KimiRai wrote: ↑02 Jul 2023, 17:39
Vanja #66 wrote: ↑02 Jul 2023, 17:36
KimiRai wrote: ↑02 Jul 2023, 17:30
Second time this has happened. Sainz much faster than Leclerc behind but team does not let the faster car overtake. Like Aston Martin but Leclerc is not Vasseur's son so it's worse.
I understand it's hard for fans of Spanish drivers to accept that Sainz is neither a faster nor a better driver than Leclerc after the lucky 2021 season that Sainz had, but living in denial can lead to unnecessary frustration
Also, and far more importantly, it leads to needlessly biased discussions on the Ferrari-team-fan thread
That's irrelevant. Leclerc is faster overall but that's not the point, this weekend Sainz was more comfortable and that was obvious for everyone to see. Prohibiting him from overtaking when he was up to 0.2 tenths behind is ridiculous no matter what.
Imo if you put yourself in Vassear’s place and then may be you can digest it better. F1 is not a idealistic sports its not like ohh sainz is faster its his right to move ahead and team can’t deny it stuff like that. If you were in his place you would think more about consequences rather then right n wrong.
Yes Sainz was doing better job in this particular race but then asking Leclerc to move aside wouldn’t have made much difference at that moment. He wasn’t going to catch Max , nobody can at the moment. And rest of the stuff like VSC and other events one cant pre-anticipate.
Also ferrari has shown previously also they prefer to avoid taking such calls instead they pit. Add to that at the moment Charles seems more frustrated with them with silly things like the penalty and DNFs and stuff. Considering all this to ask him move aside would have bigger consequences then asking Sainz to stay put.