Charles Leclerc’s furious team radio at F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix displays his frustration
Lecle𓆉rc finished in P7 and raged to his engineers: "Being behind like this is really ****. I don't know what to d🍃o!”
Earlier in the rac๊e, he was told: “Try to push from Sa꧅fety Car Line One. Lewis Hamilton just pitted.”
Butꦛ Leclerc hit back: “Xavi, you need to tell me that befo🥀re!”
The reply: “Copy.”
Leclerc: “No, but come on!”
The Monagasque driver had qualified second-fastest but, due to a 10-place penalty because Ferrari needed to fit a third power u𝄹nit to his car this weekend, going above their allocation, he began the grand prix from 12♓th.
It has been a frustrating start to the year for Leclerc whose titl💯e charge in 2022 fell apart due to strategy and reliability issues.
Those problems have not yet been totally resolved꧟ 🅺since replacing team principal Mattia Binotto with Fred Vasseur.
Before entering a🅘 frustrating Saudi Ar🅠abian Grand Prix, Leclerc was forced to deny reports that he demanded a meeting at Maranello with Ferrari president John Elkann to discuss the worrying season-opening Bahrain GP.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American spo🌊rts, to football, to F1.
