earlier than,” stated Leclerc. “That was clearly very pricey when it comes to time, particularly within the first half of the race, the place it was extraordinarily troublesome to drive. However no, I don’t count on it to occur once more this weekend.”
Final week’s season-opener got here every week after the only pre-season take a look at on the similar Bahrain circuit. Leclerc says he didn’t expertise any braking issues throughout his time within the automotive throughout testing.
“There are at all times fine-tunings that you must do, which we did,” he stated. “However no, we didn’t have any points like I’ve had on the race.”
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