Explained: Ferrari radio call about Lewis Hamilton which baffled Charles Leclerc
An interesting Ferraඣri radio exchange 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 but appeared to be s𒊎urprised by the instruct𒉰ion.
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 doꩵne thaℱt. And I’m a bit in the s*** as well, so…”
The radio exc𓆏hange was play🔴ed out during Sky Sports F1’s live coverage of the sprint 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,” Sk♏y Sports F1 commentator David Croft said.
To which Martin Brundle replied: “You have to assume that means Lewis has some♓ kind of priority this weekend, which is what happened at Mercedes. They 🙈flip-flopped.”
Croft added: “That’s 𓃲right, they took it in turns.”
Brundle then said: “It seems as if Leclerc might have💧 missed that email.”
Were tyres behind the team order?
F🍷orm꧑er Aston Martin F1 strategist Bernie Collins suggested that tyres may have influenced Ferrari’s decision.
“I𝔉 think Ha✃milton was in a slightly better position with his tyres, and wanted to push on during his slow lap,” Collins explained.
“Leclerc was trying to open a gap, trying to cool⛦ everything down, and that’s why they switched.”
Croft 🍸asked: “So Lewis would have been compromised if he stayed behind?”
Collins concluded: “Exactly.”
Brundle then added: “It still seemed to annoy Charles quite a lot. He said he wasn’t in a go💦🌱od place, he meant traffic-wise.”
Seven-time world champion Hamilton went on to claim pole position for the sprint race, with Leclerc fourth on the grid i✃n Shanghai.

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