Charles Leclerc first started at F1 United States GP after achieving the pole on Friday. But he finished the race in 6th position, with his teammate Carlos Sainz andn the fourth place. The Monegasque lost the first lead against a Norris which came out better and could not subsequently contain hamilton already Verstappen. I can fight to be in that fight or get fourth place. however, Ferrari He chose a wrong strategy that doomed Charles. The Monegasque driver was the only driver who tried to go for a single stop and paid dearly for it, as it cost him several positions at the end of the event.
With 5 laps to go, Carlos Sainz is close to Charles Leclerc. The man from Madrid rides on younger rubber and at a higher speed. And Pérez came up behind. Ferrari asked there that the Monegasque did not brake Carlos and Leclerc reacted with a misunderstanding on the radio.
“Why do I have to pass Sainz? “We’ll talk after the race.” Charles pointed as Carlos stood in front of him. That radio seems to have added to the eternal debate of number 1 and number 2 that has long haunted the two drivers.
Charles clearly did not like this decision and, quickly, Leclerc’s words spread through social networks and specialized media. However, the Monegasque himself managed to remove the possible controversy from the beginning with his subsequent statements.
Leclerc clarified
“Stopping now is a wrong choice. Our numbers are similar, but we decided to stop just once. Angry because you let Sainz down? At that moment I didn’t understand it, but later, seeing the times and the fact that Pérez had arrived, I understood that Carlos had to be protected. “I’m not mad about that, but I’m disappointed in the strategy.”he commented on ‘Sky Italia’, denying the busyness of the team’s radio and his request to give the position to his teammate.
“This Sunday we paid for it like it happened with Carlos Sainz on Saturday in the sprint race with soft tires. We did our numbers, making one or two stops was very close and we bet on going one and not we are that close, because making two stops is faster. We need to understand as a team what we did wrong and why our numbers didn’t connect,” he also added to ‘DAZN F1’.
Source: La Verdad
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