Eddie Jordan says Charles Leclerc did something at the Las Vegas Grand Prix that ‘shocked’ him

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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc will not look back on the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix with as much fondness as the race’s debut on the Formula 1 calendar.

Charles Leclerc was simply fantastic in 2023, when the Las Vegas Grand Prix made a dramatic and exhausting return to F1.

The Ferrari The driver’s final lap maneuver on Sergio Perez capped off a fantastic debut race in Sin City.

Despite finishing third and fourth, team boss Frederik Vasseur may be a little disappointed given the team’s expectations.

Mercedes secured an unexpected one-two finish, preventing Ferrari from eroding McLaren’s lead in the race Constructors’ Championship that they would have liked that.

Position The constructors’ rankings Points
1 608
2 584
3 555
4 425
5 86
6 50
7 49
8 46
9 17
10

Sauber F1 team

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Carlos Sainz ended up on the podium and with a move to Williams on the horizon, the Spaniard may have achieved his last top-three finish for some time.

Leclerc and Sainz were not happy after the race in Las Vegaswhere indecisiveness and unclear radio messages again entered Ferrari’s strategy.

Eddie Jordan spoke on the Formula For Success Podcast about Leclerc’s reaction to fourth place and his former designer Gary Anderson also gave his opinion.

Eddie Jordan shocked by Charles Leclerc’s outburst during the Las Vegas Grand Prix

Leclerc was furious after the race in Las Vegasand reflecting on his radio messages, Jordan said: “So listen, funny thing you said, because you talked about attitude, behavior and the atmosphere.

“Tell me what your thoughts were on Leclerc’s outburst about the F-word expletives, I mean there must have been about ten of them.

Scuderia Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc (16) from Monaco makes his way through Turn 15 during the Formula 1 Heineken Las Vegas Grand Prix on November...
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“I was quite shocked, because look, I know Charles lives here in Monaco, and he’s just a nice, nice guy.

“I never thought I would ever hear things like this. What is your opinion of the weekend?”

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Anderson responded saying, “It’s one of those things.

“(In) the heat of the moment, people say things. We did all that in the heat of the moment.

“But it’s one of these kinds of situations that happened at Ferrari, I think, where, since he (Sainz) leaves at the end of this year, there’s always a fight between the teams and it seems like they’re always arguing. work together a bit.

“I think it boiled over a bit for Leclerc this weekend, to be honest. (I) don’t understand it all, because I didn’t see much wrong with it.

“So I think it was all in Leclerc’s head. To be honest, he couldn’t quite get the job done. It all came together and at the end of the race he just let it out.”

Charles Leclerc is preparing for Lewis Hamilton’s arrival at Ferrari in 2025

Leclerc and Sainz have helped develop Ferrari’s most competitive car in years.

The frustration for Sainz will have to leave the team this winter to make way for Lewis Hamilton.

Hamilton will hope that driving for F1’s most iconic team will help him challenge and win an unprecedented eighth world championship.

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Leclerc has finished ahead of all his Ferrari teammates so far, including multiple world champion Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton will pose a very different challenge for the Monegasque driver and it will be fascinating to see if one driver is ultimately favored over the other.

Leclerc should have an advantage in qualifyingbut as Hamilton showed in Las Vegas, his race speed is still extraordinary.

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