What did Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc talk about in the cooldown room after F1 Belgian Grand Prix?
Perez to Lecerc: “You had a good start, no?”
Leclerc: “Yeah but not good enough! You overtook me! It𒀰ꦉ’s impossible.”
Perez: “It’s impossible, huh?”
Leclerc: “You had a good Tuܫrn 1, no? On Turn 1, I sawไ you were close. I said ‘OK’. Either I was going to lift on Eau Rouge or…”
Perez: “I thought you were going to lift.”
Leclerc: “What happened to Carlos?”
Verstappen: “At the start?”
Leclerc: “Was it because of the contact?”
Verstappen: “I’m not sure if he had damage because of the contact. On th🐓e floor, maybe.”
Perez: “Lewis couldn’t [inaudible].”
Leclerc: “No. I had to do a lot of saving, towards the end. Were you pushing at the end or just trying to manage💎 the gap?”
Perez: “No, just managing the gap. You?”
Leclerc: “I mean, I was pushing considering I had to save fuel but there wasn’t 🌠much, much more to be ♐honest.
“The wind was so…”
Verst🍷appen: “Yeah! I had to hold the steering wheel tight🌳.”
Leclerc: “I did the same as you, 𒐪I lost the rear a🌳t Eau Rouge. It’s horrible.”
Verstap꧋pen: “There is a bit more run-off, now, in case. But still, it🐭’s not the corner where you want it to happen.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sportℱs for a decade cove♚ring everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
