Ferrari's Charles Leclerc says his performance in Friday practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix has him cautiously optimistic about the latest round of upgrades for his car. The third race in a row the Scuderia has brought improvements for the SF1000, Leclerc was able to finish fourth in both sessions, with his FP2 time 0.898 seconds behind the leading effort of Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas. And while it's certainly early days, Leclerc suggested it was a sign his team had indeed made a step forward. “Yeah it looked quite good today,' he said. 'Let’s wait and see – we haven’t done much high fuel running with normal tyres; we did some with proto [prototype Pirelli] tyres. This was our...
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