{"id":295633,"date":"2023-11-19T19:16:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295633"},"modified":"2023-11-19T19:16:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:16:19","slug":"leclerc-completely-taking-the-p-as-radio-engineer-fumes-at-las-vegas-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/leclerc-completely-taking-the-p-as-radio-engineer-fumes-at-las-vegas-gp\/","title":{"rendered":"Leclerc ‘completely taking the p***’ as radio engineer fumes at Las Vegas GP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Charles Leclerc attracted the anger of Kevin Magnussen’s race engineer during FP3 after he made a high-speed pass around the outside of the rapid Turn 17 left-hander, having already narrowly avoided contact earlier on the lap.<\/p>\n

The two drivers were side by side on track with Magnussen on the inside, although he eventually backed out to let Leclerc steam around the outside.<\/p>\n

This ruined the start of Magnussen’s next lap as Turn 17 represents the run to the line ahead of the short run down to Turn One, leaving the Danish driver annoyed and his race engineer furious.<\/p>\n

His engineer, new recruit Mark Slade, came over the radio to vent his frustrations to his driver, stating: “Leclerc completely taking the p*** there,” to which Magnussen responded: “Yeah, completely.”<\/p>\n

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The more disappointing incident for Magnussen and Slade had occurred earlier in the lap though, with Leclerc encountering the Haas driver on the racing line at the chicane.<\/p>\n

Leclerc attempted to make his way around the outside of Magnussen but was forced to go off the track to do so, resulting in a close shave with the barriers for the Dane and almost contact between the pair.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This rounded off what was a frustrating session for Leclerc. The Monegasque driver topped both FP1 and FP2 on the opening day of the weekend, but his fastest time was only good enough for P16 in FP3.<\/p>\n

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