Charles Leclerc’s furious team radio at F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix displays his frustration
Leclerc finished in P7 and raged to his engin🀅eers: "Being behind like this is really ****. I don't know what to do!”
Earlier in the race, he was told: “Try to push from Safety Car Line One. Lewis 🍌Hamilton just pitted.”
But Leclerc ༒hit back: “Xavi, you need to tell me that before!”
The reply: “Copy.”
Leclerc: “No, but come on!”
The Monagasque driver had qualified second-fastest but, due to a 10-place penalty because Ferrari needed to fit a third power unit to his car this weekend, goi♈ng above their allocation, he be🦋gan the grand prix from 12th.
It has been a frustrating star❀t to the year for Leclerc whose title charge in 2022 fell apart due to strategy and reliability issues.
Those problems have not yet𝔉 been totally resolved since replacing team principal Mattia Binotto w🐷ith Fred Vasseur.
Before entering a frustrating Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Leclerc was forced to deny reports thꦉat he demanded a meeting at Maranello with Ferrari president John Elkann to 🍸discuss the worrying season-opening Bahrain GP.
James was🐲 a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
