Charles Leclerc stated Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s try and overtake him was too optimistic after the pair collided.
The stewards handed Antonelli a 10-second time penalty and two penalty factors on his licence after he made contact with the Ferrari on the Hugenholzbocht, taking Leclerc out of the race.
“Automotive 12 [Antonelli] was making an attempt an overtake on the within of automotive 16 [Leclerc] at flip three andundersteered into the facet of automotive 16,” the stewards famous. “This resulted in vital injury to automotive 16 and its retirement.
“It’s clear that automotive 12 was wholly and predominantly accountable for the collision. We accordingly imposed a 10-second time penalty on automotive 12.”
Antonelli now has 4 penalty factors on his licence following the incident.
Leclerc stated Antonelli was “being overly optimistic on the within flip three,” after they collided, “which is ok, you’ve obtained to be aggressive and errors occur but it surely hurts as a result of it prices loads to the crew.”
The Mercedes driver was on the right track to complete within the factors on the time of the collision and stated he was disenchanted to finish his race that manner.
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“It’s a disgrace as a result of the race was wanting good, the tempo was very robust and we had been coming again,” he stated. “I attempted and didn’t really feel like I overshot massively.
“It was a bit unlucky as a result of whereas I used to be making an attempt to maintain it tight, he got here a bit down from the banking after which that was the second the place the contact occurred. It was a disgrace.
“I really feel sorry as a result of clearly it’s not good to take somebody out however a minimum of some positives in the present day and we transfer ahead.”
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