Explained: Ferrari radio call about Lewis Hamilton which baffled Charles Leclerc
An interesting Ferrari radio exc🍬hange grabbed attention during F1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc was left perplexed by an interesting radio message from his Ferrari team during sprint qualifying at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.
At the end of SQ2, Leclerc was told to concede track position to Ferrari teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton during their out laps at the end of SQ2.
Leclerc obliged b🦂ut appeared to 🗹be surprised by the instruction.
The radio exchange played out as follows…
Bryan Bozzi [Leclerc’s race engineer]: “Can we swap the cars please?”
Leclerc: "Swap the cars now?
Bozzi: “Yes please.”
Leclerc: “Yes, I’ll do it, but we’ve never do💖ne that. And I’m a bit in the s*** as well, so…”
The radio exchange was played out during Sky Spor🅘ts F1’s live coverage of the sprin🅷t qualifying session.
“There was four tenths of a second between the two Ferrari drivers. It’s a bit late to swap them, when they’re out on the track,” Sky Sportsꩵ F1 commentator David Croft said.
To which Martin Brun🔥dle replied: “You have to assume that means Lewis has some kind of priority this weekend, which is what happened at Mercedes. They flip-flopped.”
Crof💙t added: “That🙈’s right, they took it in turns.”
Brundle the♈n said: “It seems as if Leclerc might have missed that email.”
Were tyres behind the team order?
Former Aston Martin F1 strategist Bernie Collinꦦs suggested that tyres may have influenced Ferrari’s decision.
“I think Hamilton was in a slightly better position with his tyres, and wanted to push on during his slow lap,” C🌱ollins explained.
“Leclerc was trying to open a gap, trying to cool ever💜ything down, and that’s why 🐲they switched.”
Croft asked: “So Lew🐽is would have been compromised if he stayඣed behind?”
Collins concluded: “Exactly.”
Brundle then added: “It still seemed to annoy Charl☂es ไquite a lot. He said he wasn’t in a good place, he meant traffic-wise.”
Seven-time world champion Hamilton went on to claim pole position for th🌳e sprint race, with Leclerc fourth on the grid in Shanghai.&nbܫsp;

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