Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc gave the Ferrari faithful something to cheer about as they secured a 1-3 in qualifying for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.
For Verstappen, it was a positive turn of events after what can only be described as a learning curve in the three practice sessions. The Dutchman came into the race as the favourite, but with many teams bringing car updates to this race, including Ferrari, it left Red Bull as sitting ducks.
Still, it is not just this, as the setup Verstappen opted for left him with a slight disadvantage of 0.013 seconds at Q3's end. The championship leader said he is happy with P2, but the win is his target for Sunday. "[Qualifying] was good, we made some good improvements compared to [Friday]," he said."I'm happy to be second today. Of course, [on Sunday] we'll try to win the race. We normally have a quick race car, but let's just enjoy today."Marco Bertorello
Leclerc, meanwhile, is more than content with being in the top 3, though he must be lamenting the missed opportunities of not challenging for P1. He lost out on P1 by 0.067sec, making the impact of what both he and Sainz did against Verstappen that much more impressive. The Monegasque driver admitted to being disappointed, but said to achieve P3 in front of the home crowd can only be described as amazing."On my side, I'm disappointed. I obviously wanted to be first, but to see Carlos is there for Ferrari... In Q3, I didn't have the slipstream, and this cost us one position at least. I don't smile very often when I'm P3, but being here and having this much support is an amazing feeling.
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