Charles Leclerc said there was no tension in the team after the decision that favored Carlos Sainz at Silverstone
Did the atmosphere at Ferrari get bad after Carlos Sainz's victory in last weekend's Formula 1 British Grand Prix? The fact that part of the team working in Charles Leclerc's garage was left out of the official victory photo became a rumor in the following days, but the Monegasque took advantage of the official FIA interview on Thursday (7) of the Austrian GP to deny everything.
Leclerc, who was in the photo, assured that some team members stayed out because of the schedule, since the flights back to Italy were close. According to him, there were some who stayed for the picture and missed their flight.
"It's a shame to see this kind of thing, because it's definitely not something that's happening within the team. We are a very united team, we always have been. In fact, I think half the team that was in the photo missed their flight home. It was pretty complicated," he said.
"It's not tough races that are going to change that. Talking about last week, we were first and second and finished first and fourth. Of course part of the team was disappointed, but that's not the reason why not everyone was in the photo," he assured.
"We wanted to do the photo earlier, but Carlos wasn't there yet, so we had to delay everything. There's no hard feelings or anything like that," he finished.
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