168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc does not blame teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton for the first-lap tangle between the Ferrari drivers at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.

A nightmare Sunday for the famous Italian team concluded with both drivers being disqualif☂ied for separate offences.

Ther🍰e had already been drama right at the start in Shanghai as Leclerc and Hamilton came together while battling for early positions as the field winded itꦜs way through the first few corners.

Leclerc’s front-left made contact with Hamiꦫlton’s right rear as the Ferrari duo reached the apex at Turn 2.

While a full collision was narrowly averted, the contact caused damage to Leclerc’s front wing, destroying the left endplate. Hamilton e💯scaped the tangle unscathed.

Leclerc was still able to finish fifth a🦩nd ahead of Hamilton after Ferrari swapped their drivers around with the seve🎀n-time world champion struggling for pace.

“Honestly it was not Lewis’ fa💯ult, at all,” ✨Leclerc said.

“From my side, I was on the inside and trying to positio🌄n the car for Turn 3.

“Lewis didn𝕴’t know I was there. I didn’t expect Lewis to come back and take the apex, at the ♏time he was on the outside.

“It’s a racing incident. It’s 🌼not ꦇthe first or last time it will happen.

“It’s a shame it happened between the two red cars but there was no bad intenti🍌on from either of us. It was unfortunate.

“Obviously 📖that c꧋ost me quite a bit for the rest of the race.”

Ferrari decided against putting a new front wing o♊n Leclerc’s car when he pitted. That meant 💃he did not lose vital extra seconds in the pits.

“Of course, we are speaking about a big, big loss on my car,” Lecl꧃erc explained. “There was, for sure, the potential t𝓡o do a lot better.

“We didn’t want to ta♋ke the eight seconds at a pit stop to change the front wing, because then I’d have to overtake cars.

“We were very weak at Turn 12 so that made us vulnerable with the cars behind. It w💜as hard to overtake because, in the lead up to Turn 14, we were far off♍.

“I didn’t want to take that risk. I wanted to keep track p🐻osition and maintain the result.

“I think we did well. It’s a shame about the♏ damage.”

Leclerc explains Mercedes ‘dragster’ comment

Leclerc bꦏriefly looked to challenge for a podium position as he closed in on George Russell, but he was unable🌞 to launch an attack on the Mercedes driver.

The Monegasque was heard tellℱing his team over the radio that the Mercedes was a “dragster”.

“What I meant by ‘dragster’ is that they had good traction at Turn 12,” Leclerc sai🌜d when asked about his comme🍌nt.

“I think we were stronger for most of the lap. But at 11 and 12, they were so fast. I don’t know how much, probably five t🌠enths over three corners. That’s enough for them toꦬ go away.

"It was very🔯 difficult for 💦me to make an overtake into Turn 14.”

After failing to pass Russell, Leclerc was ov💦ertaken by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as he lost P4 in the closing stages. 

He missed out on points altogether when he was later disqualified when his car꧟ was underweight.