F1Weekly Podcast # 941

NASIR AND THE HOST ARE NOT SURPRISED BY THE SPAGHETTI CULTURE SCREWING UP!! THOUGHTS FROM LECLERC AND MOTORSPORTS MONDIAL INCLUDES THE BIG ENCHILADA!

Charles Leclerc #16
I’m disappointed to have lost this win and it’s a tough one to take, especially at home. It will be important to understand exactly what happened to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.
In the first pit stop, we went from extreme wets to Intermediates, and got undercut by Perez.

Three laps later, I stopped again, behind Carlos, and lost two more positions. It’s just impossible to overtake in Monaco without taking huge risks, so I stayed put to bring home as many points as possible and I guess that fourth is the best we could do under these circumstances. Mistakes happen, unfortunately today we made too many.
I love my team and I am sure that we will come back stronger.

Mattia Binotto Team Principal & Managing Director
When you start with your two cars on the front row and you don’t win, it means something went wrong from our side. I think we made a few poor decisions and we paid the price. I am sorry for Charles, because it’s his home race, so it was particularly important for him, as indeed it was for all of us.

There were other elements that affected today’s result, such as the traffic that both our drivers encountered when they rejoined the track after their pit stops, a factor that probably cost Carlos the win. Mistakes can happen, but it’s important to learn from them and take it as an opportunity to improve. Over the next few days, we will analyse this race in detail, as part of our preparation for the upcoming back-to-back races in Azerbaijan and Canada.

Play Podcast: 05-31-22f1weekly941.mp3