Red Bull “giving up” qualifying speed to focus on F1 race pace

Charles Leclerc is so far the only non-Red Bull driver to snare a pole position this season, with the Monegasque topping both Friday and Saturday sprint shootouts in Azerbaijan.

He was also only 0.292s adrift of pole in the Bahrain opener before he retired with a power unit failure and then 0.155s short in Saudi Arabia qualifying prior to serving a grid penalty.

But Ferrari has only scored one podium this term, courtesy of Leclerc in Baku and its highest-place driver…