Ferrari, Charles Leclerc furious with Esteban Ocon, Carlos Sainz frustrated

Ferrari, Charles Leclerc furious with Esteban Ocon, Carlos Sainz frustrated

Here are the words of the two Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz at the end of the sprint race at the Miami circuit that saw them place second and fifth, respectively.

“In my opinion, we lost the race when we lost the DRS right after the Safety Car,” Leclerc told Sky Sport F1, quotes quoted by formulapassion.co.uk, “with the DRS you could put pressure on Verstappen, also because we were very fast at 4 and 7 to stay close to him so we could pass him at 9 or 11. However, I never had the DRS, and è it was a pity, but other than that we were quite fast especially considering the’only lap we did in PL1. We certainly have things to improve for the race, and we will get to work this afternoon. Analyzing today we will be able to have a good race tomorrow putting pressure on Red Bull, but I am hearing from Max that he is not è very happy with the car. So we have to see how big the step they will make tomorrow“.

I think it was perfectly clear that we didn’t have that much speed on the straight, even with the DRS – added Sainz – the Honda engine had great acceleration, and it becomes very difficult to overtake on a track like this. On top of that, the track è very dirty off the line, and you can’t do a very strong braking off the line. We knew this could happen with our choice, but now we focus on tomorrow because &egeacute; the race will be important. The fight with Ricciardo è was very frustrating, honestly. Daniel definitely did a good job, but we lacked a little bit of speed’.

But Leclerc, as he was about to start the formation lap to line up on the grid, è was hit in the pit lane by Esteban Ocon and did not fail to throw a dig at the Frenchman from Alpine while talking to the team over the radio: "The guy was sleeping. I don’t know who did it. I think even his mechanics told him to stop".