Formula 1 has many rivalries and strong competition at every race, but the drivers also have fun with each other. A test is the moment that Checo Pérez and Charles Leclerc starred at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prixand el cooldown room.
As its name says, this is a room where the pilots rest after the races. The broadcast cameras have access to listen to the impressions of the 3 drivers who will climb to the podium while keeping an eye on the most outstanding moments.
So in Azerbaijan, Checo and Leclerc shared the cooldown room with Max Verstappen. The Mexican and the Monegasque joked a bit about the situation that Ferrari is currently experiencing, since Charles barely achieved his first podium so far in the 2023 season.
Leclerc’s request that made Checo laugh in the Azerbaijan cooldown room
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix began with Leclerc in the lead, although he quickly lost it to Verstappen. Just a little while later, the two-time champion entered the pits and with the safety car, Checo Pérez was left with the first position until he won his sixth Formula 1 race.
Once the pilots go down to the cooldown room, it is common to see them sit in any seat and not exactly in theirs. Thus, when Charles Leclerc realized that he was in the CzechHe quickly asked her if she wanted her place to get up.
Checo Pérez replied that he was fine there. However, Leclerc released a comment that made the Mexican laugh, referring to the moment that Ferrari is living: “At least let me have this. at least the seat“, asked the Monegasque who had taken pole position in Azerbaijan.
And it is that in addition to having fallen two positions in this Grand Prix, Leclerc has not had a very good time in 2023. After two retirements and a seventh place, he is just beginning to wake up. Meanwhile, Ferrari is fourth in the constructors’ championshipa very weak start unlike 2022.
