Ferrari's Charles Leclerc reckons a seventh-place finish in Sunday's Eifel GP was the best result he could achieve in a race "massively" compromised by his opening stint on the soft tyres. After clocking in P4 at the end of qualifying on Saturday, Leclerc held his own in the opening laps of the race but gradually the Ferrari driver slipped down the order which compelled him to switch to the medium compound. The change allowed him to partially make up the lost ground ahead of a second medium tyre rotation before a safety car deployment just as the race entered its final quarter. ©Ferrari "On the softs we struggled which massively compromised our race, then we went for a...
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