Components 1 followers have been dropping it over Charles Leclerc’s reward to George Russell for the championship’s Secret Santa.
The Monegasque driver determined to border a photograph of his overtake of Russell on the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix, which was a degree of competition for the British driver. Because the Ferrari driver attacked Russell on the surface of Flip 11 at a security automotive restart throughout the race at Zandvoort, he appeared to depart the monitor on the surface of Flip 12 earlier than rejoining forward of Russell.
“He was off the monitor, absolutely?” Russell mentioned over staff radio as Leclerc mentioned to his staff: “Flip 11, 12, he doesn’t depart an area. He can’t complain.”
The stewards investigated the transfer, and each drivers have been summoned after the race. The stewards later famous that “each drivers felt that this was a racing incident and that there needs to be no additional consequence to both driver for the incident”, which they agreed with.
“Naughty, naughty, naughty,” Russell mentioned with a smile as he pulled again the bubble wrap to disclose the photograph. “Let’s examine half two, lets?” he added as he uncovered the electrical photograph body exhibiting a slow-motion model of the overtake.
“Oh, take a look at that! That’s so type of him,” he added, with a touch of sarcasm, earlier than including: “He can overtake illegally, in order that’s all he is acquired within the locker. Bashing folks off the monitor. I am misplaced for phrases really, I am misplaced for phrases.”
The second between Leclerc and Russell rapidly grew to become a scorching subject within the feedback with reactions from followers flooding in. “Charles nicely and actually understood the task. He has been on a mission to ragebait Russell all 12 months,” one wrote, whereas one other added: “Charles’ reward is wild.”
“Leclerc with the grasp ragebait,” another person commented, with one other including: “George was furious, that’s peak British anger.”
“Charles pulling Russell’s leg and getting him very offended was one of the best reward,” wrote one other fan.
One other added: “Charles has a diabolical sense of humour.”
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