Tension increases at Ferrari. The Italian team has had a troubled start to the season. High tire degradation and reliability problems have meant that the ‘Scuderia’ has not yet reached the podium after the first three races, completing its worst start to season since 2009.
those of Maranello they are fourth in the constructors’ championship, well behind Aston Martin and Mercedesand 97 points of Red Bullprominent world leader.
But the performance of SF-23 is not the only problem Frederic Vasseur. According to Peter Windsor, a journalist for ‘Motorsport Network’, charles leclerc has complained to the team about the lack of help from Carlos Sainz in it Australian Grand Prix.
The tension began in qualifying, specifically in Q3, when Charles Leclerc was in full fast lap and overtook Carlos Sainz, who aborted his attempt. The Monegasque complained on the radio that Sainz made him waste time. “Carlos gave me a very nice slipstream between turns three and four,” Leclerc said wryly.
The situation was not for the better for Leclerc on Sunday, as a touch with Lance Stroll at the start he made his race end on the first lap. Despite the fact that it was his mistake that left him out of the race, Peter Windsor assures that Leclerc continues to think that his race was conditioned by Sainz’s lack of help.
“In Q3, Charles was quite upset because he did not receive any kind of tow or help from Carlos Sainz,” Windsor says on his YouTube channel. “I thought it was strange that he made it public, that he was upset about it, because you have to live in your own world and you have to be very protected when you’re at Ferrari”.
The American journalist does not understand Leclerc’s anger, since, for him, Sainz should not have the role of second driver at Ferrari: “Why would Carlos Sainz help Charles Leclerc more than Charles would really help Carlos? Maybe he would because actually never sees Carlos as a real threatbut Carlos Sainz had just come off a very good Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.”
Windsor assures that it is unusual behavior for Leclerc, who until now has had no problems with his teammate. For the journalist, everything could be due to nervousness due to his bad start to the season. “I’m surprised that Charles even allowed that thought to enter his head because it’s not like him to think that way. I think that’s partly why He didn’t qualify well and had a terrible race.”he claimed.
