Charles Leclerc stated his collision with Max Verstappen on the pit straight occured as a result of his rival wasn’t keen to go away him house.
The stewards are investigating the contact which occured between the 2 drivers shortly after the race restarted.
Verstappen, who was operating in third place on the time, needed to appropriate a slide as he got here out of the ultimate nook when the race restarted. He had switched to the exhausting tyre compound whereas Leclerc was on a set of softs, which warmed up extra rapidly.
Leclerc drew alongside Verstappen on his proper as they accelerated down the straight. As he moved forward of the Pink Bull, Leclerc moved in direction of Verstappen, and the pair briefly touched.
Verstappen instantly exclaimed on his radio: “Fuck, mate, he simply rammed into me.”
“Charles simply rammed into me on the straight,” he repeated afterwards.
Nonetheless Leclerc stated Verstappen’s unwillingness to go away him room as he handed prompted the contact.
“I don’t assume there’s something particular,” he instructed the official F1 channel. “Max did a mistake out of the final nook, I went aspect by aspect.
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“He tried to [put] me onto the soiled aspect of the monitor, as I’d have carried out, which is regular. After which as soon as I had the higher hand when it comes to velocity, I attempted to take the slipstream slightly bit.
“On the primary transfer, I used to be keen to maneuver a tiny bit. On the second transfer, he wasn’t. That’s the distinction of the contact or not, however on the finish of the day that’s racing.
“I don’t assume there’s any huge drawback into it.”
The stewards are but to problem their choice.
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