Charles Leclerc Explains Why He Did Not Return Position to Lewis Hamilton at Mexico GP
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Charles Leclerc explains why he did not return position to Lewis Hamilton at Mexico GP
Charles Leclerc has acknowledged that his five-second penalty at the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix was deserved, while explaining why he did not return the position to Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton following their controversial first-lap battle. The Monegasque revealed that he had initially intended to let the seven-time world champion back through, but Max Verstappen’s […]
Charles Leclerc finished the Mexico City GP in fourth place and acknowledged that the five-second penalty for the incident on the first lap was deserved. Still, the Ferrari driver considered the situation to be confusing and defended the decision to maintain the position after Max Verstappen surpassed Lewis Hamilton. The [...] The post GP Mexico City F1, Charles Leclerc: ☆I'm going to talk to Lewis ☆ first appeared on AutoSport.
Charles Leclerc finished fourth in Mexico's Grand Prix after leading the start of the race, but especially after clinging to Lewis Hamilton in the early turns. According to him, he is not the only one responsible because his team-mate also took the turn too wide, and he admits that he hoped to be able to return the place soon afterwards, but Max Verstappen took advantage of the confusion to take the second place between the two residents of the …
Monegasque claims that it intended to return position to Hamilton, but Ferrari's decision changed after Verstappen got between them.
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