News Details

Leclerc and Vettel at odds over pre-race agreement

Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel had rather different interpretations of the pre-race agreement between them which led to a dispute over the Ferrari team radio during the opening laps of the Russian Grand Prix. Leclerc started from pole position with Vettel lining up right behind him in third place on the grid. When the lights went out, Vettel was able to get a tow from his team mate down the long straight, propelling him past Vettel and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton into turn 1. That was all part of the Ferrari plan for the start of the race. But then it appeared that Vettel was expected to surrender the lead back to Leclerc as soon as it was safe to do so - and he didn't want to....
Full Story »
6y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sebastian Vettel says 'maybe I missed something' on...

Sebastian Vettel says he is not sure what was going on during the first...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Race Report: Ferrari's Vettel takes Singapore win over...

The Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix was supposed to be a return to normal...
6y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Leclerc and Vettel edge Mercedes rivals in final...

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel have marked their...
6y ago from F1i.com

Vettel beats Leclerc as Mercedes slumps in Singapore

Sebastian Vettel claimed his first win in over a year with victory in the...
6y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar looking to add ‘more events, not just...

IndyCar has identified a need to make sure future races on the calendar...

JHR retains Sting Ray Robb for second season

Juncos Hollinger Racing has confirmed that Sting Ray Robb will remain...

Aggressive testing schedule planned ahead of Mick...

Following confirmation Mick Schumacher will make a switch to IndyCar next...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Salah fallout, Arsenal slip and a wild World Cup draw...

Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, John Brewin and Seb Hutchinson to...
3h ago from TheGuardian.com

'When you want to achieve something, you have to be...

Former Arsenal attacker Lukas Podolski has urged his former club to...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 670 – 08.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Liverpool and Arsenal interested in signing...

Liverpool and Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Paris...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.