‘It’s nice to be again feeling aggressive’ say Ferrari drivers after topping FP2

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz emerged quietly assured from Friday observe at Zandvoort after they scored a one-two end in FP2 – however each sought a step ahead for Saturday’s qualifying session.

Sainz completed simply 0.004s behind Leclerc in FP2 after Mercedes scored a one-two in FP1, whereas Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen had his first observe session reduce brief by gearbox points on Friday at Zandvoort.

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Sainz mentioned: “It’s nice to be again feeling aggressive, being there on the high of the occasions all weekend. Additionally the automobile gave me nice confidence. I’m optimistic going into the remainder of the weekend, but in addition feeling cautious as a result of I do know everybody can out of the blue discover two-tenths and beat you.

“It’s nice to be again at such a difficult monitor, demanding as it’s. I loved… driving on the market, even higher if you have a look at the occasions we did on the market. It felt like we have been again to being aggressive after such a tough weekend in Spa, but in addition very shocked with how fast everyone seems to be – McLaren, Mercedes, Crimson Bull – we’re all inside three tenths of a second, however I’m positive it’s going to make all the things very tight for tomorrow, and thrilling,” he added.

Leclerc provided comparable remarks after a profitable Friday as he stored one eye on Ferrari’s competitors – with Crimson Bull nonetheless to indicate their full hand – as he remarked that the Scuderia nonetheless have to iron out some understeer for Saturday.

“Slightly bit higher,” Leclerc mentioned, “however on the finish we’re all extraordinarily shut and it’s nonetheless a little bit of a shock to see everyone shut, and it’s going to be a difficult day tomorrow – however we’re wanting ahead to doing one other step ahead. I wasn’t a lot comfortable with the automobile steadiness as we speak, so hopefully we will work in the precise path and do one other step tomorrow.”

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He defined: “Simply on the whole, the steadiness was fairly tough, fairly a little bit of understeer, making an attempt to rotate the automobile, after which in exit fairly snappy as a result of I didn’t rotate the automobile sufficient mid-corner. So we have to work on that, however I’m assured that we will make a step ahead for tomorrow.”

Within the Netherlands, Ferrari goal to cease Verstappen taking a second house victory in as many seasons because the Crimson Bull driver seeks to notch his fourth Grand Prix win in a row, after success in France, Hungary and Belgium.