Leclerc: ‘Angry, they gave me a different hole’. Vettel: ‘I lost it at Turn 4’

There is much anger and frustration in the words of Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, who will start tomorrow far from the leaders in the Russian GP. The Monegasque will start on the 11th, the German on the 15th. And on a track where overtaking is not easy, a difficult race is predicting.

Misunderstood

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Leclerc in particular got out of his car very angry, eliminated for the 11th time in Q2 also due to a misunderstanding with the pit wall, which said it did not properly communicate the gap with the car ahead, to gain more margin. and try a more effective last fastest lap: “Now I’m angry, I have to calm down – said Leclerc heatedly – tomorrow is the race in which we have to score points. On the radio they told me they only had a second to spare, then I realized I had more. Sorry it was a difficult weekend on my part, I was trying to pick up the pace. I would have preferred to start eighth before choosing the tire ”.

Seb speaking

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For Sebastian Vettel, on the other hand, he was scared 15th, as his qualifying ended with an accident at Turn 4 during Q2, which also caused a red flag: “What happened during the accident? I wanted to improve especially in the first sector and I lost the car first in Turn 2 and then in Turn 4. I tried to get it back, I wanted to avoid the impact and I couldn’t but I’m fine anyway ”.