🗣️“I was not aware this was the last lap. But five seconds penalty was the right thing to do, to be honest.” Charles Leclerc has his say on the penalty that dropped him to third in F1's Japanese Grand Prix and crowned Max Verstappen ⬇️
by the decision, particularly as Leclerc did not have the opportunity to argue his case with the stewards. But Leclerc himself felt the penalty was fair.“I was not aware this was the last lap. But five seconds penalty was the right thing to do, to be honest.”
Following the rain delay, Leclerc struggled to keep up with Verstappen on the restart, eventually crossing the line over 26 seconds behind after 28 laps.Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Binotto explained that it was “not possible” for Leclerc to recover his tyres after pushing early on, saying the team would go through what happened to understand the high levels of degradation.
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