Although he got third and fourth places, Ferrari he doesn’t leave happy at all Las Vegas. The Italian team achieved a very good ranking but encountered the dominant rhythm of the Mercedes.
Beyond the sporting result, which on the other hand serves to near McLaren in the constructors’ world championship, Charles Leclerc And Carlos Sainz They were protagonists for starring in an episode tense between the two.
It didn’t suit Leclerc to be fourth and Carlos to be on the podium, so on the radio after the race the Monegasque exclaimed: “I did my job, but being nice fucks me all the time. It’s not even nice, it’s just being respectful. “I know I have to keep quiet, but at some point it’s always the same.”
Sainz responded to his teammate in statements reported by ‘Motorsport’: “We decided not to talk [de esto] with the media. We will talk to Charles about what happened between us. I never turn on the radio and I don’t talk to the media because It’s not nice and it’s not necessary.“.
The Spanish pilot did not want to enter controversies even if he knows that the episode in Las Vegas must be resolved. It is nevertheless striking that Leclerc jumped in this manner considering the number of times he Carlos sacrificed himself for the team.