Furious Charles Leclerc drops f-bomb after Alex Albon clash

Charles Leclerc was frustrated at having to let Alex🌳 Albon past in the closing stages at Imola.

Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc fumed over team radio after being asked to let 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon past following a late tangle at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Leclerc was adjudged to have forced the Williams driver off track as he fought hard to retain P4 despit🦄e being on older tyres after failing to pit when a late Safety Car was deployed.

The Monegasque was instructed by Ferrari to allow Albon back past and ultimately had to settle with sixth, having also been passed by teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton who benefitted from taking on fresh tyres.

After being told that he would have to let Albon t✤hrough with the incident under investigation, Leclerc fumed over teaꦑm radio: “Is this what racing is now?

“When he can’t pass, I need to let him pass? This is a f****** joke. What did I do෴ wrong?

Leclerc was still confused by the decision on his cool down lap back to the pits following the ౠrace.

"Now you explain to me the penalty or not?” Leclerc asked race eng▨ineer Bryan Bozzi.

“We are being investigated after the race,” came the re💦sponse.

A puzzled Leclerc🔜 replied: “What do you mean, you told me to꧑ let him pass…"

The stewards ex⛄plained Ferrari made the swap before they had reached a verdict in their investigation, meaning no further action was necessary. 

“The Stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing and in-ca🌱r video evidence and determined that💯 it was alleged that Car 16 forced Car 23 off the track at the exit of Turn 2," they noted. 

“However, before we could conclude our investigations, Car 16 voluntari💟ly gave the position back to mitigate the alleged breach. In the circumstances, w𒁃e took no further action.”

Leclerc ‘cannot accept’ situation Ferrari are in

Leclerc had been enjoying a strong race having made his way well into the points from 11th on the grid 𒁃before unfortunate timing of a Virtual Safety Car benefi💝tted his rivals.

Leclerc explained he felt he had to take more risks in wheel-to-wheel combat to make u𝓰p for Ferrari’s current pace deficit, something which 𒁃continues to frustrate him.

"I was saying before, it's one of the races where you've 🍎got to race with the heart and put the elbows out a little bit,” he said.

"When it's like this you go very m🌳uch on the limit, soꦬmetimes a little bit over.

"But when you are ꦫstart🐼ing P11, as a driver I cannot accept the situation we are in.

"I took risks. I don't think with Pier༺re I was at fault or over the limit. It was a racing indecent.

"With Alex it was very much on the limit forꦇ sure."

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