Fernando Alonso on Charles Leclerc's late stop at F1 Belgian Grand Prix: ‘Ferrari always does strange strategy’
Leclerc finished fifth on the road and one place ahead of Alonso but dropped to sixth after receiving a five-second time penalt🎀y for speeding in the pit lane.&𒐪nbsp;
The Monegasque pitted when Ferrari made a failed bid to snatch the fastest lap point away from race-winﷺner Max Verstappen by calling 🃏Leclerc in for soft tyres on the penultimate lap.
Leclerc was overtaken by Alonso alo🉐ng thไe Kemmel Straight before repaying the favour on the final lap. However, Leclerc’s time penalty resulted in him slipping back behind Alonso to sixth.
Asked if he was surprised to see Leclerc pit sꦛo late, Alonso told Sky: "Yeah I was surprised.&nbs🍬p;
“But Ferrari always does some strang๊e strategy, so that was one of 😼those.”
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