How Charles Leclerc thought he was on for podium after mistaking Sergio Perez for Max Verstappen
Leclerc ultimately finished fourth at Suzuka as Ferrari didn’t have the pace t☂o match either Red Bull or McLaren.
Verstappen secured his 13th victory of F1 2023, while teammate Perez enꦑdไured a difficult afternoon.
Perez retired from the race after sustaining damage from an incident with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen, which he was penalised for.
Speꦗaking after the race, Leclerc explained why he was “confused”.
“Yeah I didn’t even follow what Max did because I saw him st💎opping at the Safety 🦋Car or after the Safety Car,” Leclerc said. “I don't know what happened there and I thought he wasn’t in the race anymore.
“So I thought I was doing a podium until th♎e last lap where I actually looked at the board an🎐d I was P4, but yeah, I mean, there were really strong.
“Max of course, weꦍ expected him to be strong. We expected Checo also, but I don’t know what happened for him and the two McLarens, too.
“So there were no surprises. It was all as expected, bu🍃t it was the maximum we could do today.
“No, he slowed down at one point no? Exit of Turn 14. I think it was the VSꦅC yeah, he basically stopped on the left and we 🎶all overtook him.
“That’s what it was I t🍎hought Max was out of the race at that moment it was just confusing for me.”
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