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“Unfortunately, I keep repeating myself since quite a few months, but we’ve got a lot of work to do. We’re aware as a team that we have a lot of work to do, we’re working flat out to try and close that gap [to the front of the field].
“We’ll have upgrades soon on the car, which I hope will help us close that gap, but when I see the gap on a track like this, I’m not sure it will be enough to at least be in the fight for the win. Small steps after small steps, I hope it can bring us back to winning consistently, but again, there’s a lot of work.”
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Asked if he has hope for race day, Leclerc added: “We did our homework during the night [after Friday practice] and I think we improved the car a little bit.
“However, the race pace here doesn’t really matter. It’s very, very difficult to overtake, so I expect us to finish in a similar position tomorrow. Time will tell, and if there’s the opportunity to do something much better then I’ll try and take that opportunity.”
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