Charles Leclerc booed by F1 Mexico City GP crowd after Sergio Perez collision

Charles Leclerc was met by loud booing from the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix crowd after being involved in a collision with Sergio Perez. 
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari on the

The Ferrari driver tangled with Perez in a dramatic start to Sunday’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, sending the📖 Red Bull driver airborne and into an early retirement. 

Perez was challenging for the lead and attempted to sweep around the outside of Leclerc and Red Bull teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen into Turn 1. 

But the Mexi𒊎can made co🐟ntact with Leclerc, who was caught in the middle of a Red Bull sandwich with seemingly nowhere to go. 

Leclerc finished third behind Verstappen and Mercedes’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton and was booed by the crowd as he conducted h🗹is post-race interview in the middle of theꦯ stadium section. 

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 and Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 - crash at the start of the race. Formula
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 and Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19 - crash at the…

T𓄧he Monegasque insisted he did not hit Pe🐼rez on purpose. 

"A lot of bꦑooing. Guys I had nowhere to go,” Leclerc said. “I was a bit in between the Red Bulls and unfortunately𝕴 I touched Checo. 

“It🐲's life. I damaged my car and unfortunat🍨ely it ended the race of Checo.

"On our end, we maximised our race. Of course, I'm d✱isappointed to end the race of Checo like that but I really didn't do it on purpose and had nowhere to go.

"We struggled a bit with the harཧd after theꩲ restart. Lewis was really quick on the medium and they managed to have really good degradation."

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