Ferrari narrowed Mercedes’ lead to 20 points after finishing fou♒rth🤪 and sixth at the Japanese Grand prix.

Leclerc enjoyed a quiet race to finish fourth, crossing the finish line six seconds ahead of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz narrowly missed out on fifth after a late pit stop droppeꦫd bim behind 🐬both Mercedes drivers.

It’s been a strong run o🌸f races for Ferrari, out-scoring Mercedes in Italy, Singapore and now Japan.

Leclerc has hinted that Ferrari are now in a strong position to take P2 off the German manufacꦗturer.

“They are strong, in the race they were on it,” Leclerc said. “They pu📖t is under pressure.&ꦗnbsp;

“They split their cars, that was an int🦩eresting strategy. They are strong in the race, in qualifying they are a bit more inconsistent. It will be a close fight because we are more inconsistent in the race, they are more inco👍nsistent in qualifying. 

“But I have a feeling inside of me that we’ve learned things in the past weekends that w♛ill give us the upper hand.”

Team boss Frederic Vasseur admitted that Ferrari were forced to “focus on Mercedes today” as it will be a “fight untiꦍl the end.

“We were a cꦇouple of hundredths behind McLaren in qualy,”  he added. “They were faster this weekend.

“We had to focus on Mercedes today. We took a step forwards. This will be 🥂the fight until the end.”