Autosport (UK)

PACE IN THE WET

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Rain is something of a machinery leveller in motorsport, and it often helps the truly great drivers show off their skills. There weren’t too many occasions where the F2 field had to cope with wet weather and changing conditions last season, but when they did Leclerc took full advantage. At Spa, after also missing most of practice when his car’s fire extinguish­er unloaded itself as he ran through Eau Rouge, Leclerc topped the wet session by a hefty 0.6 seconds, and then catapulted into victory contention in the wet-to-dry feature-race thriller at Monza (below), which ended in final-lap drama when he came together with Nyck de Vries. “He’s a very good driver,” says Capietto. “He’s one of those, for example, you will see that they are always in front when it’s damp.” “They are always anticipati­ng the evolution of the track and are much quicker in these conditions compared to when it’s normal conditions and everybody is able to be close to the pace.”

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