Ferrari narr🌌owed Mercedes’ lead to 20 points ♐after finishing fourth 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 dropped bim behind bo🍰th Mercedes drivers.

It’s been a strong run of races for Ferrari, out-scoring Mercedes in Italy, Singapore and noꦦw Japan.

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

“They are strong, in the race they were on🦋 it,” Leclerc said. “They put is under pressure. 

“They split their cars, that was an interesting strategy. They are strong in the race, iꦰn qualifying they are a bit more inconsistent. It will be a close fight because we ar🌼e more inconsistent in the race, they are more inconsistent in qualifying. 

“But I have a feeling inside of me that we’ve l꧑earned things in the past ♔weekends that will give us the upper hand.”

Team boss Frederic Vasseur admitted that Ferrari w♛ere forced to “focus on Mercedes today” as it will be a “f🧜ight until the end.

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

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