Leclerc admits defence against Hamilton was “very on the limit”

Charles Leclerc acknowledges his moves while defending against long-time challenger Lewis Hamilton throughout Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix𒁃 were “very on the limit”.

Leclerc fended off the Mercedes pair of Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to claim back-to-back victories for Ferrari at Monza as the t🌼eam recorded its first Italian GP win since 2010.

For much of the race, Leclerc and Hamilton battled wheel-to-wheel for the race lead, with the Monegasque putting♐ in a number of aggressive defensive෴ manoeuvres to keep Hamilton behind.

Leclerc admits defence against Hamilton was “very on the limit”

Charles Lec📖lerc acknowledges his moves while defending against lo💝ng-time challenger Lewis Hamilton throughout Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix were “very on the limit”.

Leclerc fended off the Mercedes pair of ಌHamilton and Valtteri Bottas to claim back-to-back victories for Ferrari at Monza as the tea𒉰m recorded its first Italian GP win since 2010.

For much of the race, Leclerc an♚d Hamilton battled wheel-to-wheel for the race lead, with the Monegasque putting in a number of aggressive defensive manoeuvres to keep Hamilton behind.

Leclerc was shown the black-and-white flag for two incidents while moving under braking but the Monza stewards opted to take no further action, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:something which puzzled Hamilton.

“I think since Austria it🅺 is clear 🍬that you can go a bit further in the way we defend and overtake and just the aggressiveness of us drivers,” Leclerc said.

“I believe that Austria helped me t♑o change this approach and today, it’s also thanks to this that I managed to win.ꩵ It was obviously very on the limit but I’m happy to race like this.

“I have been aware on the radio that I took a black-and-wh𝓀ite flag for moving under braking but I’m not so sure for which move, if it’s the one at the💞 right-hander where we were flat-out or after that,” he added.

“To be complete🐽ly honest I knew he [Hamilton] was completely on the right. He broke a little bit early, which I think was because he didn’t want to try around the outside. I felt I had left a car width but I haven’t seen the images. I am pretty sure there was a car’s width. 

“I think⛎ i🎉t’s good if we can race harder. I haven’t seen the images so i cannot comment on this case but overall I am happy if we can race harder.”

Leclerc said the inten꧃sity of his fight with Hamilton made the race “very difficult”, leaving him relieved to cross the line and seal a popular 🍌victory.

“There was a lot go𒊎ing through my mind during the race and after the race - a lot of emotions, obviously it was very, very difficult during the race,” he explained.

“Lewis was behind me and I think th𒆙e biggest gap there was, was maybe 1.7 or 1.8s so he was always right behind me. I knew that Lewis rarely does mi🌟stakes, so obviously I had to stay on it.

“I did a few mistakes, which never cost me a position, once was very, very c🍰lose but it was crazy. Finally in the last two laps I started to believe that the win was possible.

“The tyres felt quite OK and I think with the traffic Valtteri dropped quite a bit and that helped me to 💜get a little bit of space and then finally going over the line, I just let all my emotions out over the radio.

“I don’t think you can understand anything that I said on the radio but it felt absolutely amazing and the podium was also, go💯ing beyond my dreams I have had since a child.

“So many people chee𓆏ring for one team, singing🔯 altogether, it was amazing. 

“The 53 laps felt a lot longer than 53 laps and there was a lot of pressure from behind. Once I crossed the finish♕ line until now is just pure happiness.🃏”

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