The Monegasque driver’s radio team during the last GP witnessed the tension with his Spanish teammate but with two races to go before the end of the season the Maranello team tries to restore calm
They will no longer be great friends and perhaps they never will have been in the past either. But now come on Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainzthe Ferrari expects the most professional behavior possible from its drivers. If at Red Bull we celebrate the title won by Max Verstappenthe dream linked to the constructors’ championship is still cultivated in Maranello.
Vasseur tries to restore peace
Journalist Leo Turrini, who has always been very close to the F1 circus and in particular to Ferrari. According to what the journalist writes, the team principal Vasseur immediately after the race he immediately ran for cover. The dramatic outburst of Charles Leclerc towards his teammate could not go unnoticed. According to what has been reported, the request to the two drivers would have been very clear: no friendship or cordial relationship, but Ferrari’s claim to take to the track moved by the principle of collaboration and professionalism. After all, the next two races are not exactly trivial given that there is still the possibility of trying to win the constructors’ championship.
Leclerc-Sainz: the creaking relationship
It is clear that during the last season the situation at Ferrari has become a bit “soured”. Ferrari’s choice to focus on Charles Leclerc had been evident for some time, the possibility that the Maranello team would go “all in” on the former world champion Lewis Hamiltondecidedly less. Decisions they kicked out Carlos Sainz who next season will sit in the seat of a Williams with which he has signed a four-year contract. It’s difficult to say from the outside what mental condition the Spaniard has faced this season, perhaps a bit of resentment towards teammate Leclerc cannot be ruled out; as well as the possibility of demonstrating to Ferrari and the other top teams that they were wrong about him.
The pact for the World Cup
Turrini himself in his indiscretion reported that both Sainz and Leclerc would have agreed to make peace to try to end the season in the best possible way. The possibility of achieving victory in the Constructors’ World Championship is of fundamental importance for Ferrari which has just returned from very difficult seasons. There McLaren leads the standings with 608 points against the Prancing Horse’s 584a very difficult but not impossible comeback: the tests in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will decide everyone with Vasseur who hopes that the peace between Leclerc and Sainz will last long enough to try until the end.
Formula 1: the constructors’ ranking
Source: sport.virgilio.it
