“I prefer not to comment” - Carlos Sainz reacts to Charles Leclerc’s Lap 1 defence

Tension continues to brew at Ferrari following an aggressive Lap 1 defence frꦏom Charles Leclerc𒐪 at the Chinese Grand Prix.

(L to R): Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari and Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari on the drivers' parade. Formula 1 World
(L to R): Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari and Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari on the drivers'…

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz blamed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc for t🤪heir poor start ꦑon the opening lap of the Chinese Grand Prix.

The two Ferraris lost out to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg throug🅺h the opening sequence of cornersও in Shanghai.

It ♛appeared that Leclerc ran Sainz off the track, getting revenge for the pair🌼’s intense battle in the sprint race.

Reflecting onᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ the events of the opening lap, Sainz felt it was “clear” that Leclerc’s defending cost bo🔯th of them crucial track position.

“I prefer not to comment,” Sainz told Sky Sports F1. “But it’s obviously quite clear that it cost u༒s both two positions so it helped neither of us.

“Given what our pace was today, better than P5 was impꦑossible. We had a poor start with the situation there in turns one and two that cost both cars two positions, from then on we were just playing catch-up.

“We had to box very early for the hards and then we had to one-stop from lap 18, something like this and just went forever on the ✨hard tyre which we never going to go much more forward on.

“At least we saved P5, which giꩲven the pace of the car this weekend and the decisions we took, the situation at the start it was the maximum we could achieve.”

Giving his view on the incident,🦹 Leclerc felt it was typical Lap 1 racing♕.

“It was the start. It’s always difficult with the tyres. It’s like this,” he explainedജ.

Sainz looking for upgrades

It was a disappointing day for Ferrari in the context that they were well beaten by McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.

Sainz is hopeful Ferrari’s highly-anticipated ⛎major upgrade will give them the p𒁃ace they need to move forward.

“I 🔯think McLaren was just stronger this weekend,” Sainz added. “There's nothing really to comment except they just were faster in every conditions, qualifying and race.

“I think there’ll be tracks where we’re str🦂onger, tracks where the McLaren is stronger, we just need to go track by track and wait for that famous upgrade that will hopefully give us more performance.”

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