The classification of Australia concluded with another mastery of max verstappenthe surprise of seeing the two Mercedes second and third and Fernando Alonso room. They were all happy faces… except in Ferrariwhich ended with their two pilots arguing in the press area.
Carlos Sainz finished fifth, while Charles Leclerc finished seventh. Upon his arrival at the interview area, the Monegasque began to speak with his teammate to whom he mentioned that I had disturbed him on his fastest Q3 lap.
The ’16’ crossed paths with Sainz between turns 3, 4 and 5 of Albert Park, which according to him hurt him and condemned him to seventh place, something he complained about on the radio and later did it in person with the man from Madrid. .
Hearing his partner’s accusations, Sainz was surprised and began to discuss the action with Leclerc to clarify that he did not consider that it had bothered him, something that the images reaffirm. Despite debating it in front of everyone, the conversation was calm and did not go any further.
This small episode joins the one that occurred in jeddahwhen the Monegasque repeatedly asked Sainz to be faster or to let him pass, but he finally ended up with him behind his teammate and with the team ignoring his requests.
It is still a quiet discussion between the two teammates who have a great relationship, but which is beginning to show cracks. And Ferrari’s poor performance compared to his rivals doesn’t help.
