Charles Leclerc reckons Sauber’s in-season progress has looked “bigger” than it is really is given his struggles in the opening races.

Leclerc made his Formula 1 debut at the start of this season, racing alongside Marcus Ericsson at Sauber.

The duo both struggled in the opening races and it wasn’t until round four of the championship that Leclerc put his Sauber into Q2.

That resulted in Leclerc’s first points of this season to go with the two that Ericsson scored in Bahrain.

The Monaco driver would go on to add another four top-ten results with Ericsson scoring on two more occasions.