“Yes, I did my job, but being nice fucks me all the timeeither. It’s not even being nice, it’s just being respectful. I know I have to keep quiet, but at some point it’s always the same. » It was powerful radio Charles Leclerc at the end of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. A radio full of complaints because Carlos Sainz had overtaken him in the race.
And the Italian press had no pity for the man who had long been his “protege”. Media like “Tuttosport” or “Motorsport Italia” They directly pointed the finger at Leclerc.
The first half headlines with a brutal “‘Predestined’ or crybaby?”. “Predestinato” is what Leclerc has been called since he achieved his first successes with Ferrari when he was a very young driver.
The second media cited speaks of a “curious spectacle”: “The coexistence between “Carletto” and “Carlitos” ends amid mutual complaints and inevitable suspicions. And this curious spectacle has an exceptional observer: a certain Lewis Hamilton, who in a few weeks will be Leclerc’s collaborator.”
“Communications were unclear from the pit wall, which may have contributed to the confusion,” they say. In these communications, Leclerc ends up asking that “They would tell him in Spanish” to Carlos after losing her position with him.
And in the middle of this struggle, the constructors’ world championship. 24 points behind McLaren with only two Grands Prix remaining: Qatar and Abu Dhabi. And if they want this championship, which they have not obtained since 2008, they will have to work as a team with Leclerc and Sainz. But the current environment is not ideal.
