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Leclerc Explains How He And Sainz Resolved Conflict After 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix
F1Friday, 29 November 2024 at 10:00
Charles Leclerc reflected on the tense situation after the 22nd round of the season in Las Vegas between him and his teammate Carlos Sainz.
Following the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc's angry radio messages full of swear words to his team went viral on social media.
The Monegasque driver complained that he has always followed the team orders while suggesting his teammate Carlos Sainz hasn't and added that he would behave the same way from now on.
The Spanish driver was told not to put pressure on Leclerc, and he overtook him right away, but from his point of view, he had done nothing wrong.
Many F1 pundits attributed this conflict to Sainz's exit, suggesting that the two Ferrari drivers don't need to collaborate and be friends anymore. However, Ferrari is fighting for the Constructors' Championship (24 points behind McLaren at the moment).
Speaking to the media ahead of the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix (that comes right after the race in Las Vegas), Charles Leclerc insured the press that all internal problems within the Italian F1 team have been resolved:
"I don't want to go back to what happened in Vegas. The last two races of the season and we need to do absolutely everything in order to get that Constructors' Championship. That's all that matters and whatever happened in Vegas, we discussed about it."
"[I] have a really good relationship with Carlos. Sometimes I have overstepped the lines and sometimes he did and then it only requires discussion between us two."
"We look ourselves in the eye, we have known each other for a very long time now, and we understand each other very, very quickly. So I have no doubt."
"It's very clear for both of us that we just want to win the constructors' and it's by working as a team that we achieve that. I'm sure there won't be any problems with it."
When the Monegasque Ferrari driver was then asked whether the air between him and his teammate Sainz was cleared, he confirmed: "Exactly."
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