Charles Leclerc winning in Singapore “wasn’t the plan” | “It was beneficial to Carlos…”

Leclerc got the jump on168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell at th༒e start to gi♔ve Ferrari a 1-2 in the opening phase of the race.
The Safety Car on Lap 20 caused by Logan Sargeant meant that Leclerc had to queue, losing out to Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris.
Speaking after the race, Leclerc admitted winning the race “🦹wasn’t the plan” and helping his teammate take Ferrari’s first win of the year wa💛s the main priority.
“Honestly, this wasn’t👍 the plan. Since this morning, things have been very, very clear and that’s why I went on the soft,” he said.
“I changed my mind very last minute just to make sure that I was in front of George i🐈n the first stint because then it was really clear it was beneficial for Carlos because obviously he was making t♕he gap.
“Unfortunately, I haven’t been very lucky with the Safety Cars. That meant I had to wait🅘 inside the pits for traffic and there I basically lost the race.
“But all in all, the win was the priority today and we did a really good race m🐼anagement with the team.”
In the latter part of the race,🧸 Leclerc did run as high as third 🦩before dropping back down to fifth.

Ferrari decided to keep Leclerc out at the Virtual Safety Car, while Mercedes pitted Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamiltonꦰ for new mediums to allow them to contend for the victory.
“Then on the Hards, I was trying my best and then as 🌳soon as George and Lewis passed me, it was all about bringi𝕴ng the car to the end,” he explained.
“The car was ove🐻rheating everywhere so the pace wasn’t representative there. It was all about bringing the car to the end.
🏅“Before that, the pace was good and it was good race management from the team.”

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