Charles Leclerc is the only man on whose shoulders the hopes and dreams of the Tifosi are resting right now. The 25-year-old Monacan racing ace has given the Scuderia a fighting chance every time the team has been on the grid. During today’s Qualifying session at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, the Monegasque showed all of us once again why a storied team like Ferrari chose to build their title ambitions around him.
With a car that is definitely lacking pace as compared to Red Bull, Leclerc drove the wheels off of the SF-23 this evening. Giving it everything on his last Q3 lap, Leclerc eked out the last bit of lap time his car had to offer to finish a solid P2 in Jeddah. What’s more? He was only 0.155 seconds off pole man Sergio Perez. This blistering qualifying performance had fans hailing him as one of the best drivers on the grid today.
What. A. Driver. pic.twitter.com/ZCEGhJRGg2
— Ferrari News 🐎 (@FanaticsFerrari) March 18, 2023
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Leclerc will start the race tomorrow from P12, as things stand, owing to a 10-place grid drop for changing his CE unit. Be that as it may, nothing can take away this sublime qualifying effort the Monegasque put for all the boys and girls back at Maranello, and the Tifosi.
Fans react as Charles Leclerc outdrives the SF-23 to secure blistering Q3 performance
As soon as qualifying was done and dusted, fans rushed to the social networking site, Twitter, to share their reactions to Leclerc’s epic Q3 performance. One fan even commented, “my man deserves so much better.”
Let’s take a look at just a few reactions to Charles Leclerc’s mega Jeddah lap.
the beautiful beast, he's a blessing. plss Ferrari don't let him go https://t.co/CAt8PAPgyK
— Silyphus (@silyphus) March 18, 2023
If it wasn't for the bad luck he would've been a world champion already https://t.co/c468pJkdGZ
— mohamed salman (@Salmanoz) March 18, 2023
Given the bad luck and sometimes unreliable Ferrari he’s been faced with, fans quickly even turned on Ferrari in light of Leclerc’s herculean performance.
my man deserves so much better https://t.co/DVyCbP8Kyy
— h (@1elerc16) March 18, 2023
Give 👏 him 👏 a 👏 better 👏 car 👏 https://t.co/X0tKdWe0Y3
— The Captain (@CaptnCox) March 18, 2023
He deserves a better car https://t.co/0lhGicqye5
— GH⭐ (@rizou511) March 18, 2023
Anyway, Leclerc was the man of the moment in the eyes of Ferrari fans.
Vraiment .. ferrari assassin https://t.co/yLr5RcmG8A
— Fat-z❦ (@a_fzahrae) March 18, 2023
He's too good for us man https://t.co/fAXYB5e6Uq
— Siddhesh (@UTDSiddhesh) March 18, 2023
The best of the Grid ❤️ https://t.co/anjzsdnRkY
— Nhor_7 #CL16 (@14Cl16) March 18, 2023
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With a car that has an apparent deficit to the Red Bulls, can Leclerc make any inroads with respect to the Championship battle tomorrow from P12?