Ferrari secured its third pole position of the year thanks to the faultless and impressing performance of Charles Leclerc. The young Monegasque beat Lewis Hamilton by just over two tenths of a second on his march to the pole position, but Ferrari’s advantage was even bigger than the final results suggested. 259 thousands of a second. That was the gap which separated the first and second fastest lap time in yesterday’s qualifying session. Salvaging his qualifying after a less promising Q1 and Q2 session, Lewis Hamilton explained that the gap between Mercedes and Ferrari is down to the top-speed advantage of the Scuderia on the long straights just as it was in Bahrain and Canada, the two...
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