censorship is triggered, what do they “cut” – Libero Quotidiano

2023-11-06 15:43:00

A system problem on his SF-23 during the formation run ended the poor man Charles Leclerc against the wall, forcing him to retire even before the start of the race. For the Monegasque it is a real bad luck and in everyone’s minds there is also the missed start in Monte Carlo in 2021 due to the broken gearbox, when the number 16 started on the grid in front of everyone. In the press area, the driver asked the Ferrari press officer if he could go into more detail about the accident, receiving a “no” response. It was probably still too early to understand what happened, as confirmed later by the pilot himself: “A problem I don’t even know about. I can’t say what happened”.

Leclerc incredulous about his retirement: “Maybe a trip to Lourdes will help me”
What the Monegasque was able to say was that he “lost the hydraulics of the steering wheel earlier, so the rear wheels locked themselves. For engine safety”. In short, no fault for the driver, but the fault of a fault in the car which at least this year had overcome the engine failure problems seen last year. “Today (Sunday, ed.) I couldn’t do nothing – added the Monegasque – I got angry and disappointed because after the weekend there was everything to do well and instead after three corners I’m going home. This year hasn’t been the luckiest year, maybe a trip to Lourdes will help me. When I take over the case everyone can count on me 150%.”

Vasseur: “I’ll talk to Charles, it’s not his fault. No engine changes in Las Vegas”
After the race, Frédéric Vasseur also spoke: “We have not yet understood the problem with Leclerc’s car – said the former Alfa Romeo Sauber team principal – but it is a problem with the system which blocked the wheels and not of pilot error. I will talk to him, I completely understand his frustration”. On Sainz’s race, however, “the 50 second gap from Verstappen is enormous, but when you start so far behind it is not easy to reduce an already important gap – concluded the Frenchman – We didn’t have Verstappen’s pace and this is why this happened situation, but we have shown that we are better than Mercedes. The engine change? I don’t think he will come to Las Vegas, also because we would incur penalties and I don’t think it’s worth it.”