Sainz and Leclerc starred in 🦩a thrilling tussle for the final spot on the podium in the closing stages of Ferrari’s home race at Monza, with the pa꧋ir nearly coming to blows on several occasions. 

Sainz ultimately prevailed to claim t🐭hird place behind the Red Bulls, with Leclerc having to settle with fourth. 

“This is what ra🍰cing should be all the time in my opinion,” Leclerc said. “This rem🎐inds me of the karting days when we were all on the limits. 

“With Max we have had these battles in the past, with Checo we have had these battles in the past and with Carlos today, it w🦹as really on the li♛mit. 

“༺I personally really 🦹enjoyed it. There were so many moments were it was really trick. But I don't complain, this is why I love racing. The adrenaline you feel fighting each other, it was really fun.”

But Leclerc’s ꩲcomments did not convince 2016 world champion Rosberg. 

“There’s something a bi🧸t strange,” he told S🌟ky. 

"‘I had such a lovely fight and h🍌ad a great day and I’m going to have a beer with Carlos, we’re gonna have a laugh’. 

“I’m not sure about that because seri𝔉ously Carlos on one of those occasio𓄧ns, he was over the limit. He locked up on the inside. He went off the track and took Charles with him. As teammates, that’s not on, that’s a bit over the edge. I’m not sure what’s going on there.”

Rosberg added: “I was looking and thinking ‘is this genuine, what’s going on now?’ Yes, I think it was. So I’m strug🌜gling. Is he too nice? What’s going on?”