The director of the Maranello team, Fred Vasseursaid that the expletive-laden radio message from Charles Leclerc after the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2024 This was not a problem since the Monegasque let his anger escape by exclaiming: “being nice pisses me off”. The pilot of the Prancing horse seemed poised to surpass Carlos Sainz during the final series of stops, although he managed to take the lead despite three laps down.
However, it seems that the Madrilenian ignored a message on the radio asking him not to overtake his teammate, but in the fourth corner he did so because he had hot tires and managed to get on the podium after overtaking. Max Verstappen. They both switched to Dutch, but on one side of the garage there was a lot of anger.
Charles Leclerc was outraged, and at the end of the race he shared his thoughts with his engineer, Bryan Bozzi.
Charles Leclerc's radio after the 2024 Las Vegas Formula 1 Grand Prix race
Bryan Bozzi: “Take back [goma]please”
Charles Leclerc: “Yes, as you wish, as always”
BB: “Charles, you did your job. Very good, thank you”
CL: “Yes, yes, yes. Yes, I did my job, but being nice always screws me up all the time, all the time. It's not even being nice, it's just be respectful”
BB: “Charles, Charles.”
CL: “I know I have to shut up, but at some point it's always the same thing, so… oh my God”
BB: “Well, but still, you did the right thing for the team”
BB: “And collect [goma]please”
CL: “Yeah, yeah, fuck us for picking up the shit we want. Shit, shit, shit… the radio is on. Sorry”
CL: “It was my fault from the first stint, I drove like shit”
The director of Ferrari indicated that he was talking about it, but He didn't think it was a problem between his two drivers.and explained that although they tried not to lose time between them, the Monegasque also had to manage his tires. Fred Vasseur said Charles Leclerc's anger was because he didn't have all the informationand added that Carlos Sainz had previously requested a stop which he did not make due to the traffic he was involved in.
“I'm not worried at all. I think, again, it's still the same story, whether they should comment or not,” the Frenchman said. “They make comments, and they don't always see the big picture, we'll talk about it and it won't be a problem. We have to avoid fighting, but I think at the start of the round you have to think . on management, and Carlos [Sainz] “I was already in the third or fourth round.”
“I think it's more the fact that the situation was very difficult for everyone, but we're going to talk about it tonight. It won't be a problem,” he continued. “When we were talking to Carlos about the pit stop, I was explaining to him that he might be behind Lawson and Tsunoda, and he wanted to pit, but we wanted to keep him on the track. We talked about it and that's what happened. It was a bit chaotic, but when they are in the car they have their own vision of the race.
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