Charles Leclerc swept both Friday practice sessions at COTA, edging Kimi Antonelli by four hundredths to set a blistering benchmark in Austin.
If Friday practice in Austin was meant to be a routine calibration exercise for Formula 1’s championship heavyweights, Charles Leclerc clearly missed the memo.
Leclerc capped off his Friday program under the late-afternoon skies with a benchmark lap of 1:35.291 in Second Practice, logging a relentless 30 tours of COTA.
The chasing pack, however, remains uncomfortably close. Mercedes rookie sensation Kimi Antonelli proved once again that his rise is no fluke, steering his car to second on the…
Charles Leclerc swept both Friday practice sessions at COTA, edging Kimi Antonelli by four hundredths to set a blistering benchmark in Austin.