Another pole position, but another P1 finish on the road eluded Charles Leclerc on Sunday. SingaporeGP 🇸🇬 F1
Mattia Binotto: Charles Leclerc’s ‘not great’ start cost him Singapore GP winFerrari’s Mattia Binotto believes his team might have been able to pull off the race victory in Singapore had the start gone better for Charles Leclerc.
Leclerc had taken pole position, just ahead of Perez, but the Monegasque lost out to the Mexican on the run to Turn 1. Leclerc never managed to regain the initiative from Perez, with the leading duo easily pulling clear of Sainz before the first Safety Car interruption. But after another Safety Car and the switch to slick tyres, Leclerc put Perez under far more intensive pressure. But Perez weathered the onslaught to end upBinotto believes that had Leclerc held onto the lead, the final result might have gone Ferrari’s way.“We lost position at the start and that has affected the rest of the race. So had we had a better start, I think we would get a better result.”