Charles Leclerc dodged a team order by passing his number 1 teammate Sebastian Vettel in Bahrain.
Just before mounting the overtake of the sister Ferrari, the 21-year-old dubbed "golden boy" by the Italian press said on the radio: "Guys, I'm quicker".
His engineer replied that he should wait at least two laps.
"Then on the next straight I had the opportunity to go for it, so I went for it," said Monaco-born Leclerc.
Leclerc: ""It's always a tricky situation when you fight your teammate because the risks are very high," he said.
"They warn you before the race to please be careful with your teammate, but I had the opportunity and I didn't hesitate."
Leclerc would have easily won today without the technical problem and the loss of 200 horse power. Hamilton even said to him, "This should have been your victory." He was so much faster than Vettel and all the other drivers. Still a great achievement to be third with 200 horsepower less, than the others! Hamilton told him that the victory should have belonged to him.
Charles Leclerc in his second race for Ferrari and already his first pole position. He simply was faster than Vettel today. In my opinion he is the future of Ferrari!
My absolute favourite is Topaz. He was the most determined, combined with unreal raw power. Even bigger and heavier dogs, had less power than Topasz. He never lost!
My guess is that Vettel will get the pole position. Leclerc is equally fast, but Ferrari will give Vettel the better timing for his fast laps, That´s why I guess Vettel will be on pole position and Lecler will be very close and in position number two.
At the start Leclerc will overtake Vettel this time I guess!
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Bottas today was surprisingly faster than Hamilton & Leclerc was faster than Vettel, but Ferrari didn´t allow him to overtake Vettel. The three fastest from my point of view were Bottas, Leclerc & Verstappen!
Schumacher vs Hamilton -Who was better in his prime?
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Let´s say both, Schumacher and Hamilton would have raced each other 5 years, in the same team, under euqual conditions! Who would have won more titles, more races, more pole position? Who do you think is the better driver in his prime-time?