How Charles Leclerc thought he was on for podium after mistaking Sergio Perez for Max Verstappen
Leclerc ultimately finished fourth at Suzuka as Ferrari ♍didn’t have the p💦ace to match either Red Bull or McLaren.
Verstappen secured his 13th victory of F1 2023, while🎃 teammate Perez endured a difficult afternoon.
Perez retired from the race after sustaining damage from an incident with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen, which he was penalised for.
Speaking after the race, Leclerc explained why he was 🌞“confused”.
“Yeah I didn’t even follow what Max did because I saw him stopping at the Safety Car or after the Safety Ca🐻r,” Leclerc said. “I don't know what happened there and I thought he wasn’t in t♓he race anymore.
“So I thought I was doing a podium until the last lap where I actually looked at the board and I was P4, but yeah, I⛦ mean, there were really strong.
“Max of course, we expect𝓀ed him to be strong. We expected Checo also, but I don’t know what happened for him and the two McLarens, too.
“So t๊here were no surprises. It was all as expected, but it was the maximum 🥂we could do today.
“No, he slowed down at one point no? Exit of T✅urn 14. I think it was the VS♋C yeah, he basically stopped on the left and we all overtook him.
“T༺hat’s what it was I thought 𝄹Max was out of the race at that moment it was just confusing for me.”
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