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Leclerc turns the screw on Mercedes as Ferrari flies

Having seen their Wednesday programme spoiled by Sebastian Vettel's crash, Ferrari responded in fine fashion the following morning as Charles Leclerc obliterated the timesheets at the Circuit de Catalunya. Leclerc ended the morning session with a top time of 1:16.231, seven tenths quicker than anyone else and just a shade off last year's pole time in Barcelona. With Pirelli's softest C5 compound tyres bolted on, Leclerc torched the previous best, set by Alexander Albon in the Toro Rosso, on three separate runs in the morning. Come on!!! 1?:1?6?.2?3?1? (by Leclerc) #F1Testing — Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (@Circuitcat_eng) February 28, 2019 Leclerc had been limited to a solitary...
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