In Austria, two months after the last time, Max Verstappen And Charles Leclerc they found themselves together on the podium. In the United States, in Miami, the Dutchman from Red Bull was celebrating, this time instead the sparkling wine from the top step was uncorked by the standard bearer of Ferrari, finally managing to harpoon his third win of the season. Leclerc’s triumph came at the end of a perfect race by the Monegasque driver, who managed to overtake the reigning world champion three times on the track with relative ease. Not even the problems with the accelerator during the last laps made Leclerc lose his concentration, and he managed to manage the second bearing he had built on the RB18 with great intelligence.
In Sunday’s race, in particular, Ferrari appeared to be significantly more competitive than Red Bull. Without Carlos Sainz’s unfortunate retirement, the two single-seaters from Maranello would have easily occupied the first and second positions under the checkered flag, relegating Verstappen to the third step of the podium. The Dutchman was the victim from the first laps of an unusually high degradation on his tires, so much so as to give the impression, at a certain point in the race, that he even had to make a third stop in the pits. The two champions born in ’97 chatted about all this on the back podium, confirming that they have now established a rather friendly relationship off the slopes. The F1 cameras have immortalized their dialogue, which we report here in full.
Verstappen: “That didn’t look good eh …”.
Leclerc: “Sorry?”
Verstappen: “Carlos… did you see the fire?”.
Leclerc: “Yes, yes”.
Verstappen: “There was a lot of it!”.
Verstappen: “You guys were damn fast today.”
Leclerc: “We were very fast”.
Verstappen: “[incomprensibile] for two laps and then I realized that I had too much degradation ”.
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