Charles Leclerc critical of Carlos Sainz for “over the limit” defence in China sprint

Charles Lecle𒆙rc labelled Carlos Sainz's defence in the China sprint race as "over the limi𒁏t".

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai, China, Sprint
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Chinese Grand Prix,…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc wasn’t impressed by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz’s “over the limit” defence in 💫the sprint race for t♐he Chinese Grand Prix.

Leclerc attempted to overtake his teammate into the hairpin following an intense battle involving Sainz, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez.

As Leclerc attempted to go around the outside of his teammat𒆙e, Sainz broke even later, pushing the Monegasque off the track.

Leclerc soon got past - but was disgruꦫntled by Sainz’s defence over the team radio.

“Let’s speak after. He fighting more me t𒁏han others,” Leclerc told Ferrari on the radio after the race.

Reflec🍃ting on their clash, Leclerc felt that Sainz went too far.

“I think so but to be honest I have also crossed a line myself in the past and when this happens we normally have a discussion🥃, we cl🍌ear the air,” he said.

“We went through that in the p🎃ast and it went really well so I have no worries that it will also be the case this weekend. But today he went a bit over the limit.

“Contact between us two being in a different race situation, because I had saved quite a bit with the tyres and I 🍎had a good pace at the end, so it is a bit of a shame that we lost that gap to Perez and couldn’t o🤡vertake him.

“P4, it could’ve been P3, one point, you can always do better but we will focus on th🌃is afternoon because this will be the gamechanger, having a good qualifying which hasn𝔉’t been the case for me in the last few races.”

The incident was fairly inco✃nsequential as the stewards decided to take no action on it.

When asked about the iꩵncident, Sainz apologi🌜sed for it.

“Behind Fernando I did a really good move around the o🍰utside o꧒f Turn 7 and from then on he decided to be a bit all or nothing into me into Turn 9 which cost us both in the race,” Sainz added.

“I picked up damage and a lot of dirt on my ty🃏res from that optimistiꦦc move. From there on I was sliding around with damage to the car and dirt on my tyres.

“I was doing everything I could to defend and sliding 🍰around so maybe had a bit of a moment with Charles but I apologise if I did something over the limit. But we were all racing really hard today a♚nd I was trying by best to keep it under control.”

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