The impressions obtained from Mattia’s images were correct Binotto and Charles Leclerc in very close contact after the Silverstone Grand Prix. His looks never lied, nor did they ever lie: the Monegasque was really mad at his team, and his team principal had to use diplomacy and steadfastness in containing his driver’s wrath.
“Ah, has the discussion with Charles been resumed?“, Binotto asked with surprise to the microphones of Sky Sport F1. “Faced with Charles’ disappointment and frustration, I was telling him that he had a great race and that it is right that he looks ahead. The result is there. That finger meant ‘Calm down’. Did I calm him down? I’ll know later when we meet again. Red Bull were very fast today and to beat them you always need the perfect weekend. It will also be a close fight in Austria. We go there to do better, as they will. We won here, we hope to do the same at the Red Bull Ring. Sainz’s radio team asking not to put 10 cars between themselves and Leclerc? There will be no talk. Carlos was great. We knew that the restart was more difficult in the toughest conditions and we asked Carlos to do everything he could. Carlos meant it, in the sense that he said ‘Yes let me do it, I understand’. A few laps earlier he immediately gave up the position to Leclerc without batting an eye. This is the spirit of Carlos. There is nothing to be said on that front“.
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