Though pole was basically secured, but for the incident involving Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc believes he would have gone even quicker. In the final moments of Q3, already 0.225s up on his nearest rival, teammate Carlos Sainz, Leclerc went purple in the opening sector. However, on the other side of the track, Perez was making the mistake that was to bring qualifying to an early end. 'The first lap was good,' said the local hero. 'Obviously I waited for Q3 to start and push, and it was a really good lap, but the one that I'm particularly happy about was the second lap in Q3 that I didn't get to finish... that one was really, really good.' Asked where he gained time, he grinned: 'A bit...
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