{"id":296670,"date":"2023-10-21T18:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296670"},"modified":"2023-10-21T18:26:01","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T18:26:01","slug":"charles-leclerc-calls-for-george-russell-penalty-at-us-gp-sprint-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/charles-leclerc-calls-for-george-russell-penalty-at-us-gp-sprint-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Leclerc calls for George Russell penalty at US GP sprint shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/Charles-Leclerc-George-Russell-5025693.jpg?r=1697911790250\"><\/p>\n<p>Charles Leclerc was left calling for a penalty for George Russell in the cockpit during the first part of the sprint shootout session in Texas on Saturday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during SQ1 ahead of the United States Grand Prix sprint as Leclerc navigated a flying lap around the Circuit of the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>As the Monegasque driver made his way through the final sector of the lap he was impeded by Mercedes driver Russell, who was driving slowly on the racing line.<\/p>\n<p>This ruined Leclerc&#8217;s lap with the 26-year-old left unimpressed in the cockpit. He took to the radio to state:\u00a0\u201cAnd penalty for Mr Russell, thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive F1 news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <strong>Marko picks on Sergio Perez again as new champion crowned at United States GP[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t the end of the disappointment for Russell though as he was placed under investigation after the first part of the sprint shootout for driving too slowly on his out-lap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The United States GP weekend has been messy from the beginning for Russell who was delighted to even manage a P5 finish in qualifying on Friday after struggling with the balance of his Mercedes machinery.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing his start to the proceedings in Austin on Friday, he said: &#8220;For me, it&#8217;s been a really challenging day. I&#8217;ve been off the pace and I don&#8217;t really know why. I&#8217;ve been feeling quite good with the update and can feel the improvements.<\/p>\n<p> <strong> More F1&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Andretti single out the driver \u2018top of the list\u2019 for F1 team as key issue raised[ANDRETTI] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Lewis Hamilton launches fresh attack on FIA as Perez breaks silence on retiring[F1 NEWS] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Lewis Hamilton adds to Max Verstappen fury in United States GP qualifying[UNITED STATES GP] <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &#038; Unlimited access to all our content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/73\/590x\/secondary\/Charles-Leclerc-Ferrari-5025716.jpg?r=1697911790505\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A bit of a strange day for me, so I&#8217;m actually pretty pleased with P5. At some points, it was looking likely that we weren&#8217;t going to get to Q3.\u00a0I take those positives, try and work on it. Sprint qualifyings tend to go better than the Friday evenings, apart from Qatar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leclerc had plenty more to celebrate on the first day of his weekend, capitalising on a deleted lap time for Max Verstappen to clinch his third pole position of the season after acing qualifying in Baku and Spa earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>More importantly, the Ferrari star was finally happy with the balance of the SF-23. 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