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Sochi: Confusion and clutter inside the hopscotch barn again

In Sochi, we watched a replay of Singapore to some extent, but not as a result, because in the first two places the finish line was crossed by silver race cars, but again a debate over the radio, starring Charles Leclerc.

Photo: Hasan Bratić

young Monachan over the air - again - complained loudly over that it must be before Vettel. After he told the race that it was an agreement that he would offer Vettl a breeze at the start to break through in front of Hamilton. "Then I demanded that he return my place to me, but we made this change after the stop." Sebastian Vettel he said only that he had adhered to the agreement, but on he didn’t want to slow down at first as he would lose the lead over Lewis Hamilton.

After a few turns, Charles Leclerc asked Sebastian Vettel to let him go, and he made this request almost all the way to the pit stops.

Mattia binotto he wanted to bring more light into this tunnel and explained how the discussions around it came about team command"Charles offers Sebu a breeze at the start to ensure we finish the first lap in the first two places. This put us in the best position to be able to control the course of the race.“And then the team wanted to swap places between the racers. “But Seb was extremely fast. We asked him to switch places, but Charles was not close enough to him.“Because of that, they moved that to box stops. 

To be able to create your own image is here Ferrari radio communication. Already in the first rounds it was Leclerc announced and told his bosses that he had done his part of the deal. Who Hag did not immediately let go, they are Leclerc messages: "Sebastian will drop you in the next round.“But Vettel he didn't like it, so he resisted loudly: "Either way I would get it, but let us drive two more laps.”The German wanted to increase the advantage to Mercedes.

After his resignation, Sebastian Vettel said that he was sticking to the agreement, as they made a change after the stops, and until then the German was significantly faster than his teammate - Photo: Hasan Bratić

A Ferrari he ordered him once more: “Let Charles go." Hag furiously: “Well, then tell him to come closer.“On the other hand Leclerc in his own style: “You let me go after him. I stuck to everything we agreed on. But we'll talk later, because it's hard to patch the hole now," so Monachan by re-washing dirty laundry by radio. Vettel they later announced that it would Leclerc reduced the backlog. “Let him go, he's 1,4 seconds behind you.”And a little later:“We look at Plan C, Charles is 1,9 seconds behind." To the German they also reported that the fastest race car is on the track. “Focus, do your job well."

Mattia Binotto again had a lot of work to do during the race to coordinate the demands and wishes of both racers via radio.

At that moment, he did Ferrari decided to postpone the change of seats. “Charles, we'll replace it later. Lewis is closer and now we want to push to the fullest. We will make the change later, now focus on the race.“But Monaco it was not to his liking. “I completely understand. I just want to say that I stuck to the deal. I gave him a breeze, no problem,”He repeated again like a parrot Leclerc. The change of places then followed after stops in the pits. Right in this one communication the most striking is the fact how much time and energy is young Leclerc spent with ranting over why he was not at the time on in the first place, although it was certain that this place would be before Vettel sooner or later got.                   

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