Leclerc was forced to pit for a new front wing on the opening lap following contact with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly o🐼n the exit of 𝄹Turn 3.

The Monegasque recovered from as low as 18th to finish seventh, showing impressive race pace and overtaking prowess, which earned him the driver of the d🅰ay accolade.

Aside from his lap one tangl🍷e with Gasly, Leclerc hailed his r♛ace-day performance at the Red Bull Ring.

“No, if we look at the𒉰 first lap it’s been an incredible race for us and we’ve been incredibly quick but obviously there’s this first lap which clearly stopped us by doing something much much better today,” Leclerc told Sky Sports F1.

“It was a bꦿig opportunity, the pace was incredible. It is proba✨bly one of my best performances in F1 today, apart from the lap one. It’s life.”

Reflecting on the incident with Gasly, Leclerc wanted to review the incident before giving his true opi💙nion but initially felt both drivers werꦕe responsible for it.

“To be honest I need to rewatch the images from outside," Leclerc explained. “I have no idea whether Pierre went a💛 little bit to the left a▨nd I went a little bit to the right at the same time, I guess it’s a bit of both and at the end we touched."

With another race taking place at the Red Bull Ring next weekend as it hಌosts the Austrian Grand Prix, Leclerc is excited to make the most of Ferrari’s impressive race pace - something that it has lacked in recent rounds.

“Y💧eah I am really looking for🍷ward to next weekend,'' Leclerc added. “Again, today was really really special. It’s been a long time but we didn’t have this type of race pace."

Teammate Carlos Sainz finished sixth, allowing Ferrari to close the gap to McLar💛en to 12 poin🔴ts in the constructors’ championship.