The Monegasque disappointed by the choice to leave him on track: “I am nobody to ask for clarification or to obscure Sainz’s victory. But it is obvious that it is a missed opportunity”. The team principal: “The cars were too close for a double pit stop. Happy for Sainz”
03 July
– silverstone (england)
“I gave everything until the end, I think he looked good in the battle with Perez and Hamilton, but certainly the right decision was not made today. I am nobody to ask the team for clarification, it is certainly frustrating but I would not want my disappointment to overshadow the happiness for Carlos’ first success (Sainz, ed) ”. Charles Leclerc would like to scream all his disappointment at the outcome of the British GP, a race he had in hand but which he missed due to the Safety Car and Ferrari’s decision not to change his tires. In doing so, the Monegasque was unable to defend his head from the final assault of all rivals – who instead mounted the soft tires – and finished fourth, a missed opportunity because Max Verstappen, seventh, ran into an unexpected bad day and they would have been precious points for the world championship fight.
frustrating race
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“It is another race that ended without the result we wanted – said Leclerc very bitterly – with the Safety Car I was in command, instead it was decided that the car that entered for the tire change was that of Carlos, obviously not for me it was the right decision ”. “It was a frustrating race. Having said that I would not want the focus to be on my disappointment and not on Carlos’ first win which is always a special moment. But I can’t hide my disappointment “. Missed an opportunity to improve the ranking? “It’s pretty obvious.”
speaks binotto
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Team principal Mattia Binotto tried to calm the Monegasque: “It was a missed opportunity, without the Safety Car he was winning and he made a big effort for how he fought. A deserved fourth place, more could have been done but it was also the result of external circumstances. A double pit stop could not be done because there was not enough distance in the pits, one of the two would have lost more time. Leclerc was in the front and had fresher tires than Sainz, we were hoping for a greater degradation of the tires of the others but that did not happen. What did we say in the heat? I just told him to calm down, because he had a great race ”. Then obviously a comment on Sainz’s victory: “I’m very happy for him, he was constant after winning pole yesterday – continues Binotto – today he optimized his work and did his best, giving himself and giving us a sweet success here at Silverstone”.
03 July 2022 (change 03 July 2022 | 20:56)
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