70 minutes until the start: Commentary by Charles Leclerc

70 minutes until the start: Commentary by Charles Leclerc

      Charles Leclerc will start ninth in Las Vegas and would like to fight back…

      Charles Leclerc: "The first day of the weekend was very good for us, yesterday was very bad, but I hope we'll do well today.

      I don't know what to expect from the race. On a dry track we should look better than in the wet, but yesterday we set the cars up for rain with high downforce, which isn't very good for today's race.

      I have mixed feelings, but I'll go all-in, as people usually do in Vegas. Let's see where that leads."

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70 minutes until the start: Commentary by Charles Leclerc

Charles Leclerc starts ninth in Las Vegas and would like to make up ground...