Instantly after the dash race Leclerc stated he wished to talk to team-mate Sainz about his “over the restrict” defensive driving when the pair appeared to conflict at Flip 14.
Talking after grand prix qualifying in a while Saturday in Shanghai, Leclerc acknowledged he had spoken to his fellow Ferrari driver to clear the air.
“Sure, it’s all completed and it’s all good. No issues,” Leclerc stated.
“I’m not going to reveal all the small print of our discussions as a result of it’s all the time personal discussions and it ought to stay personal however the discussions went nicely and we’re all tremendous.”
Nonetheless, in his personal media briefing, Sainz appeared to contradict Leclerc whereas blaming the brand new dash race weekend schedule for stopping them from having an in-depth dialogue.
“The fact is that we did not handle to speak, as a result of clearly with this format it isn’t such as you get time to speak with one another a lot,” Sainz stated. “We’ll in all probability accomplish that tonight.”
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
Regardless of the incident, each drivers seem keen to maneuver on after the frantic Chinese language GP dash race and deal with Sunday’s grand prix, during which Leclerc begins sixth and Sainz seventh.
“There’s nothing spicy about it. There’s nothing to say or do,” Sainz stated. “I believe we have been racing actually laborious within the dash. We have been racing very laborious additionally among the different automobiles, and I did not complain.
“It is only a matter of clearly maintaining as a lot house as attainable to your team-mate, which I’ll all the time attempt to do and I’ve all the time completed in my profession.
“It is simply, yeah, I used to be in a nasty spot there after the automotive injury from Fernando, the ground was fully damaged, lots of filth on my tyres, so it isn’t like I might have completed lots.”
Moments earlier than the Flip 14 flashpoint between the Ferrari pair, which was famous by the FIA stewards however not investigated, Sainz was battling with Fernando Alonso and the pair made mild contact at Flip 7 and once more at Flip 9.
The latter incident landed the Aston Martin driver a post-sprint race 10-second penalty and three penalty factors.