VIDEO – When Charles Leclerc leaves his radio on while overtaking Carlos Sainz in China

In China, during the Saturday sprint, Charles Leclerc et Carlos Sainz did not give each other a gift. After an initial attack by the Monegasque at the chicane, repelled by the Spaniard in what was a fairly virile tango, the Monegasque returned to the charge a few curves later, taking advantage of better tire management to get the best of his teammate in the snail of the first sector.

By custom, drivers obviously never leave their radio on during an overtake, quite simply because they must remain concentrated in these intense moments. In China, Charles Leclerc inadvertently left his on, unwittingly offering spectators a glimpse of the physical difficulty required to drive these 1000 horsepower single-seaters at the limit.

Leclerc leaves his radio on, you can tell how difficult F1 is by how hard he's breathing pic.twitter.com/cnnFCjFMEO

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While he is carrying out his maneuver, we can hear the native of Monaco breathing very quickly and very hard, as if trying to catch his breath. It must be said that these modern F1 cars may benefit from power steering, but their power and aero downforce tend to swing the drivers from one side of their body to the other. car ! Aware that his driver could have indulged in a little spicy comment after his big skirmish at the hairpin with Sainz, Xavi Marcos, Leclerc's engineer, quickly asked him to turn off his radio. Leclerc finished 4th in the sprint, ahead of Carlos Sainz in 5th.

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