Charles Leclerc booed by F1 Mexico City GP crowd after Sergio Perez collision

Charles Leclerc was met by loud booing from the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix crowd after being involved in a collision with Sergio Perez. 
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the

The Ferrari driver tangled with Perez in a dramatic start to Sunday’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, sending the Red Bull driver airborne and into an early r🃏etirement. 

Perez was challenging for the lead and attempted to sweep around the outside of Leclerc and Red Bull teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen into Turn 1. 

But the Mexican made contact with Leclerc, who was caught in the middle of a Red Bull sandwich with seemingly nowh𝔉ere to go. 

Leclerc finished third behind Verstappen and Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton and was booed by the crowd as he conducted his post-race interview in the middle of ♛the stadium section. 

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 and Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 - crash at the start of the race. Formula
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 and Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 - crash at the…

The Monegasque insisted he did not hit Perez on purpose.&n♈bsp;

"A🍨 lot of booing. Guys I had noꦆwhere to go,” Leclerc said. “I was a bit in between the Red Bulls and unfortunately I touched Checo. 

“It's life. I damaged my car and unfortuna🤪tel🌸y it ended the race of Checo.

"On our end, we maximised our race. Of course, I'm disappointed to end the race of⛄ Checo like that but I really didn't do it on purpose and had nowhere to go.

"We struggled a bit with the hard after the restꦫart. Lewꦦis was really quick on the medium and they managed to have really good degradation."

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