Charles Leclerc says he chose not to fight Sergio Perez for victory in F1's AzerbaijanGP sprint race after accepting 'Red Bull has the upper hand'. Here's what the Ferrari driver said ⬇️
, but played down Ferrari's chances of exacting revenge on Red Bull.
He reckoned the SF-23's lesser ability to manage the Pirelli tyres meant that over a race stint,"Red Bull still has the upper hand". Leclerc said:"We cannot change the car [overnight]. So, of course, you can work a little bit here and there on a flap maybe. "But [the sprint event] confirms a little bit what we thought the Red Bull still has the upper hand in the race.
"But we again must not forget how far we were behind in race pace two races ago. So, we did a step forward. We are still not where we want to be."
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