Charles Leclerc has cleared the air with Carlos Sainz following their irritating F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Leclerc was left irritated by Sainz’s actions following the second spherical of pit stops in Las Vegas.
Sainz was ordered to not assault Leclerc after each drivers stopped – however the Spaniard overtook.
Leclerc vented his frustration over workforce radio with an expletive-laden rant.
The Ferrari driver was eager to minimize final weekend’s drama, define their plan to “work collectively” in a bid to beat McLaren to the constructors’ title.
“Nothing particular,” he mentioned within the pre-race FIA press convention in Qatar.
“As I mentioned, we have now a very good relationship with Carlos and generally I’ve overstepped the road and generally he has after which it solely requires dialogue between us two, and we glance ourselves within the eye, and we all know one another since a really very long time now. We perceive one another very, in a short time.
“So I’ve little doubt generally we want these sort of issues to reset slightly bit and I’ve little doubt, working collectively within the final two races, there received’t be any issues or in any respect, as a result of on the finish, it’s an opportunity for each of us to attempt to win that Constructors’.
“We all know that a chance like that doesn’t occur fairly often, and we’ve received to do every little thing on each of our sides as a way to attempt to win that and we want one another as a way to win that, as a result of it’s not going to be straightforward this weekend. By working as a workforce, we are able to perhaps obtain that.”
Sainz will bow out of Ferrari following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he makes the change to Williams.
Leclerc insists he’s received a “actually good” relationship with Sainz – one thing that shall be maintained even after they’re not teammates.
“I’ve mentioned it many occasions, on one hand, it’s not like I’m going miss him like loopy, as a result of he’ll nonetheless be within the paddock, perhaps 20 metres away,” Leclerc defined.
“In order I mentioned earlier than, Carlos isn’t my girlfriend both, and so I actually like Carlos, however I’m certain we are going to nonetheless spend a variety of time collectively.
“And as I used to be saying earlier, we have now a very good relationship that may keep there even after our relationship inside Ferrari so we received’t be working collectively anymore, however we’ll nonetheless spend time collectively and he is an efficient particular person and we get alongside very, very nicely.”
