-Nooo.

The cry contains desperation and anger, a lot, because Charles Leclerc knows that it was his mistake to get lost when he was leading the Formula 1 French Grand Prix. a mechanical failure of the Ferrari pedal, as had already happened in the previous race, was not the case. and its Mattia Binotto clarified: “There were no mechanical problems”.

“He made a real mistake, sometimes it happens, other times the power unit fails. And as a driver, when it happens, you feel disappointed”, explained the managing director of the Italian team. And he confessed: “I told Charles that “he is a champion” and that there are ten races to be won. We have lost points in many ways, but credit must be given to this Ferrari for making an incredible step forward ”.

Although Leclerc was very self-critical on Sunday (“If I keep making mistakes like this, then I deserve not to win the championship.”, he said), at Ferrari they prefer not to make firewood from the fallen tree. “There is no point in blaming himself for Charles’s mistake. There was no mechanical problem, I know he mentioned the throttle, but it was a matter of strategy. He wanted to get out of the barrier and he didn’t feel the engine He was wrong at times it happens No there were no problems with the accelerator itself, nothing to do with Austria “, confirmed Binotto.

“What happened is a real mistake of Charles, which are things that can happen, and I think they don’t take away how good he is as a driver, he’s a fantastic driver. But it was a real mistake and I’m pretty sure he’ll learn. We have always seen that Charles reacts very strongly and well when he fails. And I’m pretty sure he will return to Hungary stronger and hungrier“, wish.

Furthermore, Binotto highlighted that the 24-year-old Monegasque “I was riding on the edge”. “There are things that can happen when you drive to the limit. We will talk to him to discuss and judge, but for the moment there is no reason to blame him. These things (like the accident) can also happen to great drivers like him and together we have already moved on. Now we look forward to Hungary, where we want to fight for the victory again. We have to look forward, next week we will have the race in Hungary, “he said.

While his team-mate Carlos Sainz underlined: “It’s a corner where we struggled a bit with the car behind all weekend. These things happen, at the limit. I made mistakes, Charles made them, Verstappen will make them … We are going very fast forward and that is what happens. “

Likewise, Binotto doubled his bet and anticipated a 1-2 for the Hungarian GP this weekend: “There is always something to improve and to learn, and this is our approach. It is step by step, we are progressing and improving. Once again we have shown our drivers that we have a fast and competitive car. Page and look Hungary And do one-two thereso we focus only on the next result. “

“Our car is fantastic, attentive to tire management, the drivers are also doing the right job and I think we left Le Castellet with full confidence in our package, in our drivers’ abilities and in our speed”, he reaffirmed.

“In Hungary – he went on to talk about the last GP before the one-month break for the holidays – it will be very hot again and we will still talk about tire management, tire degradation and overheating, very similar to Le Castellet. So I will say it there are many reasons why we should smile and be positivebecause our goal in Hungary shouldn’t be just to win. “

Of course, in Italy Leclerc’s clash did not go unnoticed when he dominated and was heading for his second consecutive victory. His incident had a related in the media, even non-sports. The messenger has published that “an error of those that you do not expect and that for the weight it has in the general classification of the championship, reminds that of Sebastian Vettel at Hockenheim 2018“, recalling the failure of the German, leading the home race and the championship, who went alone, abandoned and lost that World Championship.

The Republicwhile, He observed: “Very strange mistake, unusual for him, with very serious consequences. Goodbye France and who knows if also World Cup. Applause for the self-criticism, but honesty does not change the substance. He was in the lead, he was doing a perfect race, you can’t throw everything like that. The mistake is serious and there is the risk of having to pay dearly for it“.

Social networks were no strangers to what happened. On Twitter, they went from the mechanical error they talked about at the end of the race, because Leclerc had uttered the word “accelerator” in an angry radio communication with his engineer, to human error.

They also echoed a video recorded by a fan at the Paul Ricard circuit, where you can see how one after another the stewards approached to comfort Charles Leclerc as Ferrari was removed from the track and Max Verstappen headed for another win to continue leading the drivers’ championship.

With ten races left in the championship and with only one left for the summer break, the champion defends the title with first place in the championship and his 233 points, 63 more than Leclerc. While Checo Pérez, the other Red Bull driver, appears third with a 19-unit lead over Sainz.