Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc had been on the radio to his team during the red flag period in Silverstone on Sunday to ask what the plan was in terms of strategy. Before the race, it had appeared possible that the tyre wear would be such that all three compounds could be used, and this possibility intensified
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Fernando Alonso quipped after the British Grand Prix that Charles Leclerc should get 15 seconds’ worth of penalties for weaving at Silverstone. Alonso ended the race sixth having made a great start initially to move up to fifth, but he was forced to do it all again after the red flag caused by the massive
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Sir Lewis Hamilton took a swipe at Max Verstappen after his tremendous battle with Charles Leclerc at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. The seven-time champion had an eventful day in Silverstone in front of his home crowd as he got up to third off the start ahead of Leclerc and Sergio Perez, before being
MoreFerrari’s Charles Leclerc has insisted that team principal Mattia Binotto was simply trying to console him following the British Grand Prix after it appeared that the Italian was warning him not to criticise the team in his interviews. Leclerc picked up front wing damage after contact with Sergio Perez on the opening lap of the
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has affirmed that the Scuderia did not feel they had the time to bring in both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz at the end of the British Grand Prix. Leclerc had already been annoyed when it took several laps for him to be allowed through when he was the quicker
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Carlos Sainz pleaded with his Ferrari team not to ask him to hinder his chance of winning the British Grand Prix during the late Safety Car period. Team-mate Charles Leclerc had been equally upset that he had not been allowed through earlier in the race when he was quicker despite having wing damage as a
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has praised Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for his splendid pace in wet conditions during qualifying for the British Grand Prix. Sainz had already shown a serious glimpse of his wet weather pace in Canada when he out-performed team-mate Charles Leclerc in Q1 before the Monegasque sat out Q2 due to
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Dr Helmut Marko was left ruing the spin for Charles Leclerc that brought out a late yellow flag at the end of qualifying for the British Grand Prix. Max Verstappen, Leclerc and Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz engaged in a ding-dong battle in Silverstone amid wet conditions, but it was the Dutchman who was leading the
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Former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello does not wish to rule the Italian side out of the title race after their turbulent recent run of form. Charles Leclerc won in Bahrain and Australia as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez both suffered reliability failures in the season opener, before the same fate befell the Dutchman again in
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A meeting of the FIA world motorsport council has decided that teams will be allowed more leeway surrounding their power units after multiple failures in recent races. Between them, Red Bull and Ferrari have suffered seven reliability failures in the opening nine rounds of the season, while the Scuderia’s customer teams – Alfa Romeo and
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