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 the start to⛄ give Ferrari a 1-2 in the o♌pening 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 was the main priority.
“Honestly, this wasn’t the plan. Since this morning, things have been very, very clear and tha🍰t’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 in the first stint because then it was really clear it was beneficia♓l for Carlos because obviously he was making the 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 i൲n all, the win was the priority today and we did a really good race mana♒gement with the team.”
In the🌄 latter part of the race, Leclerc did run as high as third before dropping bac𝔍k 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 Hamilton💃 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 bringing the car to the end,” he 🅠explained.
“The car wa༺s overheating 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 ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwas good r꧒ace management from the team.”

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