Leclerc conducted a brief demo run at Fiorano on Tuesday and says his initial views of Ferrari's new SF-23 F1 car are positive.
Just moments after Ferrari's new F1 challenger was revealed at Maranello, Leclerc took to the circuit to complete two laps.
"It feels good," said Leclerc."I mean the first kilometres with this new project after doing so many kilometres on the simulator, it feels special. So everything went smoothly. Leclerc won the right to run first in the SF-23 after team boss Fred Vasseur held a coin toss between the Monegasque driver and teammateThe deal was that whoever got to drive the car first would get two laps, while the second driver would get three tours in total.fully complied with F1's testing restrictions.
With Fiorano's lap being 2.997 kilometres long, the five laps between both drivers would ensure Ferrari could complete the first run without going over the demonstration event limit.
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