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Leclerc: We will struggle to fight for pole
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc is playing down his chances of claiming pole for the 2021 French Grand Prix, which would make it a hat-trick to add to his Monaco and Baku top spot conquests. But away from the street circuits, at the more conventional Paul Ricard Circuit, the Red cars could struggle as they simply have not extracted the kind of power that Mercedes and Honda are doing as the Formula 1 circus sets up tent in Le Castellet for Round 7. Speaking to media ahead of the weekend's action, Leclerc said: “I hope I’m wrong, but I think we will struggle to fight for pole position as we did in Monaco and Baku. Our car lacks a bit of performance in the medium to high-speed corners and...
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