Ferrari has no regrets over Leclerc’s attack on Imola

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both red bull they did not give the option yesterday ferrari. The two red cars started worse on the right side, sainz it shocked Norris and remained parallel to Ricciardo. And the worst came. At the start of the race in the wet, with intermediate tires and a very fine asphalt, Daniel threw the race into the sea. Carlos with a touch on turn 1 that led to Sainz’s retirement. Leclercthird, tried, but could do nothing against the Milton Keynes. When he had third place in his pocket, he desperately tried it in an undercut attempt, but the two red bull they stopped in the pits to place the soft ones to defend themselves. There, Charles continued to push rather than settle on injury minimization and with 11 laps to go he left the track.

Chris Horner, boss of Red Bull, stressed how lucky Monegasque is to get back on track and move on. He returned to the asphalt ninth after going through the pits and finished in the 6th. So he lost 7 main points because neither team knew how to settle. They took a risk and paid for it. But for Ferrari, his decision to continue the attack was a wise one.

“We had no chance to attack Perez. We made the stop to resume the race on the soft tire. It will soon be okay because Charles is so close to Perez.”Binotto commented at the Ferrari press conference, defending his strategy: “For us the important thing is to attack and stay ahead of Sergio. We saw that there was an opportunity, a possibility and we did it.”

“We will never regret a driver pushing. It’s part of his job, to drive to the limit. We have no regrets. I think we made the right choice.”he added on both lines, without worrying about the increased speed shown by Red Bull, considering that it could all be related to the less time teams have in other weekend formats to find the proper set up of their cars.

“I saw the opportunity and kept trying. Every point was important and now I have lost by 7 points compared to 15 which would have been third. Every point is important and we need to learn from it for the future. “Charles Leclerc commented for his part.

Source: La Verdad

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