The controversy in the post qualification of the Italy GP: Hamilton had opened to help Leclerc, but the Monegasque came out in front of the British in the second lap launched. Charles: “You could manage differently”
The fans had really believed it. After an extraordinary lap in the first attempt of Q3 in qualifying, Charles Leclerc had found himself in pole position, then passed by an unexpected Max Verstappen. A dream front row for the Monegasque of the Red which, however,, at the second attempt, was slipped in fourth position, passed by the two McLaren of Lando Norris and Oscar Plastri. To arouse controversy in the post qualification of the Saturday was the choice of Ferrari not to play with the scie of the pilots, as anticipated in the past few days when Lewis Hamilton – penalized on the starting grid of five positions – had been said available to help Leclerc in case of need. In the second lap launched the Monegasque, however, came out in front of the seven times world champion, thus not being able to exploit the advantage that he would, on the contrary, given Lewis in case he had found himself in front.
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A choice that Ferrari Fred Vasseur Team Principal explained in the post qualification to Sky Sport’s microphones: “Giving the trail to Leclerc was an option but I think that focusing on the launch tour to better prepare the tires was more important and that in the end it was the right decision. In any case seeing the detachment I don’t think it would have made the difference for pole position and on this particular track I think they have more or less. situations at the limit, such as Norris who, for example, risked being eliminated in Q2 “.
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Words, those of the Team Principal, who go partly in contrast with those of Leclerc, who after the fourth half closed the speech with a synthetic: “The question of the wake could have been managed differently. But it went like this”, leaving lengthy in the interviews that the theme – with the team – was not actually discussed before the qualifications. An imperfect Saturday for the Red, who was so seen to escape the front row for Leclerc, fourth on the grid, while Hamilton will still have to fight to go back to the tenth position: “I will try to enter the top-5 in the race-said the British-but surely it will be difficult”. In front, however, Charles will try again the feat of last year, starting at the start of the same position which – in 2024 – had earned him the highest step of the podium. It will be difficult, but “today it went like this” reiterates Monegasco. While the question about the non -trail remains in Monza’s air on Saturday.
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