Charles Leclerc warns Ferrari ‘cannot rely on a good Friday’ with ‘work to be done’ despite strong start in Singapore

Leclerc’s crew mate Carlos Sainz, in the meantime, ended each of Friday’s observe periods in P3 on a day the place he suffered points with the brakes on his SF-24.

“It’s been a little bit of a subject in our crew this yr, working by some brake points usually on Friday,” the Spaniard mentioned afterward. “And immediately it was my flip to face them, with a number of inconsistency on the brakes all through FP2 particularly on cooldown laps.

FP1: Leclerc goes fastest from Norris and Sainz during first practice in Singapore

“We had been having loads of points on the market which doesn’t assist my confidence or preparation for the weekend. When we aren’t having these points and each time we’re having clear laps we’re fast on the market, so it’s not one thing that issues me if we handle to place the whole lot collectively tomorrow.”

On whether or not he may due to this fact be within the battle for pole and the race win ought to these points be solved, Sainz answered: “I believe so, I believe we now have a powerful sufficient automobile to be within the battle.

“Lando appeared very fast additionally, and I believe Purple Bull and Mercedes are nonetheless but to indicate a bit their hand, so I believe we’re on for one more fascinating weekend.”