The French Grand Prix ended badly for Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque was still in the lead after eighteen laps, but the driver crashed his Ferrari into the wall and was unable to continue his race.
A painful team radio followed, with Leclerc shouting in frustration. The Monegasque takes home zero points again in the title fight against Max Verstappen. The Dutchman was able to take over the lead of the race under the safety car. Leclerc confirmed to Sky Sports that it was his own fault.
"This snap was a weird one," Leclerc stated. "For me it was a mistake and we need to analyze it. Trying to push too much and I lost the rear. I struggled with the rear all weekend. I did a mistake a the wrong moment."
Misunderstanding of own mistake
He is therefore quite angry with himself. "As I have been saying I am performing at the highest point of my career and if I continue to make those mistakes it's pointless to perform at a very high level. I am loosing too many points. It is unacceptable. I need to get on top of those things. I try to analyse," Leclerc added.
His radio message of “ NOOOOOO!!” will become a popular meme just like his message of “I am stupid” from Azerbaijan two years ago.
Charles. An error that reminds me of Max in his early days. Speed, aggressiveness, and unforced errors. Experience takes care of such. Max is the true veteran and it showed today, and Charles has a way to go. Same with Lewis, who never put a foot wrong and got the maximum from the car. Sainz was my driver of the day. Aside from driving a magnificent race through the field, he had enough cerebral capacity to rightly contradict his team's strategy at times. He was right, they were wrong, but he was the one also driving a race car. And no, none of these top drivers is weak. I would also add that both championships are Red Bull's to lose. Max might make an error or two but not three. It will take bad team tactics or DNF's at this point for RB to lose either.
Championship in the bag for the best one out there. Well done Max.
I calculated Sir Lewis can still win his 8th if the top 5 drivers DNF in all races left this season. ????
Initially by hearing his radio I thought it was a throttle problem which he had in Austria. May be, his throttle was damaged after the barrier contact and hence he couldn't reverse and continue. Costly mistake?♂️?, hope he recovers from it and win in Hungary.
I think his new account is above. The HitmanHeartHatesFerrari account. Also makes no sense like Paul.
Charles humiliating Red Bull rocketship until incident. 30kph advantage in straights and they couldnt overtake anybody. Wow!!! Weak drivers.
All the haters trying to bring Max down îs just... I am lost for words Sainz the fastest with over 343kmp... But lests ignore the facts and spread hate... Toxic fans
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