Charles Leclerc was surprised to run Mercedes so closely in qualifying for the British Grand Prix on Saturday after finishing just eight-hundredths of a second shy of Valtteri Bottas's pole position lap. Ferrari driver Leclerc entered the Silverstone race weekend anticipating a resurgence from Mercedes, but looked to be in the fight for pole entering qualifying after impressing in final practice. Leclerc sat P4 after the first runs in Q3 after making an error on his initial lap, only to then put together a strong final lap at the chequered flag that lifted him to third, 0.079 seconds shy of Bottas on pole, with Lewis Hamilton splitting the duo. Speaking after qualifying at Silverstone,...
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