Ferrari’s driver clung to P3 for the few remaining laps, while things were worse for Verstappen, since he was penalized after colliding with Russell and received a penalty of 10 seconds for causing a collision, leaving him to 10.
“The security car helped us,” Leclerc summarized later. “Basically, Max had no tires, except the hard tire, which put it in a bad situation. We took advantage.
“In the contact, I do not think there is anything special. Max made an error since the last corner, I went side by side. He tried to take me to the dirty side of the track, as I would have done, which is normal.
“Then, once I had the advantage in terms of speed, I tried to take a little sliding. In the first movement, I was willing to move a little. In the second movement, it was not. That is the difference of [whether we make] contact or not. At the end of the day, that’s running, I don’t think there is any big problem in it. “