Charles Leclerc felt he could have done a “much better job” over the Portuguese Grand Prix weekend despite finishing sixth – two places higher than he started. The Ferrari driver had described his qualifying performance as “really inconsistent” as he claimed P8 on the grid, three positions behind his team-mate Carlos Sainz. But in the race, it was Leclerc of the duo who came out on top, mainly because Sainz paid for having to start on the soft tyres and making a comparatively early pit-stop for the mediums, eventually dropping down to finish 11th. Tyres were also a bugbear for Leclerc, specifically the mediums on which he had started, although the Monegasque driver was also not...
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