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Leclerc credits Haas for making lucky podium possible

Charles Leclerc says Haas helped him secure his lucky podium finish by creating a gap to McLaren for him early in the British Grand Prix, before late drama promoted him to third. Ferrari has been struggling so far this season but showed good qualifying performance at Silverstone as Leclerc was able to secure fourth on the grid. He held position for the first part of the race, and says he benefited from Romain Grosjean’s strategic gamble that had the Haas running fifth for a spell, keeping the McLarens at bay. “I think we were pretty lucky in having the Haas in between McLaren and myself,” Leclerc said. “If without that I would have been able to keep them behind or not, I don’t...
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