Monachan and his teammate were in close combat with Pierre Gasly iz AlphaTauria throughout the race in Mexico Citywhen they fought for fourth place.
Ferrari je Leclerc via radio gave instructions to Sainz dropped in front of him, but they didn't seem to get an immediate answer from him. It is soon after Sainz said he was Leclerc otherwise tried hard to accelerate and close his chances of overtaking to stay ahead, but he did Leclerc then relented to see what he could do Sainz at that moment, but because Sleep failed to overtake the racer at the end of the race Alpha Tauri before him, he eventually regained the position he had Leclerc before him even before at the end of the race.
Leclercova delay in leaving the city Sainz she hinted that he was not too pleased with the situation. "I was in a good rhythm, I had a good race," he explained Leclerc after being asked about team instructions. “Basically, I had a tough race in the first laps at first, because of the tires I complained about on the radio, then I caught the right rhythm and I was faster, but as soon as they asked me to let it go, I had problems with the blue flag and the racers in front of me, so we waited one lap and in fact things cleared up in that lap and I left the position. ” Sainz was otherwise of a different opinion and said there was a delay when it Leclerc did not let go, stood some precious time. Asked if he thinks this could affect his fight with Gasly, Yippee Sainz replied: “This is a complex issue. I will not lie, I lost two or three seconds of time there, so as a team we need to see how we can improve such situations next time, ” however, he completed his version Sainz.
But at the end of the race, there were places for the racers Ferrari returned to its original state, Leclerc won fifth place ahead of his own teammate.