Charles Leclerc critical of Carlos Sainz for “over the limit” defence in China sprint

Charles Leclerc labelled Carlos Saiღnz's defence in the China sprint race as "over tꦬhe limit".

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai, China, Sprint
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Chinese Grand Prix,…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc wasn’t impressed by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz’s “over the limit” defence in the sprint race🍃 for the Chines🔥e Grand Prix.

Leclerc attempted to overtake his teammate into the hairpin following an intense battle involving Sainz, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez.

As Leclerc attempted to go around the outside of his teammate, Sainz broke even later, pushing the Monegasque off th🐻e track.

Leclerc soon got past - but was disgruntled by Sainz’s defenc🌊e over the team radio.

“Let’s speak after.🐲 He fighting ♈more me than others,” Leclerc told Ferrari on the radio after the race.

Reflec🍌ting on the𝓰ir clash, Leclerc felt that Sainz went too far.

“I think so but to be honest𒁃 I have also crossed a line myself in the past and when this happens we normally have a discussion, we clear the air,” he said.

“We went through that in the♔ past and it went really well so I have no worries that it will also be 𝄹the case this weekend. But today he went a bit over the limit.

๊“Contact between us two being in a different race situation, because I had saved quite a bit with the tyres an♓d I had a good pace at the end, so it is a bit of a shame that we lost that gap to Perez and couldn’t overtake him.

“P4, it could’ve been P3, one point, you can always do better but we will focus on this afternoon because this will be the gamechanger, having a good qualify🦩ing which hasn’t been the case for me in the last few races.”

The incide🐼nt was fairly inconsequential as the stewards decided to take no action on it.

When asked abou🍷t the incident, Sainz apologised for it.

“Behind Fernando I did a really good move around the outside of Turn 7 and from then on he♒ decided to be a bi💎t all or nothing into me into Turn 9 which cost us both in the race,” Sainz added.

“I picked up damage and a lot of dirt ﷽on my tyres from that optimistic move. From there on I was sliding around with damage to the car and dirt on my tyres.

“I was doing everything I could to defend and sliding around so maybe had a bit of a moment with Charles but I apologise if I did something over the limit. But we were all racing really hard today and I wa𓄧s trying by best to keep ♏it under control.”

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