Charles Leclerc acknowledges his moves while defending against long-time challenger Lewis Hamilton throughout Formula 1’s Italian G🧸rand Prix were “very on the limit”.

Leclerc fended off the Mercedes pair of Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to claim back-to-back victories for Ferrari at Monza as t💞he team recorded its first Italian GP win since 2010.

For much of the race, Leclerc and Hamilton battled wheel-to-wheel ♐for the race lead, wit🐼h the Monegasque putting in a number of aggressive defensive manoeuvres to keep Hamilton behind.

Leclerc was shown the black-and-white flag for two incidents while moving under braking but the Monza stewards opted to take no further action, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:something which puzzled Hamilton.

“I think since Austria it is clear that you🌳 can go a bit further in the way we defend and overtake and just the aggressiveness of us drivers,” Leclerc sai🍬d.

“I believe that Austria helped me to change this approach and today, it’s also thanks to this that I managed to win. It was obviously very on the limit but I’m hap💮py to race like this.

“I have been aware on the radio that I took a black-an🗹d-white flag for moving under braking but I’m not so sure for which move, if it’s the one at the right-hander where we were flat-out or after that,” he added.

“To be completely honest I knew he [Hamilton] was completely𓆉 on the right. He broke a little bit early, which I think was because he didn’t want to try around the outside. I felt I had left a car width but I haven’t seen the images. I am pretty sure there was a car’s width. 

“I🦋 think it’s good if we can race harder. I haven’t seen the images so i cannot comment on this case but overall I am happy if we can race harder.”

Leclerc said the intensity of his fight with Hamilton mad𝓀e the race “very difficult”, leaving him relieved to cross the line and seal a popular victory.

“There was a lot going through my mind during the race and after the race - a lot of emotions, obviou༺sly it was very, very difficult during the race,” he explained.

“Lewis was behind me and I think the biggest gap there was, was maybe 1.7 or 1.8s so he was alwa𓄧ys right behind me. I knew that Lewis rarely does 🧸mistakes, so obviously I had to stay on it.

“I did a few mistakes, which never cost me a꧒ position, once was very, very close but it was crazy. Finally in the last two laps I started to believe that the win was possible.

“The tyres felt quite OK and I think with the traffic Valtteri dropped quite a bit and that helped me to get a little💞 bit of space and then finally going over the line, I just let all my emotions out over the radio.

“I don’t think you can understand anything that I s🀅aid on the radio but it felt absolutely amazing and the podium was also, going beyond my dreams I have had since a child.

“So many people cheering for one te⭕am, singing alt✱ogether, it was amazing. 

“The 53 laps felt a lot longer than 53 laps and there꧃ was a lot of pressure from behind. Once I crossed the finish 🍷line until now is just pure happiness.”