Leclerc gave up second place to Red Bull driver Perez, who was carrying a five-second time penalty, to try and help him pull clear of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s Mercedes in the closing stages of Sund✃ay’s season finale. 

Had Perez finished five seconds or more up the road from Russell, he would have been demoted to third behind Leclerc, but crucially🌼 would have stayed ahead of the Briton. 

That result would have lifted Ferrari above Mercedes and up to second place෴ in the constructors’ championsಞhip, but Perez fell short by 1.1 seconds and ultimately dropped behind Russell to fourth. 

With Russell claiming the final spot on the podiu🔯m, Mercedes secured P2 by just three points. 

"It was all in꧑ the last few minutes because Checo had five-second penalty," Leclerc expl✃ained. 

"We had to help him in a way for him to finish in front of George with the five seconds. I tried to give him the DRS and a slipstream, but that🐬 unfortunately wasn't enough.

"It is just a shame that we finished third in the cꦿonstructors' [championship]. That's all that mattered to me in this end of season, and we d𝄹idn't achieve that.”

Russell thanks Leclerc for keeping their battle “clean”, while Mercedes boss Toto Wolff praised the Monegasque’s “sportsmanlike behaviour”ꦬ. 

"It was tight with Checo at the end, I thought Charles was going to back me up but r⭕espect to him for keeping it clean," Russell said.

"[S✤econd] means a huge amount. There are so many people back at a factory, Brackley, B🦹rixworth who have worked so hard to achieve this.

"It's been a really challenging season. I've let the side down a couple of times this year, so pleased to bring it across the li🌱ne today."