“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 d💯efence from Charles Leclerc at the Chinese Grand Prix.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz blamed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc for their poor start on the opening lap of the Chinese Grand Pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrix.
The two Ferraris lost out to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg thro🐠ugh the opening sequenc🏅e of corners in Shanghai.
It appeared that Leclerc ran Sainz off ༒the track, getting revenge for the pair’s intense ba🅰ttle in the sprint race.
Reflecting on the events of the opening lap, Sainz felt it was “clea🤪r” that Leclerc’s defending cost bot🦹h of them crucial track position.
“I prefer not to comment,” Sainz told Sky Sports F1. “But it’s obviously quite clear that it cost us both two positions so it helped neither ✱of us.
“Given what our pace was today, better than P5 was impossible. We had a poor start with the situation there in turns one and two t♊hat cost both cars two positions, from then on we were just playingꦜ catch-up.
“We had to box very early for the ha🎀rds and then we had to one-stop from lap 18, something like this and just went forever on the hard tyre which we never goi🐻ng to go much more forward on.
“At least we saved P5, which given the pace of♏ the car this weekend and the decisions we took, the situation at the start it was the maximum we could ach๊ieve.”
Giving🔜 his vieꦑw 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 ♛t🌠his,” he explained.
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5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris.
Sainz is hopeful Ferrari’s highly-anticipated major upgrade will😼 give them the pace they need to move forward.
“I think Mc🌼Laren 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 𝓰stronger, 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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